Digitization PEN: GalapaGateway: Unlocking Model Evolutionary Systems for Research and Education

数字化笔会：GalapaGateway：解锁研究和教育的模型进化系统

• 批准号: 2001435
• 负责人: Lauren Scheinberg
• 金额: $ 17.04万
• 依托单位: California Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2001435&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; PEN; GalapaGateway; Unlocking; Model

The California Academy of Sciences (CAS) is home to the largest and most complete collection of scientific research specimens from the Galápagos Islands, the majority of which can only be accessed by a small number of researchers able to visit the museum. GalapaGateway is a Partnership to Existing Networks (PEN) award that compliments the Open Vertebrate Thematic Collections Network (oVert TCN). This PEN will produce and disseminate high resolution three-dimensional (3D) imagery of approximately 1300 vertebrate specimens of reptiles, birds, and mammals from the Galápagos Islands, thereby increasing accessibility to these historical specimens. Resulting 3D scans will be available free of charge on multiple platforms, including iDigBio, MorphoSource, SketchFab, and a dedicated CAS portal that links scans to specimen data, fieldnotes, and images. Physical 3D models of selected specimens, such as giant tortoises and Darwin’s finches, will be printed for use in education and public outreach at the CAS and at the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galápagos Islands. While the oVert TCN aims to scan a single representative of each vertebrate genus, this PEN will image multiple specimens per species to capture within-species variation. Variation within species of Galapagos animals was central to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection and continues to serve as a textbook example for explaining these foundational concepts to students and the general public. Through a combination of computed tomography (CT) and structured light surface scanning, the GalapaGateway project will create morphological data and 3D models of multiple series of closely related taxa from across the Galápagos Archipelago, allowing for in-depth analysis of vertebrate morphology, variation, adaptation, and speciation. 3D surface scanning will be used on specimens too large for traditional CT-scanning machines. Producing these scans of iconic historical specimens from the Galápagos will facilitate a wide variety of academic inquiries, including research into morphology and allometry, development, taxonomy, and adaptive ecology and evolution.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

加州科学院（CAS）是Galápagos群岛最大和最完整的科学研究标本收藏的所在地，其中大部分只能由少数能够参观博物馆的研究人员访问。GalapaGateway是现有网络（PEN）的合作伙伴，是对开放脊椎动物专题收藏网络（oVert TCN）的补充。该PEN将制作并传播来自Galápagos群岛的大约1300种爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物脊椎动物标本的高分辨率三维（3D）图像，从而增加对这些历史标本的可访问性。由此产生的3D扫描将在多个平台上免费提供，包括iDigBio、MorphoSource、SketchFab和一个专门的CAS门户网站，该门户网站将扫描与标本数据、现场笔记和图像联系起来。选定标本的实体3D模型，如巨龟和达尔文雀，将被打印出来，用于CAS和Galápagos群岛的查尔斯·达尔文基金会的教育和公众宣传。oVert TCN的目标是扫描每个脊椎动物属的单个代表，而PEN将对每个物种的多个标本进行成像，以捕获物种内的变异。加拉帕戈斯群岛动物的物种变异是达尔文自然选择进化论的核心，并继续作为教科书的例子，向学生和公众解释这些基本概念。通过结合计算机断层扫描（CT）和结构光表面扫描，GalapaGateway项目将创建来自Galápagos群岛多个密切相关分类群系列的形态学数据和3D模型，从而对脊椎动物形态、变异、适应和物种形成进行深入分析。3D表面扫描将用于对传统ct扫描仪来说太大的标本。制作这些来自Galápagos的标志性历史标本的扫描将促进各种各样的学术研究，包括形态学和异速生长、发育、分类学以及适应生态学和进化的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。