Collaborative Research: A Workshop for Evaluating the Value and Scope of a Biological Repository of Antarctic Specimens

这次研讨会将汇集南极海洋淡水和陆地生物学家、学生和标本管理专家，以评估包括组织样本在内的南极标本生物库的价值、需求和范围。目前，一些美国收集的南极标本收藏在不同的博物馆、储存库和实验室。这些收藏品在互联网上很难找到，而且它们在多大程度上代表了南极洲的生物多样性，在很大程度上是未知的。研讨会协调员将广泛宣传这次会议，并招募代表人数不足的团体参加。与会者将评估目前的储存库，并决定如何在统一的地点(或通过更好的协调)使南极洲生物样本更容易获得。这一努力将使更多从事南极生物工作的生物学家受益，因为他们提供了由调查人员及其学生开展南极科学的机会，否则，由于部署的后勤和预算挑战，这可能是不可能的。研讨会活动结束后，将发布工作成果的最终报告。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This workshop will bring together Antarctic marine freshwater and terrestrial biologists, students, and experts in specimen curation to assess the value of, need for, and scope of a biological repository of Antarctic specimens, including tissue samples. Currently, some US collected Antarctic specimen collections are housed in various museums, repositories, and labs. These collections are not easily discoverable on the internet, and how well they represent the biodiversity of Antarctica is largely unknown. The workshop coordinators will advertise the conference broadly and recruit underrepresented groups to participate. Participants will assess current repositories and determine how to make Antarctica biological samples more accessible in a unified location (or through better coordination). This effort will benefit the broader community of biologists working with Antarctic organisms by providing opportunities to conduct Antarctic science by investigators and their students that might otherwise not be possible due to the logistical and budget challenges for deployments. Following workshop activities, a final report will be published on the outcomes of the efforts.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.