RAPID: National Drosophila Species Stock Center Covid-19 Relief and Recovery

该奖项授予康奈尔大学，将提供RAPID资金，以减轻COVID-19对果蝇物种库存中心（DSSC）的影响。DSSC保存了大约1400种生活种群，代表近300种果蝇，其中一个属约有1500种已描述的物种。DSSC是一个国际公认的集合，作为解决进化、生态学、发育生物学、生理学、神经生物学、比较基因组学和免疫学等问题的资源。DSSC还在果蝇的畜牧业、自然史、系统学、进化和生态学等领域为更广泛的社区提供技术专长。DSSC为世界各地的研究项目提供了大量的果蝇物种作为试剂。DSSC还保存着60多种果蝇物种，这些物种已经进行了全基因组测序，增加了这些种群的研究价值。DSSC维持的菌株数量反映了诸如与基因组测序的物种密切的系统发育关系，遗传标记或转基因种群的存在以及来自地理多样性来源的种群的可用性等因素。除了维护和销售活种群外，该中心还提供一年一度的果蝇物种鉴定研讨会，参与者在研讨会上学习果蝇鉴定、生物学和培养要求的基础知识。通过这项奖励，DSSC可以缓解研究需求的暂时下降，并继续作为重要的研究资源。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。

This award to Cornell University will provide RAPID funding to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 on the Drosophila Species Stock Center (DSSC). The DSSC maintains a collection of ca. 1400 living stocks representing nearly 300 species of Drosophila, a genus of about 1500 described species. The DSSC is an internationally recognized collection and serves as a resource to address questions on questions in evolution, ecology, developmental biology, physiology, neurobiology, comparative genomics, and immunology. The DSSC also provides technical expertise to a broader community in the areas of husbandry, natural history, systematics, evolution, and ecology of Drosophila. The DSSC provides living stocks for a large number of Drosophila species as reagents for research programs around the globe. The DSSC also maintains over 60 Drosophila species that have had their whole genomes sequenced, increasing the value of these stocks for research. The number of strains maintained at the DSSC reflects factors such as close phylogenetic relationship to species with sequenced genomes, the presence of genetically marked or transgenic stocks, and the availability of stocks from a geographic diversity of sources. In addition to the maintenance and sale of living stocks, the center provides an annual Drosophila Species Identification Workshop in which participants learn the basics of Drosophila identification, biology, and culture requirements. Through this award, the DSSC can mitigate a temporary decline in research demand and continue to serve as an important research resource.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.