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

授予康奈尔大学的这一奖项将提供快速资金，以减轻COVID-19对果蝇物种储备中心（DSSC）的影响。 DSSC保存了一个CA集合。1400个活种群代表近300种果蝇，一个约1500种描述的属。 DSSC是一个国际公认的集合，并作为一个资源，以解决问题的问题，在进化，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。 DSSC还在果蝇的饲养、自然历史、系统学、进化和生态学领域为更广泛的社区提供技术专长。 DSSC为地球仪的研究项目提供了大量果蝇物种的活种群作为试剂。 DSSC还保存了60多个已完成全基因组测序的果蝇物种，增加了这些种群的研究价值。 DSSC中保存的菌株数量反映了一些因素，如与基因组测序物种的亲缘关系密切，存在遗传标记或转基因种群，以及来自地理多样性来源的种群的可用性。 除了维持和销售活股票，该中心提供了一个年度果蝇物种识别研讨会，参与者学习果蝇识别，生物学和文化要求的基础知识。通过该奖项，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NSF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.