CSBR: Rehousing of the Mammal Collection at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute

CSBR：堪萨斯大学生物多样性研究所哺乳动物收藏的安置

• 批准号: 2100955
• 负责人: Jocelyn Colella
• 金额: $ 64.56万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100955&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Rehousing; Mammal; Collection; University

This project ensures the long-term preservation and security of the mammalian research collections housed at the University of Kansas (KU) Biodiversity Institute. The KU Biodiversity Institute’s mammal collection is of international importance, ranked as the sixth largest in North America, and the third largest university holding in the world. This project replaces antiquated wooden specimen cabinets with updated stainless steel casing to rescue irreplaceable specimens from environmentally deficient conditions and preserve them in ideal, climate-controlled, pest-free housing in perpetuity. Safeguarding the KU Biodiversity Institute’s mammal collection ensures the continued contribution of these resources to biodiversity science, formal undergraduate and graduate education, and public programming for K–12 students, teachers, and public audiences of the KU Biodiversity Institute’s Natural History Museum. This project engages several undergraduate and graduate students in collections-based research projects and active curation. The physical specimens preserved at the Biodiversity Institute provide a critical foundation for research and education on DNA, climate change, evolution, conservation, and emerging pathogens, and are available for loan by researchers across the globe.The KU Biodiversity Institute’s mammal collection houses 279,936 dry specimens in 332 cabinets, 185 of which are antiquated and compromised wooden cabinets that date to the 1950s and 1960s, and whose joints, doors, and seals are inadequate for protecting dry specimens from pest infestations. Specimens will be vacuumed and frozen at -40ºC for 2 weeks to eliminate pests, then transferred to stainless steel cases for long-term preservation. During the transfer, data from specimen tags will be verified and digitally recorded in the Specify museum database, and served to the community through GBIF, iDigBio, BISON, and VertNet. As specimens are processed, phenotypic characters will be recorded, including the reproductive status or molting progress of each specimen, and these data will be used to test for shifts in mammalian life history events overtime. Students will collaborate with Exhibits Staff at the KU Biodiversity Institute to conceive and build a new public exhibit focused on the importance of scientific collections. The exhibit will highlight research stories that illustrate how critical collections are for solving problems of societal interest, including recognizing emerging pathogens and tracing the origins of invasive species.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.

该项目确保了堪萨斯大学（KU）生物多样性研究所的哺乳动物研究收藏品的长期保存和安全。KU生物多样性研究所的哺乳动物收藏具有国际重要性，在北美排名第六，在世界上排名第三。这个项目用更新的不锈钢外壳取代了过时的木制标本柜，从环境缺陷的条件下拯救了不可替代的标本，并将它们永久保存在理想的、气候可控的、无虫害的房屋中。保护KU生物多样性研究所的哺乳动物收藏品，确保这些资源对生物多样性科学，正规本科和研究生教育以及K-12学生，教师和KU生物多样性研究所自然历史博物馆公众的公共节目的持续贡献。该项目吸引了几名本科生和研究生参与基于收藏的研究项目和积极的策展。保存在生物多样性研究所的物理标本为DNA、气候变化、进化、保护和新兴病原体的研究和教育提供了重要基础，并可供地球仪的研究人员借阅。KU生物多样性研究所的哺乳动物收藏品在332个橱柜中收藏了279，936个干燥标本，其中185个是20世纪50年代和60年代的陈旧和受损的木制橱柜，其接头，门和密封不足以保护干燥标本免受害虫侵扰。标本将被抽真空并在-40 ° C下冷冻2周以消灭害虫，然后转移到不锈钢箱中长期保存。在转移过程中，来自标本标签的数据将被验证并以数字方式记录在Specify博物馆数据库中，并通过GBIF，iDigBio，野牛和VertNet向社区提供服务。处理标本时，将记录表型特征，包括每个标本的生殖状态或蜕皮进展，这些数据将用于检测哺乳动物生活史事件随时间的变化。学生将与KU生物多样性研究所的展览工作人员合作，构思和建立一个新的公共展览，重点是科学收藏的重要性。该展览将突出展示研究故事，这些故事说明了藏品对于解决社会利益问题的重要性，包括识别新兴病原体和追踪入侵物种的起源。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。