Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

项目摘要 布卢明顿果蝇库存中心（BDSC）收集、策划、维护和分发果蝇品系 果蝇，以支持生物医学研究界。它是世界上最大、 在世界范围内广泛的果蝇种群收集和许多研究项目的成功的核心 其中包括超过820个国家卫生研究院的赠款。它通过提供以下信息来促进其菌株的有效利用 网站和咨询。BDSC保持广泛的应变信息以及订购、财务 和帐户信息。为了管理这些庞大而复杂的记录， 编程，以有效地检索和验证数据，输入和更新记录，准备报告， 向公众提供用户友好的信息。不幸的是， BDSC不再受到其开发人员的支持，因此常规操作系统更新会带来重大风险 因为它们可能导致软件不兼容和故障。BDSC已经开始更换 通过重组其数据库，使其与更新的标准信息管理兼容， 软件，并将此新数据库的部分内容传输到服务器，同时创建新网站。 这项建议的目的是进行最后和最复杂的步骤，开发一个新的信息， 管理系统的帮助下，签约程序员从印第安纳州大学IU工作室。新 系统将提供最新和有效的工具来编辑、管理和查询新的数据库， 强大的文件备份和检索系统，以及BDSC之间更有效协作的平台 科学家将数据和相关流程从不受支持的软件迁移到新的、稳定的、面向未来的 这是一个明确而迫切的需要。这里要求的资金将适当加快这一进程， 以具有时效性的方式满足这一关键需求。

Project Summary The Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (BDSC) collects, curates, maintains and distributes strains of the fly Drosophila melanogaster to support the biomedical research community. It is the largest and most comprehensive Drosophila stock collection in the world and central to the success of many research projects including over 820 active NIH grants. It promotes the effective use of its strains through information supplied on its website and consultations. The BDSC maintains extensive strain information as well as ordering, financial and account information. To manage these vast and complex records, it has invested heavily in custom programming to efficiently retrieve and validate data, enter and update records, prepare reports and present user-friendly information to the public. Unfortunately, the primary information management software used at the BDSC is no longer supported by its developer, so routine operating system updates pose significant risks because they may result in software incompatibility and failure. The BDSC has begun the process of replacing this key software by restructuring its database to be compatible with newer, standard information management software and by transferring parts of this new database to a server in conjunction with creating a new website. The aim of this proposal is to carry out the final and most complex step of developing a new information management system with the help of contracted programmers from Indiana University IU Studios. The new system will provide up-to-date and efficient tools for editing, managing and querying the new database, a more robust system for file backup and retrieval, and a platform for more effective collaboration among BDSC scientists. Moving data and related processes from the unsupported software to a new, stable and future-proof system is a clear and urgent need. The funding requested here will accelerate the process appropriately and address this critical need in a time-effective manner.