Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

项目摘要 布卢明顿果蝇储备中心（BDSC）收集、管理、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、 这是世界上最全面的果蝇种群收集，也是许多研究成功的关键。 项目BDSC在很大程度上依赖于媒体厨房的平稳、高效和可靠的运作 和餐具清洗设施，生产和清洁每年使用的400多万瓶培养基， 保持活的文化。该提案要求补充资金，以取代老化的 这些设备在可靠性方面存在缺陷。具体来说，厨房炊具系统需要一个新的 安装温度控制单元，以向用于烹饪苍蝇食物的水壶的夹套和新罐提供热量 加热器预热水作为食物配料。洗碗设施需要一个新的高压釜来熔化 在清洁之前，以琼脂为基础的食物。

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 it is central to the success of many research projects. The BDSC depends heavily on the smooth, efficient and dependable functioning of a media kitchen and dishwashing facility to produce and clean over four million vials of culture media used every year in the maintenance of live cultures. This proposal requests supplemental funding to replace aged pieces of equipment that represent weaknesses in reliability. Specifically, the kitchen cooker system needs a new temperature control unit installed to provide heat to the jacket of the kettle used to cook fly food and a new tank heater to preheat water as a food ingredient. The dishwashing facility needs a new autoclave for melting the agar-based food prior to clean up.