Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

项目摘要 布鲁明顿果蝇种群中心(BDSC)收集、管理、维护和分发果蝇品系 黑腹果蝇支持生物医学研究社区。它是世界上最大、最大的 世界上全面的果蝇种群收集，它是许多研究成功的核心 项目。BDSC在很大程度上依赖于媒体厨房的顺利、高效和可靠的运作 和洗碗设施，生产和清洁每年使用的400多万瓶培养基材 维护活的培养物。这项提案要求补充资金，以取代陈旧的 可靠性方面存在弱点的设备。具体地说，厨房灶具系统需要一个新的 安装温度控制装置，为煮苍蝇食物的水壶外壳提供热量，并安装一个新的水箱 将水作为食物原料预热的加热器。洗碗厂需要一个新的高压灭菌器来融化 以琼脂为主的食物之前要清理干净。

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.