Core C - Comparative Organismal Energetics Core

项目概要-比较有机能量学核心 比较有机体能量学核心（有机体核心）提供专业知识， 方法学的开发和利用，最先进的仪器和动物的选择 模型，以促进理解能量学对生物衰老的贡献，包括营养， 影响衰老研究的遗传和生化干预。有机体核心是一种独特的资源 为调查人员提供校园其他地方无法提供的服务和资源， （非UAB）研究社区。Organismal Core非常适合测量能量获取，存储， 并在包括C.线虫、水蚤、果蝇、斑马鱼和啮齿类动物， 从而补充了UAB内森冲击中心（NSC）的总体使命和主题。具体 核心的目标如下： 1.提供能量学和身体组成领域的专业知识，比较动物模型， 老化; 2.提供最先进的仪器和方法来测定身体成分 在整个生命周期内（双能X射线吸收法，定量磁共振，和微- 计算机断层扫描）; 3.提供最先进的仪器和方法来确定能量平衡 整个生命周期（食物摄入，能量消耗，能量平衡和活动）; 4.提供最先进的仪器和方法，用于评估与健康相关的 跨生命周期和物种的行为; 5.开发新的方法，用于评估当前和未来需要的能量/身体成分， 用于衰老研究的新生物; 6.提供教育和培训的程序和陷阱，在比较有机体能量学（包括 UAB内部和外部）。

Project Summary – Comparative Organismal Energetics Core The Comparative Organismal Energetics Core (Organismal Core) provides specialized expertise in the development and utilization of methodologies, state-of-the-art instrumentation and the selection of animal models to facilitate understanding the contribution of energetics to biological aging, including nutritional, genetic, and biochemical interventions that impact aging research. The Organismal Core is a unique resource for investigators, with services and resources not available elsewhere on campus and available to the broader (non-UAB) research community. The Organismal Core is ideally suited to measure energy acquisition, storage, and utilization in a variety of animal models including C. elegans, Daphnia, Drosophila, zebrafish, and rodents, thereby complementing the overall mission and theme of the UAB Nathan Shock Center (NSC). The Specific Aims of the Core are as follows: 1. To provide expertise in the area of energetics and body composition in comparative animal models of aging; 2. To provide state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodology for the determination of body composition across the lifespan (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, quantitative magnetic resonance, and micro- computed tomography); 3. To provide state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodology for the determination of energy balance across the lifespan (food intake, energy expenditure, energy balance, and activity); 4. To provide state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodology for evaluating healthspan-associated behaviors across lifespan and species; 5. To develop new methodologies for assessing energetics/body composition where needed in current and novel organisms for aging research; 6. To provide education and training on procedures and pitfalls in comparative organismal energetics (both internal and external to UAB).