MARINE/FRESHWATER BIOMEDICAL CENTER

杜克大学海洋和淡水生物医学科学中心 促进多学科研究的机制和影响， 环境中的金属和自由基，促进海洋的使用 和淡水生物作为实验模型和/或生物标志物， 提供设施和技术支持，以加强研究活动 对人类和环境健康的影响。 在此前提下， 中心的基础是，其方案将提高研究生产力 并帮助将基础研究转化为应用， 有益于人类健康。 该中心是独特的位置，以实现这一目标 目标，桥接和整合环境健康研究， 研究人员在杜克海洋实验室，医学中心，学校的 艺术和科学，以及环境学院。 该中心组织 行政、设施和服务、研究和可行性 丹 该中心的研究人员有助于研究和设施， 服务核心和受益于跨学科的专题研讨会。 虽然专业知识各不相同，但他们的共同目标是 增加我们对不良反应机制的理解， 环境毒物的影响。 行政核心保持和 扩展共享生物体或系统的研究人员之间的交流 并通过社区向公众传播基础研究成果 外展和教育方案。 这是通过出版来实现的 会议和进度报告的成果， 会议和会议，并通过整合活动和方案， 中心。 设施和服务核心支持研究活动 通过提供广泛的专业知识和设备， 可供中心研究者使用，并通过维护和升级 现有设备。 中心工作人员帮助研究人员开发方法， 设备的使用和维护，并生成报告， 设备和研究建议具有竞争力。 研究核心提供 为探索性和创新性研究提供技术和后勤支助， 中心研究员和访问学者。 这种支持是一种动力 为了项目开发和正在进行的研究的进步， 金属和自由基毒性领域。 三个互动研究 核心地址I.金属和金属蛋白，二。自由基 三.基因调控和发育促进了这一总体目标。 的 可行性核心为小型试点项目提供资金， 在竞争的基础上实现中心的目标和宗旨。

The Duke University Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center promotes multidisciplinary research on the mechanisms and effects of metals and free radicals in the environment, advances the use of marine and freshwater organisms as experimental models and/or biomarkers, and provides facilities and technical support to enhance research activities of human and environmental health significance. The premise on which the Center is based is that its programs will enhance research productivity and aid in the translation of basic research into applications that benefit human health. The Center is uniquely situated to accomplish this objective, bridging and integrating environmental health research of investigators at the Duke Marine Laboratory, Medical Center, School of the Arts and Sciences, and School of the Environment. The Center is organized into Administrative, Facilities and Services, Research and Feasibility Cores. The Center investigators contribute to Research and Facilities and Services Cores and benefit from interdisciplinary thematic workshops. Although diverse in professional expertise, they share the goal of increasing our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie adverse effects of environmental toxicants. The Administrative Core maintains and extends communication between researchers who share organisms or systems and communicate basic research results to the public through community outreach and education programs. This is accomplished through publication of ENVIRONS and PROGRESS REPORTS, by hosting and reporting the results of meetings and conferences, and by integrating activities and programs of the Center. The Facilities and Services Core supports research activities of Center participants by making a wide range of expertise and equipment available to Center investigators and by maintaining and upgrading existing equipment. Center staff aid researchers in methods development, use and maintenance of equipment, and generation of reports that make new equipment and research proposals competitive. The Research Core provides technical and logistic support for exploratory and innovative studies by Center investigators and Visiting Scholars. This support is an impetus for program development and for advancement of ongoing studies in the areas of metal and free radical toxicity. Three interactive research cores that address I. Metals and Metalloproteins, II. Free Radicals, and III. Gene Regulation and Development advance this overall objective. The Feasibility Core provides funding for small pilot projects that promote the aims and objectives of the Center on a competitive basis.