Marine Biotechnology Instrumentation for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Marine Biological Laboratory

该项目提供资金以建立一个海洋分子生物学联合设施，为伍兹霍尔海洋研究所和海洋生物实验室提供服务，这两个机构都位于马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔。该设施将为这两个机构的常驻和访问调查人员增加一项新的海洋科学研究能力。伍兹霍尔的海洋研究有着悠久的历史，这两个机构在海洋生物学、生物医学科学和海洋学方面做出了重要贡献。海洋生物实验室和伍兹霍尔海洋研究所在整个动物生物学和生态学方面具有特别的优势。分子生物学和生物技术的联合设施将为这些机构带来一个新的维度，使涉及蛋白质测序、肽合成、DNA测序和DNA合成的研究成为可能。对这种设施的迫切需要涉及分子系统学和进化、海洋生物的基因调控和环境适应、海洋生物的发育和神经生物学以及生态学方面的研究目标。将现有常年和来访的科学人员的优势与分子生物学仪器相结合，将在伍兹霍尔创造出海洋生物学领域不同寻常的优势，并将在未来几年为海洋科学界服务。

This project provides funds to establish a joint facility for marine molecular biology to serve the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Marine Biological Laboratory, both located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The facility will add a new capability for research in marine science to resident and visiting investigators at both institutions. There is a long history of marine research in Woods Hole, with important contributions from the two institutions in marine biology, biomedical science and oceanography. Particular strengths at the Marine Biological Laboratory are in the areas of physiology and biochemistry, and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in whole animal biology and ecology. The joint facility for molecular biology and biotechnology will bring a new dimension to these institutions, allowing studies involving protein sequencing, peptide synthesis, DNA sequencing and DNA synthesis. The immediate needs for such a facility involve research objectives in molecular phylogeny and evolution, in gene regulation and environmental adaptation in marine organisms, in developmental and neurobiology of marine species, and in ecology. Combining the present strengths of year-round and visiting scientific staff with molecular biology instrumentation will create an unusual strength in marine biology at Woods Hole and will serve the marine science community for years to come.