Modernization of the Pohl Conservatory, a Vital Resource for Plant Biology Research and Research Training

理查德W。波尔温室是一个资源设施，是中央的研究和研究培训使命的植物学系和基本植物生物学计划在爱荷华州州立大学。 温室位于Bessey Hall的屋顶，为生态学，进化生物学，分子生物学和生物技术研究提供主要的植物生长设施。此外，该设施还拥有密西西比河以西第二大温室植物物种。来自美国国家科学基金会的资金将用于将一个过时的温室改造成一个最先进的研究工厂设施。 一部分空间将专门用于生物技术和转基因植物研究。 将使用综合调节器更新障碍性环境控制和公用事业基础设施。 漏水和不稳定的玻璃屋顶和侧板将被替换为现代材料，并将重新上釉。 翻新后的设施将提高该部在有利和安全的工作环境中进行转基因植物研究和培训的能力。 该项目的意义超出了爱荷华州的国家和国际层面的众多和不同的研究计划，涉及直接或间接使用该设施的合作。 预计这些合作将继续增加，因为独特的遗传植物材料在翻新的温室中创造和生长。 与基因工程植物相结合，温室收藏代表了世界上其他任何地方都无法获得的植物物种的独特来源。植物材料定期提供给世界各地的研究实验室，该项目将保持这一重要的科学资源，并在未来几年加强温室的作用。

The Richard W. Pohl Conservatory is a resource facility that is central to the research and research training mission of the Botany Department and to basic Plant Biology programs at Iowa State University. Located on the roof of Bessey Hall, the Conservatory provides the primary plant growth facilities for research in ecology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, and biotechnology. In addition, the facility houses the second largest greenhouse collection of plant species west of the Mississippi River. Funding from the National Science Foundation will be used to convert an outdated greenhouse containing inadequate and decaying facilities into a state-of-the-art research plant facility. A portion of the space will be modified specifically for biotechnology and transgenic plant research. Obsolete environmental controls and utility infrastructure will be updated with integrated regulators. The leaky and precarious glass roof and side panels will be replaced with modern materials and will be reglazed. A renovated facility will enhance the Department's ability to conduct transgenic plant research and training in a conducive and safe working environment. The significance of this project extends beyond Iowa State to national and international levels by the numerous and varied research programs that involve collaborations which directly or indirectly use the facility. It is anticipated that these collaborations will continue to increase as unique genetic plant materials are created and grown in the renovated greenhouse. In conjunction to genetically engineered plants, the conservatory collection represents a unique source for plant species that is not available anyplace else in the world. Plant materials are regularly supplied to research laboratories around the world and this project will maintain this vital scientific resource and enhance the role of the conservatory in future years.