The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center at The Ohio State University

该奖项为拟南芥生物资源中心(ABRC)提供了新的支持。该中心收集、保存、繁殖和分发各种开花植物拟南芥的种子和DNA库存。ABRC提供网上库存和其他材料清单，并使用基于表格的在线订购系统，以最大限度地减少识别和订购种子和DNA试剂的难度。自1991年ABRC成立以来，拟南芥已成为开花植物基础研究的模式物种。ABRC为从事尖端生物学的植物研究人员组成的动态社区提供服务，这些前沿生物学影响对植物基本功能的基本理解以及旨在作物改良的应用研究。随着拟南芥基因组测序的完成，收集的价值得到了提高，随着人们对功能基因组学兴趣的增加，对ABRC服务的需求预计将会增长。该中心目前每年向全球约2500名科学家分发约70,000份种子和24,000份DNA库存。这项奖励将提供ABRC运营预算的55%，其余部分来自用户费用和机构支持。

This award provides renewed support of the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC). The Center collects, preserves, reproduces and distributes diverse seed and DNA stocks of the flowering plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. The ABRC provides access to lists of its stocks and other materials online, and uses a forms-based online ordering system to minimize the difficulty of identifying and ordering seeds and DNA reagents. Since the ABRC was established in 1991, Arabidopsis has become the model species of choice for basic studies of flowering plants. The ABRC serves a dynamic community of plant researchers involved in cutting-edge biology that impacts the fundamental understanding of the basic functioning of plants as well as applied research aimed at crop improvement. The value of the collection has been enhanced by the completion of the sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome, and demand for the services of the ABRC is expected to grow as interest in functional genomics increases. On an annual basis, the Center currently distributes approximately 70,000 seed and 24,000 DNA stocks to about 2,500 scientists worldwide. This award will provide 55% of the ABRC's operating budget, with the remainder coming from user fees and institutional support.