LSC: Operation of UTEX Culture Collecton of Algae

在Jerry J. Brand博士的指导下，一笔赠款被授予德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，用于支持UTEX藻类培养集，这是一个研究和教学资源，包含2600多种藻类和蓝藻菌株。该收藏为美国和世界各地的研究人员提供了用户文化。在过去的五年里，超过600个新菌株被加入了这个收藏。一个经常更新的网页提供了订购藻类的方法，以及这些生物的生物学和培养的信息。UTEX回应了用户提供高分辨率数字图像的要求。藻类收集还提供了大量的培养基，并以象征性的成本提取DNA服务。越来越多的菌株被冷冻保存，这种保存方法需要较少的劳动力，并提高了培养物的长期可及性。该文集每年被数百篇同行评议的文章引用，涉及从藻类作为动物和人类食品补充剂、制药、生物燃料和其他应用的项目。这笔奖金将支持维护UTEX收集的人员，包括将接受藻类生物学培训的学生工作人员。作为教育活动的一部分，一年一度的“供水中的藻类”研讨会向德克萨斯州市政水质实验室的员工介绍。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Dr. Jerry J. Brand to support the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, a research and teaching resource of more than 2,600 strains of algae and cyanobacteria. The collection provides cultures to users for researchers in the United States and worldwide. More than 600 new strains have been accessioned into the collection in the past five years. A frequently updated web page provides a means for ordering algae, as well as information on the biology and culture of these organisms. UTEX has responded to users' requests to provide high-resolution digital images. The Algal Collection also provides bulk volumes of culture media, and a DNA extracting service at a nominal cost. An increasing number of strains are cryopreserved, a method of preservation that requires less labor and enhanced long-term accessibility to the cultures. The collection is cited in hundreds of peer reviewed articles each year, in projects ranging from algae as animal and human food supplements, pharmaceuticals, biofuels, and other applications. The award will support the personnel to maintain the UTEX collection, including student workers who will be trained in algal biology. An annual "algae in water supplies" workshop is presented to employees of municipal water-quality laboratories in Texas as part of educational activities.