LSC: The Fungal Genetics Stock Center

Pi：Michael D.Plamann(密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校)Copi：Kevin McClusky(密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校)该奖项旨在为位于密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校的真菌遗传学股票中心(FGSC)提供持续的长期支持。授予的资金用于继续维护、收集、改进和分配脉孢子菌、曲霉、木霉、隐球菌的遗传种群，以及在较小程度上增加的72种丝状真菌。总样本由60,000多个菌株组成。大量可靠的遗传资源的可获得性极大地刺激了这些生物在遗传学、分子生物学、生物化学、微生物学和系统学等相关领域的研究。收藏中的许多菌株也被用于教育目的。FGSC还维护和分发用于真菌研究的分子工具，如克隆基因和丝状真菌基因组克隆或cDNA文库。FGSC还编写了《真菌遗传学通讯》(迄今已有53期)和两年一次的现有培养物和服务目录。FGSC保持着一个经常更新的网站(www.fgsc.net)，其中包括以印刷目录形式收集的所有菌株的清单，以及真菌遗传学家感兴趣的其他信息，如有用方法的细节、《真菌遗传学通讯》的问题、从1995年至今的全国和国际真菌遗传学会议的摘要，以及与真菌遗传学有关的论文的书目。

PI: Michael D. Plamann (University of Missouri - Kansas City)CoPI: Kevin McClusky (University of Missouri - Kansas City)This award provides for the continued long-term support for the Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC), located at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Funds awarded support the continued maintenance, collection, improvement, and distribution of genetic stocks of Neurospora, Aspergillus, Magnaporthe, Cryptococcus, and to a lesser extent 72 additional species of filamentous fungi. The total collection consists of over 60,000 strains. The availability of this large collection of reliable genetics stocks has markedly stimulated the use of these organisms for research in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology and systematics and other related fields. Many of the strains in the collection are also used for educational purposes. The FGSC also maintains and distributes molecular tools for fungal research such as cloned genes and libraries of genomic clones or cDNAs from filamentous fungi. The Fungal Genetics Newsletter (53 issues to date) and a biennial catalog of available cultures and services are also prepared at the FGSC. The FGSC maintains a frequently updated web site (www.fgsc.net) that includes a list of all strains in the collection in the form of a printed catalog as well as other information of interest to fungal geneticists such as details of useful methods, issues of the Fungal Genetics Newsletter, abstracts from national and international fungal genetics meetings from 1995 to the present, and bibliographies of papers related to fungal genetics.