Tucson Drosophila Stock Center

这一奖项为图森果蝇种群中心提供了持续的支持，该中心是一个公共支持的果蝇物种活体种群集合，于2000年迁往亚利桑那大学。这个收藏包括1000多个菌株，代表大约250种通常被称为果蝇的小昆虫。应要求，库存中心向研究人员和教育工作者提供活苍蝇样本，收费适中，仅支付运营成本的一部分。自图森种群中心成立以来的四年里，每年提供的菌株数量增加了约50%；随着已确定基因组序列的果蝇物种的数量增加，预计使用数量将继续增长。股票中心收藏品的预期增长领域包括扩大物种代表性、为已经在收藏品中出现的物种增加新收集的野生型种群，以及为其基因组已测序的物种增加遗传标记菌株。这些序列的可获得性预计将刺激比较基因组学研究，从而刺激对样本收集的需求。除了在促进研究方面的作用外，库存中心还为高中、大学和博物馆的教育用途提供样本。物种中心还为学生和研究人员举办一年一度的研讨会，他们希望更多地了解馆藏中的各种物种，并获得与它们合作所需的特殊知识。

This award provides continued support for the Tucson Drosophila Species Stock Center, a publicly-supported collection of living stocks of Drosophila species which moved to the University of Arizona in 2000. The collection consists of over 1000 strains representing approximately 250 species of the small insect commonly referred to as the fruit fly. On request, the Stock Center provides sample of live flies to researchers and educators at a modest charge that defrays only a portion of the cost of operation. In the four years since the Tucson Stock Center opened, the number of strains provided annually has increased by about 50%; continued growth in usage is projected as the number of drosophila species whose genome sequence has been determined increases. Areas of expected growth in the Stock Center's collection include expanded species representation, addition of newly collected wild type stocks for species already represented in the collection and addition of genetically marked strains for those species whose genomes have been sequenced. Availability of these sequences is expected to stimulate comparative genomics studies and thus the demand for samples of the collection. In addition to its role in enabling research, the Stock Center provides samples for educational uses in high schools, colleges and museums. The Stock Center also conducts an annual workshop for students and researchers who wish to learn more about the varied species in the collection and to acquire the special knowledge needed to work with them.