NSF MRI: Acquisition of Long Read DNA Sequencing Instrument

这一重大研究仪器奖资助收购了一台采用新型单分子合成数据采集系统的长读测序仪器，以显著促进特拉华大学(UD)的基因组科学。测序仪的收购使多个研究学科交叉受益，包括：微生物学、土壤科学、海洋学、植物生物学和基因组学、动物科学和基因组学、细胞生物学、生物化学和生物信息学。该测序仪帮助几个UD研究中心和研究所的联合研究和多研究者项目，包括：特拉华州环境研究所、环境基因组学中心、禽类生物科学中心、一个新的生物信息学和计算生物学中心以及特拉华州生物技术研究所。因此，新的测序仪直接支持密歇根大学四所学院的教师研究，并为地区机构的合作者和研究人员提供可用的资源，从而使密歇根大学EPSCoR和其他项目的合作伙伴受益。此外，测序仪还用于促进研究生和本科生的教育和研究，特别是学生在基因组学和元基因组学方面的培训。这些研究和教学工作的结果将通过专门的万维网网站、摘要和同行评议的出版物以及学生和教职员工积极参加专业会议的方式广泛传播。

This Major Research Instrumentation award funds the acquisition of a long-read sequencing instrument employing a novel single molecule synthesis data acquisition system to dramatically accelerate genomic sciences at the University of Delaware (UD). A diverse cross section of research disciplines benefit from the acquisition of the sequencer, including: microbiology, soil science, oceanography, plant biology and genomics, animal science and genomics, cell biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics. The sequencer aids joint research and multiple-investigator projects in several UD research centers and institutes including: the Delaware Environmental Institute, the Center for Environmental Genomics, the Avian Biosciences Center, a new Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Thus, the new sequencer directly supports faculty research across four colleges at UD and serves as an available resource for collaborators and researchers at regional institutions, thereby benefitting UD partners in EPSCoR and other programs. In addition, the sequencer is used to advance both graduate and undergraduate education and research, especially student training in genomics and metagenomics. The results of these research and teaching efforts will be broadly disseminated through a dedicated WWW-site, abstracts, and peer reviewed publications, as well as by active participation of students and faculty at professional meetings.