Drosophila Species Stock Center

这个奖项继续支持加州大学物种储备中心，一个收集果蝇物种的活库存。活体收集包括1000多个菌株，代表了大约250种通常被称为果蝇的小昆虫。该项目的目标是向研究人员和教育工作者提供活体苍蝇，收费后可以帮助支付运营成本。14种果蝇的全基因组已被测序，这推动了生物学界对这些物种的使用，包括行为、神经生物学、发育、基因组学、生态学、生理学、免疫学和系统生物学等领域的研究人员。收集的增长包括新收集的野生型菌株的增加和基因组已测序的物种的转基因菌株的增加。这些物种为研究包括人类在内的许多物种共有的基本生物过程提供了前所未有的机会。除了进行研究外，斯托克中心还为高中、大学和博物馆的教育用途提供样本。馆藏中心还为希望更多地了解馆藏中各种物种并获得与它们一起工作所需的特殊知识的学生和研究人员举办一年一度的研讨会。

This award continues support for the University of California Species StockCenter, a collection of living stocks of Drosophila species. The livingcollection consists of over 1000 strains representing approximately 250species of the small insect commonly referred to as the fruit fly. Project goalsare to provide live flies to researchers and educators at a charge that helpsdefray operating costs. The whole genomes of 14 Drosophila species havebeen sequenced which has driven the use of these species by the biologicalcommunity including researchers in behavior, neurobiology, development,genomics, ecology, physiology, immunology, and systems biology. Growth inthe collection includes addition of newly collected wild type strains andaddition of transgenic strains for those species whose genomes have beensequenced.These species provide unprecedented opportunities to study basic biologicalprocesses common to many species, including humans. In addition toenabling research, the Stock Center provides samples for educational uses inhigh schools, colleges and museums. The Stock Center also conducts anannual workshop for students and researchers wishing to learn more aboutthe varied species in the collection and to acquire the special knowledgeneeded to work with them.