CSBR: Natural History Collections: Developing Ericaceae research resources through collections enhancement and data integration

植物科（4000种）在全球分布，包括经济上重要的成员，如蓝莓、蔓越莓和杜鹃花。纽约植物园（NYBG）获得了一项奖励，用于更新物种鉴定，整理，翻新NYBG和罗格斯大学的档案存储材料，图像和数据库Ericaceae研究标本。支持生物多样性研究的独特组合，包括植物标本馆标本，液体保存组织，解剖显微镜载玻片，木材，DNA样本和活植物图像。计算机化升级为网络框架将使所有这些收藏的整合和同时搜索成为可能。教育是这个项目的主要智力价值。一名博士生将获得两年的支持，同时接受一系列自然历史藏品管理方面的培训。NYBG还通过培训学生、实习生和国际合作者来发展代表性不足的群体。升级馆藏基础设施和电子数据传播将促进馆藏在纽约图书馆以外的教育活动中的使用。利用这些研究材料，我们将开发一个在线的Ericaceae解剖学图集和一个K-12教师研讨会。一个研讨会将向罗格斯大学生物学专业的本科生和研究生介绍纽约植物园的藏品作为研究、教育和迁地保护的全球工具。

The plant family Ericaceae (4000 species) has a global distribution and includes economically important members, such as blueberries, cranberries, and rhododendrons. The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) received an award to updated species identifications, curate, refurbish with archival storage materials, image, and database Ericaceae research specimens at both NYBG and Rutgers University. The unique assemblage, which supports biodiversity research, includes herbarium specimens, liquid preserved tissue, anatomical microscope slides, wood, DNA samples, and images of living plants. Computerization upgraded to a web framework will enable the integration and simultaneous searching of all these collections. Education is a primary intellectual merit of this project. A doctoral student will receive two years of support while being trained in the stewardship of an array of natural history collections. NYBG also develops under-represented groups by training students, interns and international collaborators. Upgrading collections infrastructure and electronic data dissemination will facilitate collections use in educational endeavors beyond NYBG. Using these research materials, an on-line atlas of Ericaceae anatomy and a K-12 teachers workshop will be developed. A symposium will educate Rutgers University biology under- and graduate-students about NYBG's collections as a global tool for research, education, and ex situ conservation.