CSBR: Living Stocks: Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota

国家海洋藻类和微生物群中心（NCMA）被授予一个奖项，作为一个中央储存库，以接收、维护和分发（主要是）海洋藻类的活培养物。NCMA拥有39个分类类别的2，739个菌株，代表了所有主要的光合藻类群体。因此，NCMA拥有世界上最大和最多样化的可公开获得的海藻菌株。本项目的具体目标包括：（1）增加藻类多样性，减少核心馆藏中的菌株冗余;（2）通过数据管理和网站功能的升级，提高策展效率和用户体验;（3）实施积极的商业战略，确保未来的可持续性，以支持我们的使命;（4）通过创新的基于信息技术的外联活动扩大更广泛的影响。NCMA为全世界的研究人员、教育工作者和公司提供了一个独特的设施，所有这些人都有兴趣将藻类作为一种资源来研究生物学中的基本问题，全球进程和生物技术。资金将促进NCMA教育计划的扩展，包括短期重点课程和网络研讨会，增加教育推广的机会。通过一个升级的网站，PI计划发布新闻风格的特色文章：这将通过'得到藻类'积极呈现给客户？，一份新的eblast杂志月刊、博客和社交媒体。更多信息可在以下网址获得：http：//www.ncma.bigelow.org。

An award is made to the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) to serve as a central repository to receive, maintain and distribute living cultures of (primarily) marine algae. The NCMA holds 2,739 strains in 39 taxonomic classes, representing all the major photosynthetic algal groups. Thus, the NCMA maintains the largest and most diverse collection of publicly available marine algal strains in the world. Specific goals related to this project include: (1) Increasing algal diversity and reducing strain redundancy in the core collection; (2) Improving curatorial efficiency and user experience through upgrades in data management and website functionality; (3) Implementing an aggressive business strategy to ensure future sustainability to support our mission and; (4) Increase broader impacts through innovative IT-based outreach activities.The NCMA represents a unique facility for researchers, educators and companies worldwide, all interested in working with algae as a resource to investigate fundamental questions in biology, global processes and biotechnology. Funding will facilitate expansion of education programs at NCMA to include short focused courses and webinars, increasing the opportunity for educational outreach. Through an upgraded website, the PIs plan to publish journalism-style featured articles: that will be actively presented to customers through 'got algae'?, a new monthly eblast magazine, blogs and social media. More information may be obtained at: http:www.ncma.bigelow.org.