MRI:Acquisition of an PacBio Sequel System

杨百翰大学获得了一项奖励，购买PacBio Sequel单分子实时（SMRT）测序仪——最新的单分子测序仪——以造福杨百翰大学和杨百翰大学夏威夷分校的教师、本科生和研究生的研究和教育，并通过杨百翰大学与波利尼西亚文化的深入联系，实施一项旨在教育代表性不足的少数民族的推广计划。杨百翰大学拥有世界上最具活力的本科研究项目之一，让学生在教育早期就直接参与研究。杨百翰大学的本科生研究项目还包括共同努力，让来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生参与进来。此外，杨百翰大学项目还与盐湖城的太平洋遗产学院（Pacific Heritage Academy）进行了令人兴奋的合作，对夏威夷本土特有的物种进行测序研究。拥有PacBio续作系统将使杨百翰大学成为美国西部山间地区教师、研究生、本科生和高中生的主要SMRT测序和教育中心。有了PacBio续作系统等新技术，现在有可能完成以前不可实现的事情。这项新技术极大地改善或使研究人员能够：(1)构建更完整的基因组，(2)识别大的基因突变，(3)解决基因表达的未知方面，以及许多其他令人兴奋的应用。横跨西部山间的研究人员将很容易获得这项突破性技术，以推进对众多非模式生物的基因组理解，并开发所需的计算算法。

An award is made to Brigham Young University to purchase a PacBio Sequel Single-Molecule, Real-time (SMRT) Sequencer-the latest in single-molecule sequencing-to benefit faculty, undergraduate, and graduate student research and education at BYU and BYU-Hawaii, and to implement an outreach program designed to educate underrepresented minorities in science through BYU's deep connection into Polynesian cultures. BYU has one of the most vibrant undergraduate research programs in the world, involving students directly in research early in their education. BYU's undergraduate research program also includes concerted efforts to involve students from underrepresented minorities. Additionally, the BYU program has arranged an exciting collaboration with Pacific Heritage Academy in Salt Lake City to perform sequencing studies on species endemic to their native Hawaii. Having a PacBio Sequel System will make BYU a major SMRT sequencing and educational hub for faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and high school students in the intermountain west region of the United StatesWith new technologies such as the PacBio Sequel System, it is now possible to accomplish what was previously unfeasible. This new technology dramatically improves or enables researchers to: (1) construct more complete genomes, (2) identify large genetic mutations, and (3) resolve unknown aspects of gene expression, amongst many other exciting applications. Researchers across the intermountain west will have easy access to this breakthrough technology to advance genomic understanding from numerous non-model organisms, and to develop needed computational algorithms.