PRFB Workshop- Research Using Biological Collections; November 7-9, 2017; Harvard University

该项目为生物学博士后研究员的研讨会提供资金，由使用生物收藏品的研究轨道支持。这一轨道始于2015财政年度，因此迄今已支持了三批研究员。该讲习班旨在为前两组的研究员提供服务（第三组的个人尚未开始或最近才开始获得研究金，因此不参加该讲习班）。该项目为大约60名研究员（第1和第2组的所有研究员）参加该讲习班提供资金。讲习班的目的是为研究员提供一个论坛和建立联系的机会;使研究员了解国家科学基金会的机会;提供职业发展机会和职业发展信息;综合关于以收藏为基础的研究所支持的活动的广度的信息;并促进研究员之间以及与知名科学家之间的互动和合作。生物收藏历来是研究的宝贵资源和教育在过去的十年里，利用收集来提出生物学中广泛而基本的问题的做法有了很大的复兴。其中一些是由新技术的发展驱动的，例如下一代测序、稳定同位素和新的成像技术（例如，DCT扫描），使研究人员能够从标本中获得新的信息。此外，许多标本已经数字化，并向研究人员提供了图像。此外，利用收集的资料现在被认为是解决某些新出现的生物学问题的一种非常有效的方式（有时是唯一的方式），例如，气候变化对物种分布的影响。讲习班将使研究员能够利用收藏品交流他们的研究成果，更广泛地说，交流对可以利用收藏品解决的各种生物学问题的见解。

This project funds a workshop for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Biology, supported by the Research Using Biological Collections track. This track began in fiscal year (FY) 2015, and therefore three cohorts of fellows have been supported thus far. This workshop is designed to serve fellows from the first two cohorts (individuals in cohort 3 have not yet started or only recently started their fellowships, and are therefore not a part of this workshop). This project provides funds for approximately 60 fellows (all of those in cohorts 1 and 2) to attend this workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum and networking opportunities to the fellows; expose fellows to opportunities at NSF; provide professional development opportunities and information on career tracks; synthesize information on the breadth of activities supported by collections-based research; and catalyze interactions and collaborations among fellows and with established scientists.Biological collections have historically been an invaluable resource for research and education. In the past decade, there has been a great resurgence in the use of collections to ask broad and fundamental questions in biology. Some of this is driven by the development of new technologies, such as next-generation sequencing, stable isotopes, and new imaging technologies (e.g., DCT scans), which allow researchers to obtain novel information from specimens. In addition, many specimens have been digitized and images made available to researchers. In addition, the use of collections is now recognized as a very effective way (sometimes the only way) to address certain emerging biological questions, e.g., the impact of climate change on species distributions. The workshop will allow fellows to exchange ideas based on their research findings using collections and, more generally, to share insights into the wide range of biological questions that can be addressed using collections.