Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research: Biological Collections: Growth and Development of the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center

美国俄亥俄州立大学拟南芥生物资源中心（ABRC）储存、扩增和分发拟南芥种子、质粒克隆和其他资源，这是植物研究的关键模型系统。这些包括DNA文库、cDNA收集、来自全球的各种突变种子种群和种质，代表了物种的巨大自然遗传变异。30年来，ABRC在促进重要和基础植物研究方面发挥了全球作用。ABRC资源促进了光合作用和植物发育各个方面的发现，这些发现有助于促进农业改良、绿色技术和基础医学研究。该奖项将支持ABRC的核心使命，即以低成本向植物生物学社区分发DNA和种子资源，并通过向K-12教师免费提供种子和教学资源来支持植物科学教育。该项目延续了ABRC的使命，即通过获取新资源来扩大和扩大馆藏，同时提高运营效率。大量的推广和教育工作将使ABRC成为地方、国家和国际推广和教育的领导者，为激励和培训未来几代植物科学家提供机会。这个项目将维持和增加目前高水平的资源分配，特别是种子库存。ABRC将保持质量控制测试，重点是经常订购的库存、长期储存的库存和已知需要特殊储存条件的库存。该中心将通过合作纳入更多的芸苔科物种来扩大收集，特别是一种具有潜在油料作物和生物柴油应用潜力的物种。本地及全国的外展活动，将包括开发及征求新的教育资源，并扩大我们成功的外展计划的范围。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC) at The Ohio State University stores, amplifies and distributes seeds, plasmid clones and other resources of Arabidopsis thaliana, a key model system for plant research. These have included DNA libraries, cDNA collections, various mutant seed populations and germ plasm from across the globe that represent the immense natural genetic variation of the species. For 30 years, the ABRC has had a global role in facilitating essential and fundamental plant research. ABRC resources have promoted discovery in photosynthesis and all aspects of plant development that have been instrumental in promoting agricultural improvement, green technology, and basic medical research. This award will support the ABRC's core mission to inexpensively distribute DNA and seed resources to the plant biology community, and to support plant science education by providing seeds and teaching resources free-of-charge to K-12 teachers. This project continues the mission of the ABRC to enlarge and expand the collection though acquisition of new resources while at the same time increasing the efficiency of the operation. Substantial outreach and education efforts will allow the ABRC to be a leader in local, national and international outreach and education, providing opportunities to inspire and train future generations of plant scientists.This project will maintain and increase the current high levels of resource distribution, particularly for seed stocks. The ABRC will maintain quality control testing with an emphasis on stocks that are ordered frequently, stocks in long term storage, and those known to require special storage conditions. The Center will expand the collection through the collaborative inclusion of additional Brassicaceae species, especially Thlaspi arvense (pennycress), a species that has potential oil crop and biodiesel applications. Outreach activities, both local and national, will include the development and solicitation of new education resources and that expands the reach of our successful outreach programming.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.