POSE: Phase I: Open hardware for aquatic germplasm preservation

世界各地对水生物种的投资支持了每年1.1亿吨以上的粮食生产，直接就业了6000多万人，并支持了包括医学在内的多种科学研究。宝贵的水生物种遗传品系，如养鱼户（水产养殖）所需的快速生长物种或濒危物种，必须以一种可以在收集后数年、数十年甚至更长时间内恢复的方式加以保存。冷冻保存（冷冻）是保护这些资源的宝贵工具，但它必须以标准化的方式进行，设备和方法可以适应所有预算。一种新的方法是使用3D打印和消费级电子产品来生产用户可以自己制造的设备。这种“开放硬件”需要向新的用户和制造者社区开放。该项目将开发一个开放的硬件生态系统，用户可以在其中访问文件来制作设备，并帮助塑造未来的发展。该生态系统将允许实验室、库存中心、学术机构、水产养殖生产者和保护机构保存和分发遗传物质，以供未来发展。开源硬件为科学提供了扩大参与和改善成果的巨大机会。本项目旨在建立种质资源库，保护水生物种的遗传资源。创建高效的开放硬件生态系统需要基于业务开发原则的策略，以避免陷阱，并通过识别维护和使用生态系统所需的时间、资源、成本和人员来产生机会。有用的平台应该能够分发开放硬件的制作文件，以及相关的用户手册、数据收集工作表、数据库结构、培训课程和其他生成存储库就绪样本所需的信息。该项目将以用户为基础，并将重点放在招聘导致社区发展的过程，以及从用户到制造商到开发人员的进展。这一规划阶段将包括确定目标部门的规模和特点，同时确定扩大的机会。过程映射方法将用于开发拟建平台的仿真建模和分析。这些选择将允许技术的开放分发，同时保持对知识产权的保护。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。

Investments in aquatic species around the world support the annual production of more than 110 million tons of food, the direct employment of more than 60 million people, and the support many types of scientific research including medicine. Valuable genetic lines of aquatic species, such as fast-growing species for fish farmers (aquaculture) or endangered species, must be preserved in a way that can be recovered years, decades, or even longer after they are collected. Cryopreservation (freezing) is a valuable tool to protect these resources, but it must be done in a standardized way with devices and approaches that can fit all budgets. A new approach is to use 3D printing and consumer-level electronics to produce devices that users can manufacture themselves. This “open hardware” needs to be made accessible to new user and maker communities. This project will develop an Open Hardware Ecosystems in which users can access files to make devices and help shape future developments. This Ecosystem will allow laboratories, stock centers, academic institutions, aquaculture producers, and conservation agencies to preserve and distribute genetic material for future development. Open-source hardware offers tremendous opportunities for science to expand participation and improve outcomes. This project seeks to establish germplasm repositories to safeguard the genetic resources of aquatic species. A strategy based on the principles of business development is needed for creation of an efficient Open Hardware Ecosystem to avoid pitfalls and to generate opportunities by identifying time, resources, costs, and personnel needed to maintain and use the Ecosystem. Useful platforms should be able to distribute fabrication files for open hardware, as well as the associated user manuals, data collection worksheets, database structures, training curriculum, and other information needed to produce repository-ready samples. This project will be user-based and will focus on the process for recruitment leading to community development, and the progression through user to maker to developer. This planning stage will include a determination of the size and characteristics of the target sectors, while identifying opportunities for expansion. Process mapping approaches will be used to develop simulation modeling and analysis of the proposed platform. These options will allow for open distribution of technology, while maintaining protection of intellectual property.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.