MARINE/FRESHWATER BIOMEDICAL CENTER GRANT

杜克大学海洋和淡水生物医学科学中心 促进多学科研究的机制和影响的有毒 环境中的化学品，促进海洋和淡水资源的利用 生物作为实验模型和/或生物标志物，并提供设施 提供技术支持，以加强人类和 环境卫生意义。 该中心的前提是 它的计划将提高研究生产力， 将基础研究转化为造福人类的应用 健康 该中心分为行政，设施和 服务和研究核心。 该中心的参与者，主要是 来自杜克大学，是研究核心的成员。 虽然多样 在专业知识方面，他们的共同目标是提高我们的 了解造成不良影响的机制， 环境毒物 行政核心维护和扩展 在生物医学领域有共同兴趣的研究人员之间的交流 海洋和淡水生物或系统的应用 他们 这是通过出版《进步》和《进步》来实现的。 通过主办会议和公布会议结果， 会议，并通过整合中心的活动和计划。 的 设施和服务核心支持中心的研究活动 通过提供技术专门知识和设备， 维护和升级现有设备。 中心工作人员援助研究人员 在方法开发、设备使用和维护以及 使新设备和研究提案具有竞争力的报告。 的 研究中心为探索性和 中心参与者和访问学者的创新研究。 这 支持是发展新方案和促进 在氧和金属毒性、非哺乳动物 毒理学研究模型，以及 生态系统扰动。

The Duke University Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center promotes multidisciplinary research on the mechanisms and effects of toxic chemicals in the environment, advances the use of marine and freshwater organisms as experimental models and/or biomarkers, and provides facilities and technical support to enhance research activities of human and environmental health significance. The premise on which the Center is based is that its programs will enhance research productivity and aid in the translation of basic research into applications that benefit human health. The Center is organized into Administrative, Facilities and Services, and Research Cores. The Center participants, drawn primarily from Duke University, are members of the Research Core. Although diverse in professional expertise, they share the goal of increasing our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie adverse effects of environmental toxicants. The Administrative Core maintains and extends communication between researchers who share an interest in the biomedical applications of marine and freshwater organisms or systems derived from them. This is accomplished through publication of ENVIRONS and PROGRESS REPORTS, by hosting and making known the results of meetings and conferences, and by integrating activities and programs of the Center. The Facilities and Services Core supports research activities of Center participants by making technical expertise and equipment available and by maintaining and upgrading existing equipment. Center staff aid researchers in methods development, use and maintenance of equipment, and generation of reports that make new equipment and research proposals competitive. The Research Core provides technical and logistic support for exploratory and innovative studies by Center participants and Visiting Scholars. This support is an impetus for new program development and for advancement of ongoing studies in the areas of oxygen and metal toxicity, non-mammalian models for toxicological studies, and human health consequences of ecosystem perturbations.