Coordinating and Bioinformatics Unit for the DCC/MMPC

描述(申请人提供)：糖尿病并发症动物模型协会(AMDCC)和小鼠代谢表型中心(MMPC)是由美国国立卫生研究院资助的两个多中心倡议。在当前的五年筹资周期中，AMDCC主要负责开发和表征模仿人类糖尿病并发症的动物模型。AMDCC的任务不仅是创建这些模型，而且还向科学界提供这些模型、与其特征有关的数据以及用于生成和分析这些模型的协议。对该财团的监督来自NIH和一个外部咨询委员会(EAB)。在第三个资助周期中，AMDCC将更名为糖尿病并发症联盟(DCC)，并将负责通过使用机会池(Funding)继续支持DCC动物模型表型，管理/维护网站和表型数据，并行政地组织由DCC赞助的会议和研讨会，以参与更大的糖尿病并发症科学界。相比之下，MMPC负责为科学界提供标准化的、高质量的小鼠代谢和生理表型服务。MMPC向研究人员收费提供最先进的技术，他们的服务包括表征老鼠的新陈代谢、血液成分(包括激素)、能量平衡、饮食和运动、器官功能和形态、生理学和组织学。在过去四年中，由于国立卫生研究院决定在第二个供资周期内整合两个财团的活动，这两个财团一直由一个CBU管理。我们的实验室在AMDCC(过去9年)和MMPC(过去4年)都是CBU。CBU负责建立和维护必要的行政、科学和信息学基础设施，以组织和便利其行动。这项提议的目标是提供这种基础设施。我们将在当前AMDCC/MMPC CBU基础设施的成功基础上，为DCC和MMPC提供强大和全面的面向服务的解决方案，既支持各自的共同方面，也支持各自的独特方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Animal Models of Diabetic Complications Consortium (AMDCC) and the Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers (MMPC) are two multi-center initiatives funded by the NIH. During the current five year funding cycle, the AMDCC had the primary responsibility of developing and characterizing animal models that mimic human diabetic complications. The mission of the AMDCC was to not only create these models, but also provide these models, the data relevant to their characterization and the protocols used for their generation and analysis to the scientific community. Oversight of the consortium comes from both the NIH and an External Advisory Board (EAB). During this third funding cycle, the AMDCC will be rebranded as the Diabetic Complications Consortium (DCC) and will be responsible for continuing support for the DCC animal model phenotyping through the use of opportunity pools (funding), manage/maintain the website and phenotyping data and administratively organize the meetings and workshops sponsored by the DCC to engage the greater diabetic complications scientific community. In contrast, the MMPCs are charged with providing the scientific community with standardized, high quality metabolic and physiologic phenotyping services for the mouse. The MMPC provides state-of-the-art technologies to investigators for a fee, with their services including characterization of mouse metabolism, blood composition (including hormones), energy balance, eating and exercise, organ function and morphology, physiology and histology. Over the last four years the two consortia have been managed by one CBU because of the NIH decision to integrate the activities of the two consortia during their second funding cycles. Our laboratory has been the CBU for both the AMDCC (last 9 years) and the MMPC (last 4 years). The CBU is responsible for creating and maintaining the administrative, scientific and informatics infrastructure necessary to organize and facilitate their operations. The goal of this proposal is to provide that infrastructure. We will build upon the success of the current AMDCC/MMPC CBU infrastructure to provide both the DCC and MMPC with a robust and comprehensive service oriented solution that supports both the common and unique aspects of each.