Cold Ocean Sciences

海洋科学中心(OSC)是纽芬兰里斯湾开放的大西洋海岸上的一个附属大学的主要海洋研究设施。OSC的位置为常驻和来访的科学家和学生提供了进入大西洋西北部动植物的途径，是加拿大境内唯一适合对寒冷海洋过程和亚北极和北极生物体进行岸基研究的地点。该设施提供进行一流海洋科学所需的所有要素，包括高质量的海水、收集和维护水生生物的设备、进入现场的船只和车辆、带流动海水的实验室空间、分析仪器和支持人员。目前，OSC是纪念大学理学院的一个单位，拥有13名研究人员(包括在职荣誉退休人员)、61名研究生、8名博士后研究员、19名补助金支持的研究助理/技术人员和25名核心支持人员。在过去的三年里，来自加拿大和海外的科学家和学生的使用量增加了40%，总共有100多个外部主要和次要用户。此外，还有几个私营部门合作伙伴利用这一主要设施解决冷海水产养殖问题。我们用户的主要研究项目是海洋学和海洋生态学、水产养殖和渔业，以及海洋生物的基本生理、生化和行为过程。此处请拨的资金将为工作人员提供支助，并支付共同使用的设备和空间的一些维护费用，以便海洋科学委员会继续向内部和外部用户开放，并继续成为全球冷洋海洋研究中心。支助人员将拥有共同需求领域的专业知识，包括分析化学和生物化学、海洋分子生物学、海洋学和实地服务、计算机技术、食盐和淡水输送以及畜牧业和卫生。

The Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC) is a university-affiliated, major facility for marine research on the open Atlantic coast at Logy Bay, Newfoundland. The location of the OSC provides resident and visiting scientists and students with access to the flora and fauna of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and is uniquely suited within Canada for shore-based studies of cold ocean processes and sub-arctic and arctic organisms. The facility provides all the necessary elements to conduct first-rate marine science, including high quality seawater, equipment to collect and maintain aquatic organisms, boats and vehicles to access field sites, laboratory space with running seawater, analytical instruments, and support staff.    The OSC is a unit of the Faculty of Science, Memorial University, with 13 research faculty (including active emeriti), 61 graduate students, 8 Post-doctoral Fellows, 19 grant supported research assistants/technicians and 25 core support staff. Over the past three years, use by scientists and students from Canada and abroad has increased by 40% to a total of over 100 external major and minor users. In addition, there are several private sector partners who utilise this major facility to tackle problems in cold ocean aquaculture. The primary research programs of our users are oceanography and marine ecology, aquaculture and fisheries, and the underlying physiological, biochemical and behavioural processes of marine organisms. Funds requested here will provide support for staff and meet some of the maintenance costs of common-use equipment and space, so that the OSC continues to be accessible to internal and external users and remains a global centre of cold ocean marine research. The support staff will have expertise in areas of common-use demand, including analytical chemistry and biochemistry, marine molecular biology, oceanography and field services, computing technology, delivery of salt and fresh water, and animal husbandry and health.