Award Abstract #0215667
Acquisition of a High-Throughput DNA Sequencer: A Critical Component of the University of Miami Marine Genomics Initiative

NSF Org:	OCE Division of Ocean Sciences
Initial Amendment Date:	July 22, 2002
Latest Amendment Date:	July 22, 2002
Award Number:	0215667
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Alexander Shor OCE Division of Ocean Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	August 1, 2002
Expires:	July 31, 2005 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$409920
Investigator(s):	Patrick Walsh pwalsh@rsmas.miami.edu (Principal Investigator) Jack Fell (Co-Principal Investigator) Peter Glynn (Co-Principal Investigator) Robert Cowen (Co-Principal Investigator) Sharon Smith (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine&Atmospheric Sci 4600 RICKENBACKER CSWY KEY BISCAYNE, FL 33149 305/421-4089
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):	0204000 Oceanography
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

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This award to University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences provides instrumentation to improve the shared-use scientific instrumentation available to researchers using three research ships operated by University of Miami and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. These three vessels, R/Vs Seward Johnson, Seward Johnson II, and Walton Smith, are all operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The specific instrumentation supported by this award includes a phased array, 75 kHz acoustic Doppler current meter for installation on R/V Seward Johnson II, and a multi-corer device for collecting undisturbed seafloor samples from any of the three ships. These new capabilities will be of substantial advantage to marine scientists using the ships in their research during 2001 and future years.

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