A project workflow for analyzing metabolites in archival marine invertebrate specimens from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The project aims to understand organismal adaptation to extreme Antarctic habitats and optimize specimen preservation methods. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and was last updated on 2024-08-31.
Use Cases
- Study organismal adaptation to extreme environments based on metabolite profiles mentioned in the description
- Optimize museum specimen preservation methods for future metabolomics analyses based on the described workflow
- Investigate cryptic speciation in Antarctic marine invertebrates based on chemical compound data
- Explore biotechnological or biomedical applications based on rare metabolites from marine invertebrates
Strengths
- Data originates from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, a major repository with globally collected specimens
- Project employs advanced analytical techniques like mass spectrometry and Pure Shift NMR spectroscopy
- Focus on Antarctic marine invertebrates provides insights into adaptation to extreme polar environments
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to museum collection practices
Provenance
- Source
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
- Collection Method
- Analysis of archival biological specimens using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-08-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Antarctica