# Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

> **NIH NIH P40** · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $101,829

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (BDSC) collects, curates, maintains and distributes strains of the fly
Drosophila melanogaster to support the biomedical research community. It is the largest and most
comprehensive Drosophila stock collection in the world, and it is central to the success of many research
projects. The BDSC depends heavily on the smooth, efficient and dependable functioning of a media kitchen
and dishwashing facility to produce and clean over four million vials of culture media used every year in the
maintenance of live cultures. This proposal requests supplemental funding to replace aged pieces of
equipment that represent weaknesses in reliability. Specifically, the kitchen cooker system needs a new
temperature control unit installed to provide heat to the jacket of the kettle used to cook fly food and a new tank
heater to preheat water as a food ingredient. The dishwashing facility needs a new autoclave for melting the
agar-based food prior to clean up.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10404790
- **Project number:** 3P40OD018537-08S2
- **Recipient organization:** TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** KEVIN R COOK
- **Activity code:** P40 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $101,829
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2014-08-15 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10404790

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10404790, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University (3P40OD018537-08S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10404790. Licensed CC0.

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