Immunofluorescent Characterization of the Eukaryotic Ultraplankton

这个为期两年的奖项是为了奖励生物海洋学新技术的发展和应用。具体而言，研究人员寻求开发小型浮游植物（超浮游植物）的辅助色素和表面蛋白的免疫荧光测定方法。然后，这些标记将被用来表征海洋中小细胞菌群的分类组成。虽然这种大小的浮游植物在生物学上非常活跃，但它们很难识别和使用。这个奖项将用先进的生物技术方法来解决这个问题，并反映了海洋学界扩大现有技术来处理困难的生物问题的愿望。

This two year award is for he development and application of new techniques in biological oceanography. Specifically, the investigators seek to develop immunofluorescent assays for the accessory pigments and surface proteins of small size class phytoplankton (ultraplankton). Such markers will then be used to characterize the taxonomic composition of the small cell flora in the ocean. Although the phytoplankton in this size class are very active biologically, they are difficult to identify and work with. This award will approach the problem with advanced biotechnological methods and reflects the desire of the oceanographic community to expand the available techniques for dealing with difficult biological problems.