Research Training Group in Plant Cell Biology

该奖项为建立植物细胞生物学研究培训小组提供资金。教师团队是来自不同学科背景的优秀高级和初级研究人员的混合体，但对细胞生物学有着共同的兴趣。该基金将为研究生提供津贴，支持本科生参与研究，支付学员研究的部分费用，并使学员能够参加科学会议。此外，这笔资金将用于购买专门的研究设备，供学员使用，并将其他研究和学术机构的调查人员带到戴维斯校区参加研讨会和专题讨论会。近年来，显微技术的应用以及遗传学和生物化学的应用使我们对细胞的结构和功能有了新的认识。这些进展大部分是通过对微生物和动物细胞的研究取得的。对植物细胞特有的这些特征的认识的增长是滞后的。现在非常需要培训在植物细胞生物学研究方面熟练的新研究人员。这个奖项授予这个国家最杰出的植物细胞生物学家团体之一，应该有助于解决这一需求。

This award provides funds for the establishment of a Research Training Group in Plant Cell Biology. The faculty group is a mixture of outstanding senior and junior investigators who come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, but share a common interest in cell biology. The funds will provide stipends for graduate students, will support research participation by undergraduate students, will defray part of the cost of the trainees' research and will enable the trainees to attend scientific meetings. In addition, funds will be used to purchase specialized research equipment to be used by trainees, and to bring investigators from other research and academic institutions to the Davis campus for seminars and symposia. In recent years, the use of new techniques for microscopy and the use of genetics and biochemistry has led to significant new knowledge of the architecture and function of the cell. Much of this progress has come through study of microbial and animal cells. The growth of knowledge of such features particular to plant cells has lagged. There is now a significant need for the training of new researchers skilled in the study of cell biology of plants. This award to one of the country's most outstanding groups of plant cell biologists should help to address the need.