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。教员团队由来自不同学科背景的优秀高级和初级研究人员组成，但他们对细胞生物学有共同的兴趣。这些资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，资金将用于购买专门的研究设备，供受训人员使用，并将其他研究和学术机构的调查人员带到戴维斯校区举行研讨会和专题讨论会。近年来，显微镜新技术的使用以及遗传学和生物化学的使用，使人们对细胞的结构和功能有了新的认识。这些进展很大程度上是通过对微生物和动物细胞的研究取得的。关于植物细胞特有的这些特征的知识的增长已经滞后。现在非常需要培训熟练掌握植物细胞生物学研究的新研究人员。这个奖项授予该国最杰出的植物细胞生物学家群体之一，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.