NSF-CGP Science Fellows Program: Characterization of Primary Na+ pumps: Respiratory Chain NOAH-Quinone Reductases

该奖项支持伊利诺伊理工大学生物系Dale Webster博士和千叶大学膜生物化学实验室Tsutomu Unemoto教授的合作。项目资金将使韦伯斯特博士在日本千叶大学居住10个月，以研究好氧细菌的钠泵，并调查这种泵参与氧化代谢。随着微生物生物技术应用领域的不断发展，需要积累有关微生物代谢的知识，特别是关于微生物呼吸链及其与细胞膜离子运输的关系的知识。这个项目汇集了来自两个国家在细胞生理学领域工作的研究科学家。美国科学家将有机会熟悉千叶大学的研究技术、设备和设施，同时为整体研究工作做出贡献。此外，韦伯斯特的长期访问将帮助他与日本一位领先的研究人员建立个人和专业联系。因此，该提案通过国际合作实现了该计划在科学知识交流和转移方面的目标。

This award supports the collaboration of Dr. Dale Webster, Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology and Professor Tsutomu Unemoto, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Chiba University. Project funding will enable Dr. Webster to spend ten months in Japan, resident at Chiba University, in order to study the sodium pump of aerobic bacteria and to investigate this pumps involvement in oxidative metabolism. The growing field of the biotechnological use of microorganisms necessitates the accumulation of knowledge concerning their metabolism in general and in particular, of their respiratory chain and its connection to ion transport across cell membranes. This project brings together research scientists from two countries working in the area of cell physiology. The U.S. scientist will have the opportunity to become familiar with research techniques, equipment, and facilities at Chiba University while contributing to the overall research effort. Additionally, the extended visit by Webster will help him to establish a personal and professional link with a leading research er in Japan. Therefore, this proposal fulfills the objectives of the Program in its exchange and transfer of scientific knowledge through an international collaboration.