CAREER: Neuroethology of Hygienic Behavior

职业：卫生行为的神经行为学

• 批准号: 9722416
• 负责人: Marla Spivak
• 金额: $ 35.12万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9722416&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Neuroethology; Hygienic; Behavior

Lay Abstract PI: Spivak, Marla Proposal Number: IBN-9722416 This project develops a coordinated educational and research program that offers undergraduate students a change to become actively involved in their own scientific development. The project is build around research designed to understand the behavior and neural basis of hygienic behavior in honey bees. Hygienic behavior is a mechanism is a defense against a parasitic mite and a mechanism of disease resistance in which bees identify and remove parasitized and diseased brood from the hive. This project examines the behavior expressed by bees, identifies the sensory cues they use to trigger the behavior, and investigates the nervous system mechanisms that control its expression. Undergraduate students participate in research projects ranging from practical bee breeding to behavioral and neurobiological experiments in the laboratory. Understanding the factors that regulate hygienic behavior in honey bees, vital pollinators in may parts of the world including agricultural areas, is critical as beekeepers search for bees with natural defenses against diseases and mites with the goal of reducing antibiotic and pesticide application.

通俗摘要 PI：Spivak，Marla提案编号：IBN-9722416 该项目开发了一个协调的教育和研究计划，为本科生提供了一个改变，使他们积极参与自己的科学发展。该项目是建立在旨在了解蜜蜂卫生行为的行为和神经基础的研究。蜜蜂的寄生行为是一种防御寄生螨的机制，也是一种抗病机制，在这种机制中，蜜蜂识别并从蜂巢中清除寄生虫和患病的幼蜂。该项目研究蜜蜂表达的行为，识别它们用来触发行为的感官线索，并研究控制其表达的神经系统机制。本科生参与研究项目，从实际的蜜蜂育种到实验室的行为和神经生物学实验。 蜜蜂是世界上包括农业地区在内的重要授粉者，了解调节蜜蜂卫生行为的因素至关重要，因为养蜂人寻找具有天然防御疾病和螨虫的蜜蜂，以减少抗生素和杀虫剂的使用。