NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for FY 1997

本行动资助了1997年NSF/Alfred P. Sloan分子进化博士后研究奖学金。这些奖学金支持涉及生物进化变化和适应框架内分子水平生物模式和过程的理论、比较、计算和/或实验分析的研究。这些研究还包括利用分子数据来解决更广泛的进化问题。每个奖学金支持在赞助实验室进行的研究和培训计划。该奖学金的研究和培训计划的标题是“剖析移动DNA元素之间的特定相互作用，以了解细菌进化。”可移动的DNA元件如转座子和质粒增加了细菌种群的遗传多样性。细菌转座子Tn7特异性靶向其插入能够在细胞间移动的质粒的分子机制正在被确定。了解移动DNA元素如何相互识别和相互作用将为了解遗传信息如何在细菌种群中快速传播提供重要见解。

Abstract DBI 9750072 Joseph E. Peters This action funds an NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for 1997. These fellowships support studies involving the theoretical, comparative, computational, and/or experimental analyses of biological patterns and processes at the molecular level within the framework of organismic evolutionary change and adaptation. These studies also include the use of molecular data to address broader evolutionary questions. Each fellowship supports a research and training plan to be carried out in a sponsoring laboratory. The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "Dissecting specific interactions between mobile DNA elements to understand bacterial evolution." Mobile DNA elements such as transposons and plasmids increase genetic diversity in bacterial populations. The molecular mechanism by which the bacterial transposon Tn7 specifically targets its insertion into plasmids able to move between cells is being determined. Understanding how mobile DNA elements recognize and interact with each other will provide important insights into how genetic information is rapidly spread through bacterial populations.