Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms

南极海洋生物的综合生物学和适应

• 批准号: 9812707
• 负责人: Donal Manahan
• 金额: $ 75.36万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-15 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9812707&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrative; Biology; Adaptation; Antarctic; Marine

ManahanThis project is an international, advanced-level, graduate training course that will be organized and taught in Antarctica for one month during the period of austral summer. The goals for the course are to introduce students to the diversity of biological organisms in Antarctic polar regions and to study unique aspects of biology that permit life in such extreme environments. Long-standing questions in evolution and ecology (such as cold adaptation and food limitation) concerning the biology of Antarctic organisms will be examined through physiological experiments with organisms, studies of isolated cells and tissues, experiments on protein structure and function, and molecular analysis of genetics systems. Lectures will emphasize physiological, biochemical and molecular biological approaches to understanding the ecology and biological adaptations of Antarctic organisms. Student research projects will follow these interwoven themes. The students will gain a rigorous understanding of the power, but also the limitations of physiological, biochemical and molecular biological methods are they are currently being used to answer research questions in environmental science and biological adaptation. The course will be held in the Crary Science and Engineering Center, located at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This modern research facility provides state of the art laboratory facilities within a short distance from the marine and freshwater environments where biological observations and collections of material will be made. The course will be taught as four modules: Biological Diversity of Antarctic Organisms: Evolution and Molecular Phylogeny; Ultraviolet Radiation: Effects on Antarctic Organisms;I nvertebrates: Physiology, Energy Metabolism and Development; and Fish: Biochemical Adapations. The course, which will attract an extremely competitive group of young scientists, will introduce new researchers to Antarctica, and will teach students to use modern research methods to study the mechanisms that are unique to biology in Antarctica.

Manahan这个项目是一门国际化、高级的研究生培训课程，将在南极洲夏季期间组织和授课一个月。 该课程的目标是向学生介绍南极地区生物有机体的多样性，并研究允许在这种极端环境下生存的生物学的独特方面。将通过生物体生理实验、分离细胞和组织研究、蛋白质结构和功能实验以及遗传系统分子分析来研究有关南极生物生物学的进化和生态学（例如寒冷适应和食物限制）中长期存在的问题。 讲座将强调生理、生化和分子生物学方法，以了解南极生物的生态和生物适应。学生研究项目将遵循这些相互交织的主题。学生们将获得对生理学、生化和分子生物学方法目前用于回答环境科学和生物适应研究问题的能力和局限性的严格理解。该课程将在位于南极洲麦克默多站的克雷科学与工程中心举行。该现代化研究设施提供最先进的实验室设施，距离进行生物观察和材料收集的海洋和淡水环境不远。该课程将分为四个模块：南极生物的生物多样性：进化和分子系统发育；紫外线辐射：对南极生物的影响；无脊椎动物：生理学、能量代谢和发育；和鱼类：生化适应。该课程将吸引极具竞争力的年轻科学家群体，将向南极洲介绍新的研究人员，并将教学生使用现代研究方法来研究南极洲独特的生物学机制。