Enhancement for Research and Teaching Capabilities in Ecological, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology

增强生态、环境和进化生物学的研究和教学能力

• 批准号: 0079820
• 负责人: Michele Nishiguchi
• 金额: $ 11.88万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-08-15 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0079820&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancement; Research; Teaching; Capabilities; Ecological

This award will support research at the Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics in the Department of Biology at New Mexico State University. A number of investigators will make use of the DNA sequencer including: 1) Dr. Michele Nishiguchi (PI), who studies the evolution and speciation of symbionts in a squid-luminous bacterium model system and is interested in the evolution of infection mechanisms in related pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio, which are responsible for the radiation and spread of infectious disease. 2) Dr. Peter Houde (co-PI), whose research program focuses on the systematics of birds, with an emphasis in the molecular systematics of the avian order Gruiformes, an ill-defined group within avian phylogenetics. 3) Dr. Daniel Howard (co-PI), whose group is interested in species formation, the process responsible for the diversity of life on earth using a model system of closely related ground crickets. 4) Dr. Brook Milligan (co-PI), whose research interests include developing statistical methods to disentangle genetic and environmental factors affecting quantitative traits thereby identifying the genetic architecture of important medical, physiological, or ecological traits of natural populations. 5) Dr. Kevin Oshima (co-PI), whose research focuses primarily on characterizing and examining environmental factors that influence the diversity, ecology and evolution of fish rhabdoviruses. 6) Dr. Geoffrey Smith (co-PI), whose primarily interests include investigating the relationships in the microbial community between metabolic function and phylogenetic structure of biodegradative microorganisms as they respond to chlorinated pollutant exposure. This award will be used to purchase an Applied Biosystems (ABI) 377XL automated sequencer. In addition to sequencing, this machine can also run microsatellite gels (used in population genetics for identifying specific DNA fragments from individual specimens), as well as AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) techniques used in genome mapping in areas such as agricultural and evolutionary biology. The ABI system does not require any radioactive labeling, enabling a radiation-free environment in the laboratory. The faculty of the Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics have major interests in the evolution and radiation of organisms with respect to environmental and ecological influences. The ABI 377XL will contribute to the research and teaching of numerous graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing careers in those fields.

该奖项将支持新墨西哥州立大学生物系生态与进化遗传学实验室的研究。许多研究人员将使用DNA测序仪，包括：1)Michele Nishiguchi博士（PI），他研究鱿鱼发光细菌模型系统中共生体的进化和物种形成，并对弧菌属相关致病菌的感染机制的进化感兴趣，弧菌属负责传染病的辐射和传播。2) Peter Houde博士（co-PI），其研究项目主要集中在鸟类系统学，重点是鸟类系统发育中一个不明确的类群——Gruiformes鸟类的分子系统学。3)丹尼尔·霍华德博士（共同负责人），他的小组对物种形成感兴趣，这一过程负责地球上生命的多样性，使用了一个密切相关的地面蟋蟀模型系统。4) Brook Milligan博士（共同负责人），其研究兴趣包括开发统计方法，以解开影响数量性状的遗传和环境因素，从而确定自然种群重要的医学、生理或生态性状的遗传结构。5) Kevin Oshima博士（co-PI），他的研究主要集中在表征和研究影响鱼类横纹虫病毒多样性、生态学和进化的环境因素。6) Geoffrey Smith博士（co-PI），其主要兴趣包括研究微生物群落中生物降解微生物对氯化污染物的反应时代谢功能和系统发育结构之间的关系。该合同将用于购买应用生物系统公司（ABI） 377XL自动测序仪。除了测序，这台机器还可以运行微卫星凝胶（用于群体遗传学，从单个标本中识别特定的DNA片段），以及AFLP（扩增片段长度多态性）技术，用于农业和进化生物学等领域的基因组定位。ABI系统不需要任何放射性标记，使实验室无辐射环境。生态和进化遗传学实验室的教师主要对生物在环境和生态影响方面的进化和辐射感兴趣。ABI 377XL将为众多在这些领域从事职业的研究生和本科生的研究和教学做出贡献。