Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY2001

2001财年微生物学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0102095
• 负责人: Charles Wolgemuth
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Wolgemuth, Charles W
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0102095&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Microbial; Biology

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY2001. The fellowship supports training and research on the basic biology of protozoan, microalgal, fungal, archaeal, bacterial and viral species that are not generally considered to be model organisms. Further, it provides opportunities for a recent doctoral recipients to obtain additional training in microbial biology, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden his/her scientific horizons beyond the research experiences during the undergraduate and graduate training. These fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including foreign locations. The research and training plan is entitled "Can Bacteria Move by Slime Extrusion? The physics of A-type motility in Mxyococcus xanthus." Myxococcus xanthus moves by gliding utilizing two distinct genetic mechanisms: Social(S) and Adventurous(A) motility. This is a study of A-type motility using a slime extrusion model based on a nozzle-like organelle discovered in cyanobacteria. A theoretical model is being explored and experiments performed to determine if this type of mechanism can drive A-motility.

本行动资助2001年度美国国家科学基金会微生物生物学博士后奖学金。该奖学金支持一般不被认为是模式生物的原生动物、微藻、真菌、古细菌、细菌和病毒物种的基本生物学培训和研究。此外，它为最近的博士学位获得者提供了在微生物生物学方面获得额外培训的机会，在知名科学家的赞助下获得研究经验，并在本科和研究生培训期间拓宽他/她的科学视野。这些研究金的进一步目的是帮助新科学家指导他们的研究工作跨越传统的学科界线，并利用独特的研究资源、地点和设施，包括国外的地点。这项研究和培训计划的题目是“细菌能通过黏液挤压移动吗？”黄葡萄球菌a型运动的物理学。黄粘球菌通过两种不同的遗传机制进行滑动运动：社会性运动(S)和冒险性运动(A)。这是一项a型运动的研究，使用基于蓝藻中发现的喷嘴状细胞器的黏液挤出模型。目前正在探索一个理论模型，并进行实验，以确定这种类型的机制是否可以驱动A-运动性。