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: 0102106
• 负责人: Christopher Francis
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Francis, Christopher A
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0102106&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 "Molecular characterization of microbial nitrite reductase genes from a permanently ice covered Antarctic lake." Lake Bonney is a permanently ice-covered, chemically-stratified Antarctic lake that is unusual in that denitrification occurs in the deep anoxic waters of the east but not the west lobe. The goal of this project is to compare the distribution, diversity, and expression of denitrification genes (nitrite reductase) from microorganisms in the two lobes in an attempt to explain this mystery.

这项行动资助了 2001 财年 NSF 微生物学博士后奖学金。 该奖学金支持对原生动物、微藻、真菌、古菌、细菌和病毒物种的基础生物学进行培训和研究，这些物种通常不被认为是模式生物。此外，它还为应届博士生提供了获得微生物生物学方面额外培训的机会，在知名科学家的资助下获得研究经验，并在本科生和研究生培训期间拓宽他/她的科学视野。这些奖学金进一步旨在帮助新科学家跨越传统学科领域开展研究工作，并利用独特的研究资源、地点和设施，包括国外地点。该研究和培训计划的标题是“来自永久冰雪覆盖的南极湖的微生物亚硝酸盐还原酶基因的分子特征”。 邦尼湖是一个永久被冰覆盖、化学分层的南极湖泊，其不同寻常之处在于反硝化作用发生在东叶的深层缺氧水域，而不是西叶。该项目的目标是比较两个叶中微生物的反硝化基因（亚硝酸还原酶）的分布、多样性和表达，试图解释这个谜团。