Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2002

2002财年微生物学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0200378
• 负责人: Jean Pan
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Pan, Jean J
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0200378&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Microbial; Biology

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY2002. 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 "The fungal community on corn (Zea mays) resistant and susceptible to smut (Ustilago maydis)." The effects of selective breeding and changing host genetic environment on non-target, potentially beneficial microorganisms are often overlooked. This research investigates these effects by studying the fungal microbial community on corn plants resistant or susceptible to one its major pathogens, smut. It will have important implications for understanding how altering the host plant genetic environment can affect species diversity and genetic structure of non-target microorganisms.

本行动资助2002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“玉米（Zea mays）对黑穗病（Ustilago maydis）具有抗性和易感性的真菌群落”。选择性育种和改变宿主遗传环境对非靶标、潜在有益微生物的影响往往被忽视。本研究通过研究对黑穗病的主要病原菌之一——黑穗病具有抗性或易感性的玉米植株上的真菌微生物群落来研究这些影响。这将对理解改变寄主植物遗传环境如何影响非目标微生物的物种多样性和遗传结构具有重要意义。