Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2003

该行动资助了2003财年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们的科学视野。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标题是“探索参与厌氧氨氧化的新型海洋微生物”。厌氧氨氧化（anammox）的发现为微生物的生理多样性提供了新的见解。厌氧氨氧化的环境意义和后果尚未阐明。该研究是识别和表征海洋系统中厌氧氨氧化所涉及的微生物。这些微生物的种群动态和活动正在使用先进的分子和稳定同位素技术进行检查。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY2003. 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 recent doctoral recipients to obtain additional training in microbial biology, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden their 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 "Exploring new marine microbes involved in anaerobic ammonium oxidation." The discovery of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has provided new insights into the physiological diversity of microbes. The environmental significance and consequences of anammox are yet to be elucidated. The research is identifying and characterizing the microbes involved in anammox in marine systems. The population dynamics and activities of these microbes are being examined using advanced molecular and stable isotope techniques.