Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2003

2003财年微生物学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0301534
• 负责人: Mary Leigh
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Leigh, Mary B
• 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: 2003-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0301534&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Microbial; Biology

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 "Role of plant phenolics in the rhizosphere degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls and polyaromatic hydrocarbons ." The role of plant root flavonoids as substrates for bacteria and fungi that degrade polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the rhizosphere microbial community is being examined using an RNA-based, stable isotope probing method. Microarrays are also being employed to investigate degradative gene induction in a PCB-degrading bacterium during growth on flavonoids and other plant phenolic compounds.

这项行动资助了 2003 财年 NSF 微生物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其研究经验之外的科学视野。 这些奖学金进一步旨在帮助新科学家跨越传统学科领域指导他们的研究工作，并利用独特的研究资源、地点和设施，包括国外地点。研究和培训计划的标题是“植物酚类物质在多氯联苯和多芳烃根际降解中的作用”。 植物根黄酮类化合物作为细菌和真菌的底物，可降解根际微生物群落中的多氯联苯 (PCB) 和多环芳烃 (PAH)，目前正在使用基于 RNA 的稳定同位素探测方法来研究植物根黄酮类化合物的作用。 微阵列还被用来研究 PCB 降解细菌在类黄酮和其他植物酚类化合物上生长过程中的降解基因诱导。