Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

这一行动为2003财年的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金的目标是增加少数民族科学家在博士后水平上的参与，并为他们在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士后获得者提供了高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些奖学金支持的研究员将在未来的劳动力培训中发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“端足类甲壳类胚胎发育过程中脑模式基因的识别和功能分析”。昆虫和它们的姊妹分类群甲壳动物在脑和头部结构上存在显著差异。少数转录因子在果蝇食道上神经节的表达中起主要作用。这些基因包括无尾(TLL)、正齿(OTD)和空气门(EMS)等“头部间隙基因”。本研究的目的是研究TLL、OTD和EMS在食道上脑神经的胚胎发育过程中的功能。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2003. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "The identification and functional analysis of brain patterning genes during the embryonic development of the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis." Significant differences exist in brain and head structure between insects and their sister taxon, the crustaceans. A small number of transcription factors play a major role in the specification of the Drosophila supraesophageal ganglia. These include the 'head gap genes' tailless (tll), orthodenticle (otd), and empty spiracles (ems). The aim of this study is the characterization of the functional roles of tll, otd, and ems during embryonic development of the supraesophageal brain neuromeres of Parhyale.