Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

本行动资助NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金2003财年。该奖学金的目标是增加博士后水平的少数民族科学家的参与，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获得者提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些研究金支持的研究员将在培训未来劳动力方面发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“夏威夷双足甲壳类动物胚胎发育过程中大脑模式基因的鉴定和功能分析”。昆虫和它们的姐妹分类群甲壳类动物在大脑和头部结构上存在着显著的差异。少数转录因子在果蝇食道上神经节的形成中起主要作用。这些包括“头隙基因”无尾（tll），正畸（otd）和空气门（ems）。本研究的目的是表征tll、otd和ems在副肾食管上脑神经粒胚胎发育过程中的功能作用。

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.