Jewels of the Jungle

丛林宝石

• 批准号: 0318783
• 负责人: Gary Strobel
• 金额: $ 7.01万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-15 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0318783&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Jewels; Jungle

This project will produce "Jewels of the Jungle," an hour-long film for public audiences documenting the discovery of new species of endophytes and the isolation of their medicinal compounds. The film presents an exciting story of scientific discovery that takes the viewer around the world from Montana to Madagascar, in search of new species of plants important for medical research. Compounds isolated from endophytes have proven vital in the treatment of many diseases including cancer, AIDS, malaria, and drug-resistant bacterial and fungal infections. "Jewels of the Jungle" aims to enhance viewers' understanding of bio-chemical research and cultivate a better appreciation of scientific research in general.

这个项目将制作一部时长一小时的电影《丛林中的珠宝》，记录新的内生植物物种的发现及其药用化合物的分离。这部电影讲述了一个令人兴奋的科学发现故事，观众从蒙大拿州到马达加斯加，环游世界，寻找对医学研究重要的新植物物种。从内生菌中分离出来的化合物已被证明在治疗许多疾病方面至关重要，包括癌症、艾滋病、疟疾以及耐药细菌和真菌感染。《丛林之珠》旨在增进观众对生物化学研究的了解，培养更好的科研鉴赏力。