Alaska EPSCoR Research Infrastructure

阿拉斯加EPSCoR研究基础设施改进项目（第二阶段）将在工程学、综合生理学、群体遗传学和北极社会科学等研究领域建立能力。生物信息学核心将完善与生理学和遗传学研究领域相关的计算工具。工程设计问题是该州发展的障碍。寒冷地区的基础设施和系统将涉及道路、建筑物、环境生理学的综合方面将集中于应用分子技术的合作研究生理问题。研究人员将研究冬眠的地松鼠和黑熊，这为探索基因表达的调节以减轻压力提供了独特的机会。适应北极和高山环境的群体遗传学研究人员将使用在EPSCoR帮助下已经开发的技术来挖掘生物体中允许在寒冷地区生存的基因。除了在研究领域雇用教师和购买设备外，第二阶段还将支持许多针对K-12、本科生、研究生和教师的教育和外展活动，包括阿拉斯加农村系统倡议、针对K-12学生和教师的地球仪、第0阶段SBIR援助和针对教师的青年第一研究者奖。参与机构包括阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学（UAF）、阿拉斯加安克雷奇大学（UM）、南阿拉斯加大学（UAS）以及K-12学校。

The Alaska EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Project (Phase II) willbuild capability and capacity in the research areas of engineering, integrativephysiology, population genetics, and arctic social sciences. A bioinformatics corewill refine computational tools associated with the physiology and geneticsresearch areas.Engineering design issues are barriers to development in the state.Infrastructure and systems for cold regions will involve research activities withheat transfer in permafrost soils that underlie roads, building, and otherstructures and are subject to seasonal melting.Integrative aspects of environmental physiology will focus on collaborativeresearch applying molecular technologies to physiological problems.Researchers will study hibernating ground squirrels and black bears which offerunique opportunities to explore the modulation of gene expression to endurestress .Researchers in population genetics of adaptation to arctic and alpineenvironments will use technologies already developed with EPSCoR assistanceto mine organisms for genes that allow existence in cold regions.In addition to faculty hiring and acquisition of equipment in the research areas, anumber of education and outreach activities for K-12, undergraduates,graduates, and faculty will also be supported in Phase II, including the AlaskaRural Systemic Initiative, the GLOBE program for K-12 student and teachers,Phase 0 SBIR assistance, and Young First Investigator Awards for faculty.Institutions participating include the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF),University of Alaska-Anchorage (UM), University of Alaska-Southern (UAS) aswell as K-12 schools.