Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2004

这一行动为2004财政年度的NSF微生物生物学博士后奖学金提供资金。 该研究金支持关于原生动物、微藻、真菌、古菌、细菌和病毒物种的基础生物学的培训和研究，这些物种通常不被视为模式生物。此外，它为最近的博士生获得微生物生物学的额外培训提供了机会，在既定科学家的赞助下获得研究经验，并拓宽他们的科学视野，超越本科和研究生培训期间的研究经验。 这些奖学金还旨在帮助新科学家指导他们的研究工作，跨越传统学科，并利用独特的研究资源、地点和设施，包括外国地点。" 由分泌的N-酰基高丝氨酸内酯（AHLs）介导的群体感应或细胞间信号传导发生在植物气生叶表面的细菌附生物之间，在称为叶际的栖息地中。 本研究探讨了分泌型AHLs在细菌细胞间通讯中的调控和配置，并研究了AHLs介导的与宿主植物的界间通讯。 微生物学和植物生物学研究技术的融合是一个主要的培训目标。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial biology for FY2004. 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 "Investigating Intercellular and Inter-kingdom Communication in the Phyllosphere." Quorum-sensing, or cell-to-cell signaling mediated by secreted N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs), occurs between bacterial epiphytes of plant aerial leaf surfaces, in the habitat called the phyllosphere. This research examines the regulation and disposition of secreted AHLs in intercellular bacterial communication, and investigates AHL-mediated inter-kingdom communication with host plants. The merging of microbiology and plant biology research techniques are a primary training goal.