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，包括国外地点。研究和培训计划的标题是“相关细菌病原体、昆虫媒介及其宿主植物的多物种相互作用”。“植物遭受许多寄生虫的攻击，包括昆虫和细菌病原体。 已知细菌病原体柑橘螺原体（Spiroplasma citri）及其叶蝉载体细环介体（Circulifer tenellus）攻击柑橘和十字花科作物。 本研究调查这些生物体之间的相互作用，揭示了潜在的互利共生或寄生病原体和它们的昆虫载体和植物的能力，以协调多种防御反应。 该研究员正在发展微生物学技能，包括显微镜和培养技术，同时学习使用微阵列分析基因表达。

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 "Multispecies interactions in associated bacterial pathogens, insect vectors, and their host plants." Plants suffer from attack by numerous parasites, including insects and bacterial pathogens. The bacterial pathogen Spiroplasma citri, and its leafhopper vector, Circulifer tenellus, are known to attack citrus and crucifer crops. This study investigates interactions between these organisms, revealing the potential for mutualism or parasitism between pathogens and their insect vectors and the abilities of plants to coordinate multiple defense responses. The Fellow is developing skills in microbiology, including microscopy and culturing techniques, while learning to use microarrays for the analysis of gene expression.