Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2004

2004财年微生物学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0400889
• 负责人: Jacob Russell
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Russell Jacob A
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0400889&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Microbial; Biology

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.

这项行动资助了 2004 财年 NSF 微生物生物学博士后奖学金。 该奖学金支持对原生动物、微藻、真菌、古菌、细菌和病毒物种的基础生物学进行培训和研究，这些物种通常不被认为是模式生物。此外，它还为应届博士生提供了获得微生物生物学方面额外培训的机会，在知名科学家的资助下获得研究经验，并在本科生和研究生培训期间拓宽其研究经验之外的科学视野。 这些奖学金进一步旨在帮助新科学家跨传统学科领域指导他们的研究工作，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、昆虫媒介及其寄主植物的多物种相互作用”。 植物遭受多种寄生虫的侵袭，包括昆虫和细菌病原体。 众所周知，细菌病原体柑橘螺原体及其叶蝉载体柔嫩圆线虫会攻击柑橘和十字花科作物。 这项研究研究了这些生物体之间的相互作用，揭示了病原体与其昆虫媒介之间互利共生或寄生的潜力，以及植物协调多种防御反应的能力。 该研究员正在培养微生物学技能，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。