Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY 2005

2005财年生物信息学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0434642
• 负责人: Caroline Taylor
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Taylor Caroline M
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-02-01 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0434642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Biological; Informatics

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY 2005. The fellowship supports research and training at the postdoctoral level at the intersection of biology and the informational, computational, mathematical, and statistical sciences. The goal of the fellowship is to provide training to a young scientist in preparation for a career in biological informatics in which research and education will be integrated. There is an increasing need for training in biological informatics at all occupational levels, and it is expected that Fellows trained through these fellowships will play important roles in training the future workforce.The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "Modeling the Pacific Flyway: An individual-based exploration of migratory shorebirds." Shorebirds in North America have experienced declines, for unknown reasons, over the last several decades. This research is developing a spatially-explicit, individual-based model of shorebird migration and population dynamics, using Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) as a focal species. The models are being parameterized from empirical data and used to explore several hypotheses of population decline.The training goals are to learn methods to develop ecological models that can be of both practical and theoretical interest and to teach this skill to others. This research will substantially broaden the Fellow's ecological knowledge, deepen her mathematical and computational skills, and enable her to work in close collaboration with field and conservation biologists.

这项行动为2005财政年度的NSF生物信息学博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该奖学金支持在生物学和信息，计算，数学和统计科学的交叉点博士后水平的研究和培训。该研究金的目标是向一名青年科学家提供培训，为从事研究和教育相结合的生物信息学职业做准备。在所有职业级别上对生物信息学培训的需求日益增加，预计通过这些研究金培训的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力方面发挥重要作用，该研究金的研究和培训计划题为“模拟太平洋飞行路线：以个人为基础的对迁徙滨鸟的探索。“在过去的几十年里，北美的滨鸟经历了下降，原因不明。这项研究正在开发一个空间上明确的，基于个体的滨鸟迁移和种群动态模型，使用西部鹬（Calidris mauri）作为焦点物种。这些模型正在根据经验数据进行参数化，并用于探讨人口减少的几种假设，培训目标是学习开发既有实际意义又有理论意义的生态模型的方法，并向他人传授这一技能。这项研究将大大拓宽研究员的生态知识，加深她的数学和计算技能，并使她能够与实地和保护生物学家密切合作。