PostDoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005

本行动资助2005年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金的目标是增加博士后水平的少数民族科学家的参与，并为他们在美国科学领域的科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士获得者提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些研究金支持的研究员将在培训未来劳动力方面发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“细菌PA1在波氏珊瑚幼虫和成年生活史中的作用”。该研究使用分子、细胞和基因组方法来描述和理解最近发现的一种名为PA1的珊瑚细菌共生体的作用。PA1在Porites物种和栖息地之间的分布为这种细菌在珊瑚的建立、健康和恢复中所起的生态、系统发育和个体发育作用提供了线索，而基因组的完成将有助于确定PA1-Porites共生关系是如何建立、调节和改变的。培训计划包括扩大该研究员的知识广度，并对其进行一系列实验室和实地技术培训，为其在海洋生物基础生物学方面的学术生涯做准备。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in US science. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Roles of the bacteria, PA1, in larval and adult life histories of Porites corals." The research uses molecular, cellular, and genomic approaches to describe and understand the role of a recently discovered Porites species-specific coral bacterial symbiont, named PA1. The distribution of PA1 across Porites species and habitats provides clues about the ecological, phylogenetic, and ontogenic roles this bacteria plays for coral establishment, health, and resilience while completion of the genome will help determine how the PA1-Porites symbiosis is established, regulated, and altered. The training plan consists of expanding the Fellow's breadth of knowledge and training her in a suite of lab and field based techniques in preparation for an academic career in the basic biology of marine organisms.