Minority PostdDoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007

这项行动为2007财政年度的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。 该奖学金的目标是增加少数民族科学家在博士后水平的参与，并为他们在美国科学的科学领导地位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究的机会，以最近的博士获奖者。 预计通过这些奖学金资助的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力方面发挥重要作用。研究和培训计划的标题是“秀丽隐杆线虫嗅觉行为自然变异的遗传基础。“自由生活的土壤线虫，秀丽隐杆线虫，可以使用嗅觉来区分细菌的种类，这是它的主要食物来源。 本研究检测了野生型C.分离自不同地区的线虫，并确定了这种变异的遗传基础。 这个项目将提供洞察嗅觉偏好行为的机制以及行为的进化。 赞助科学家是科尔内利亚I。洛克菲勒大学的巴格曼。 培训目标是学习行为测定及其分析，一系列遗传技术，以及模型系统C的神经生物学。优雅

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007. 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 "Genetic basis of natural variation in the olefactory behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans." The free-living soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, can use olfaction to discriminate among species of bacteria, which are its major food source. This research examines the variation in bacterial preferences of wild strains of C. elegans isolated from different regions and determines the genetic basis of this variation. This project will provide insight into mechanisms of olfactory preference behavior as well as the evolution of behavior. The sponsoring scientist is Cornelia I. Bargmann at the Rockefeller University. The training goals are to learn behavioral assays and their analysis, a range of genetic techniques, and the neurobiology of the model system C. elegans.