Minority PostdDoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007

2007财年少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0706753
• 负责人: Elizabeth Glater
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Glater Elizabeth E
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0706753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minority; PostdDoctoral; Research; Fellowship; FY

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.

本行动资助2007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题目是“秀丽隐杆线虫（Caenorhabditis elegans）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，可以利用嗅觉区分细菌的种类，这是它的主要食物来源。本研究考察了从不同地区分离的秀丽隐杆线虫野生菌株的细菌偏好差异，并确定了这种差异的遗传基础。该项目将为嗅觉偏好行为的机制以及行为的进化提供深入的见解。赞助科学家是洛克菲勒大学的科妮莉亚·巴格曼。培训目标是学习行为分析及其分析，一系列遗传技术，以及模型系统秀丽隐杆线虫的神经生物学。