US - Brazil Planning Visit for the Investigation of the Innate Immune System of the Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris), Sao Paolo, Brazil, August 2007

美国 - 巴西计划访问宽吻凯门鳄 (Caiman latirostris) 的先天免疫系统，巴西圣保罗，2007 年 8 月

• 批准号: 0732371
• 负责人: Mark Merchant
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: McNeese State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0732371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Brazil; Planning; Visit; Investigation

0732371MerchantThis U.S. Brazil Planning Visit grant will support Mark Merchant and a graduate student to travel to Brazil in order to initiate and plan a collaboration with Dr. Luciano Verdade at the University of Sao Paolo. The focus of the project is the characterization of aspects of the innate immune system of species of Crocodilians that are only available in South America, starting with the broad-snouted caiman. Specific goals include the characterization of the serum complement system, the antimicrobial peptides of the caiman leukocytes, and the febrile response to infection. The planning visit will be used to assess the facilities/equipment of the host institution, train the host scientists to conduct the assays developed in the laboratory of the P.I., and collect samples/tissues and preliminary data to support a full research grant proposal that would include public outreach through the Louisiana NSF/EPSCoR-sponsored Speaking of Science program; a partnership with the Louis Stokes-Louisiana Minority Participation Program (LAMP) to provide research opportunities for underrepresented minorities; and a partnership with the Summer Experience for Economically Disadvantaged (SEED) and Upward Bound programs to provide research opportunities and faculty-mentoring for socio-economically challenged local high school students.

0732371巴西规划访问补助金将支持Mark Merchant和一名研究生前往巴西，以启动和计划与圣保罗大学的Luciano Verdade博士的合作。 该项目的重点是描述仅在南美洲可用的鳄鱼物种的先天免疫系统的各个方面，从宽吻凯门鳄开始。 具体目标包括血清补体系统的特性，凯门鳄白细胞的抗菌肽，和感染的发热反应。 规划访问将用于评估东道机构的设施/设备，培训东道科学家进行在PI实验室开发的测定，并收集样本/组织和初步数据，以支持一个完整的研究补助金提案，其中包括通过路易斯安那州NSF/EPSCoR赞助的科学计划发言的公众宣传;与路易斯斯托克斯-路易斯安那州少数民族参与计划（LAMP）的合作伙伴关系，为代表性不足的少数民族提供研究机会;并与夏季经验的经济困难（种子）和向上的计划，以提供研究机会和教师指导的社会合作伙伴关系，经济困难的当地高中生。