NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2008

2008 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0804424
• 负责人: Jessica Ware
• 金额: $ 12.3万
• 依托单位: Ware Jessica L
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0804424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Minority; Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2008. The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fellow who also presents a plan to broaden participation in biology through innovative outreach. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Jessica L. Ware is "Understanding the evolution of sociality and symbiosis in the lower termites (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae): a molecular and morphological approach" The host institution for this research is the American Museum of Natural History and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. David Grimaldi.Termites (from the scientific classification order Isoptera) are unique social insects that are involved in a complex symbiosis with cellulose-digesting microorganisms residing in their hindguts. A thorough phylogenetic analysis of basal termite relationships is needed to understand the evolution of these isopteran features, social behavior and gut-symbiosis. This research is creating the first total-evidence phylogenetic hypothesis of Isoptera with a global sample of lower termite species and extant fossil data. Phylogenetic reconstructions are being recovered using both molecular and morphological data. Divergence estimation analyses, biogeographical analyses and ancestral-state reconstruction are being used to evaluate the ecological conditions under which these fascinating organisms evolved. The training objectives of this research include learning fossil morphology techniques and a systematics computer program used at AMNH. The broader impacts will shed light on the systematics of "lower" termites and evolution of complex symbiosis. Broadening participation of under-represented groups will be encouraged through informal science education and radio broadcasts.

这项行动为2008财政年度的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金支持在一个东道实验室为研究员制定一项研究和培训计划，研究员还提出了一项通过创新外联扩大参与生物学的计划。该奖学金的研究和培训计划的标题为杰西卡L。Ware是“理解低等白蚁社会性和共生性的进化（等翅目：土白蚁科）：”这项研究的主办机构是美国自然历史博物馆，赞助科学家是大卫格里马尔迪博士。（来自科学分类的等翅目）是独特的社会性昆虫，与纤维素有着复杂的共生关系，消化它们后肠中的微生物。一个彻底的系统发育分析的基础白蚁的关系，需要了解这些等翅类的功能，社会行为和肠道共生的演变。这项研究是创造了第一个全证据系统发育假说等翅目与全球样本的较低的白蚁物种和现存的化石数据。系统发育重建正在恢复使用分子和形态学数据。分歧估计分析、生物地理分析和祖先状态重建正在被用来评估这些迷人生物进化的生态条件。 这项研究的培训目标包括学习化石形态学技术和AMNH使用的系统学计算机程序。更广泛的影响将揭示“低级”白蚁的系统学和复杂共生关系的进化。 将通过非正式的科学教育和无线电广播鼓励代表性不足的群体扩大参与。