NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2009

2009 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后奖学金

• 批准号: 0905706
• 负责人: Hugo Cuevas
• 金额: $ 18.9万
• 依托单位: Cuevas Hugo E
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0905706&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Minority; Postdoctoral; Fellowship; FY

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2009 and is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). 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. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Hugo E. Cuevas is "The development of nearly isogenic lines and the fate of the duplicated genome regions in Brassica oleracea." The host institution for this research is the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory at University of Georgia-Athens and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Andrew H. Paterson. Most differences among individuals are inherited in a quantitative manner indicating that many genes are involved in these traits. However, only few such genes have been identified, therefore, understanding of the inheritance of such "quantitative traits" is incomplete. Nearly isogenic lines, which are plants differing by only a single well-defined chromosomal region, allow one to measure the effects of gene differences in such a single chromosomal region. This research is focusing on developing a panel of nearly isogenic lines which collectively cover the entire genome of Brassica oleracea. This species is an outstanding model to study quantitative traits due to its extraordinary range of morphological variation (from cabbage to cauliflower); and to its complex genome, with some chromosomal regions duplicated and others triplicated.Training objectives include improving previous genetic knowledge and skills as well as learning new molecular techniques. Broader impacts include increasing the number of Hispanics in graduate biological science as well as scientific and educational impacts. The resulting nearly isogenic lines will be a research resource for the scientific community and applicable to a wide range of biological questions. They will be publicly-accessible and a valuable educational tool for high school and college students interested in the biology and genetics of plants.

该行动资助了2009财年的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金，并根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）提供资金。该研究金支持研究员在东道实验室的研究和培训计划，研究员还提出了扩大生物学参与的计划。该奖学金的研究和培训计划的标题是Hugo E。Cuevas是“近等基因系的发展和甘蓝重复基因组区域的命运。“这项研究的主办机构是佐治亚大学雅典分校的植物基因组作图实验室，赞助科学家是安德鲁·H·帕特森个体间的大多数差异是以数量的方式遗传的，这表明许多基因参与了这些性状。然而，只有少数此类基因被鉴定出来，因此对此类“数量性状”遗传的了解还不完整。近等基因系是仅在单个明确的染色体区域上不同的植物，允许人们测量这样的单个染色体区域中的基因差异的影响。这项研究的重点是开发一组近等基因系，这些系共同覆盖了甘蓝的整个基因组。该物种是一个杰出的模式，以研究数量性状，由于其非凡的范围内的形态变异（从卷心菜到花椰菜）;和其复杂的基因组，与一些染色体区域重复和其他三倍体。培训目标包括提高以前的遗传知识和技能，以及学习新的分子技术。 更广泛的影响包括增加西班牙裔生物科学研究生的数量以及科学和教育的影响。 由此产生的近等基因系将成为科学界的研究资源，适用于广泛的生物学问题。它们将是公众可访问的，也是对植物生物学和遗传学感兴趣的高中生和大学生的宝贵教育工具。