NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2010

2010 财年 NSF 生物学博士后奖学金

• 批准号: 1003087
• 负责人: Lauren Esposito
• 金额: $ 18.9万
• 依托单位: Esposito Lauren A
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1003087&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Postdoctoral; Fellowship; Biology; FY

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2010. 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 Lauren Esposito is "Biogeography of Caribbean Scorpions: The complex relationship between biodiversity and geography." The host institution for this research is University of California at Berkeley and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Rosemary Gillespie. The Caribbean Islands have long been recognized for their important role in human history as the gateway to the Americas, yet the rich plant and animal communities of the islands are too often overlooked. Centuries of agriculture and development have resulted in major conservation concerns for much of the region. A better understanding of the biodiversity of the islands and the processes that have contributed to its evolution are vital to preserve it for future generations. The region has a long history of scientific study, but major questions remain about the origin and diversification of the islands' unique plants and animals. This project is searching for answers to those questions by analyzing a living fossil: scorpions. As a major group of predatory arthropods, scorpions are ideal organisms for understanding Caribbean biogeography (the distribution of biodiversity over space and time). This study is examining several independent lineages of scorpions inhabiting the Caribbean, all with varying dispersal abilities, in order to test the role of vicariance (geographic separation) vs. dispersal in the formation of new species in the Caribbean.Training objectives include working and collaborating with a researcher who is a major contributor to arachnid and biogeographical research. Additionally, this project enhances the career development of a minority researcher dedicated to education of underserved communities. Inquiry-based lessons on evolution and island biogeography are being developed for dissemination in Bay Area and Caribbean schools, and via the Berkeley Museum of Natural History education website.

这一行动为2010财年的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。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。劳伦·埃斯波西托的研究和培训计划的标题是“加勒比海蝎子的生物地理学：生物多样性和地理之间的复杂关系。“这项研究的主办机构是加州大学伯克利分校，赞助科学家是迷迭香吉莱斯皮博士。加勒比群岛长期以来一直被公认为人类历史上通往美洲的门户的重要作用，但这些岛屿丰富的植物和动物群落却常常被忽视。几个世纪的农业和发展导致该地区大部分地区的重大保护问题。更好地了解岛屿的生物多样性以及促进其进化的过程对于为子孙后代保护生物多样性至关重要。该地区有着悠久的科学研究历史，但关于岛上独特植物和动物的起源和多样性的主要问题仍然存在。这个项目通过分析一种活化石来寻找这些问题的答案：蝎子。作为捕食性节肢动物的一个主要群体，蝎子是了解加勒比海生物地理学（生物多样性在空间和时间上的分布）的理想生物。这项研究正在研究几个独立的血统的蝎子居住在加勒比海，所有不同的传播能力，以测试的作用vicariance（地理分离）与传播在形成新的物种在加勒比海。培训目标包括工作和合作的研究人员谁是一个主要贡献者蜘蛛和地理学研究。此外，该项目还促进了一名致力于服务不足社区教育的少数民族研究人员的职业发展。目前正在编制关于进化和岛屿地理学的探究式课程，以便在湾区和加勒比地区的学校传播，并通过伯克利自然历史博物馆教育网站传播。