US - Argentina Planning Visit: New Thymine Based Bioinspired Polymeric Materials

美国 - 阿根廷计划访问：基于胸腺嘧啶的新型仿生高分子材料

• 批准号: 1031394
• 负责人: Richard Gurney
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Simmons University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1031394&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Argentina; Planning; Visit; New

This U.S. - Argentina award will support one senior researcher and four undergraduate college women under the direction of Dr. Richard Gurney of Simmons College, on two planning visits visits to Argentina in the summers of 2011 and 2012. The primary goal of these visits is to further develop collaborations on thymine-based polymer research between scientists and students from Simmons College and the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Argentina. During Dr. Gurney's visit to Dr. Debora Martino at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, the PI will develop a three-year research plan. The visiting students will perform computational work related to the polymers in question, gain experience in the use of a breath of instruments not normally available in the laboratories of undergraduate institutions, and transfer their research knowledge, skills, and results to investigators in Argentina. The research topics include the synthesis, characterization, processing and biodegradability of thymine-based polymers.The collaborators will bring complementary skills to the project with Dr. Gurney providing expertise in the synthesis and characterization of thymine-based polymers and Dr. Martino offering her experience in molecular dynamic calculations and further characterization techniques. This joint effort will allow undergraduate students to gain valuable experience in analytical skills while forging international partnerships with Argentinean researchers. The polymers to be developed have generated interest from a commercial organization.

该美国-阿根廷奖项将支持西蒙斯学院 Richard Gurney 博士指导下的一名高级研究员和四名本科女大学生计划于 2011 年和 2012 年夏季对阿根廷进行两次访问。这些访问的主要目标是进一步发展西蒙斯学院和阿根廷国立滨海大学的科学家和学生之间在基于胸腺嘧啶的聚合物研究方面的合作。在 Gurney 博士拜访国立滨海大学 Debora Martino 博士期间，PI 将制定一项为期三年的研究计划。访问学生将进行与所讨论的聚合物相关的计算工作，获得使用本科院校实验室通常不具备的仪器的经验，并将他们的研究知识、技能和结果传授给阿根廷的研究人员。研究主题包括胸腺嘧啶聚合物的合成、表征、加工和生物降解性。合作者将为该项目带来互补的技能，Gurney 博士提供胸腺嘧啶聚合物合成和表征方面的专业知识，Martino 博士提供分子动力学计算和进一步表征技术方面的经验。这项共同努力将使本科生获得分析技能方面的宝贵经验，同时与阿根廷研究人员建立国际合作伙伴关系。即将开发的聚合物引起了商业组织的兴趣。