IRES: U.S.-Poland Student Research Experience to Study Plant Species Interactions in the Unique Ecosystem of the Bialowieza Forest

IRES：美国-波兰学生研究比亚沃维扎森林独特生态系统中植物物种相互作用的研究经验

• 批准号: 1459504
• 负责人: Jordan Zjawiony
• 金额: $ 24.91万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1459504&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; U.S.; Poland; Student; Research

This U.S.-Polish International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project creates a unique three-year opportunity for U.S. students to acquire early career research experience abroad in the fields of biology and chemistry of natural products. Through a combined program of field and laboratory research this IRES provides a rare opportunity to prusue discovery of new species, new chemical diversity, and insights into environmental interaction and biological synergy in one of the best preserved medieval forests in Europe, the Bialowieza Forest of Poland. The engagement of U.S. and Polish mentors with expertise in ecology, forestry, biology, chemistry, plant sciences, and mycology will assure the scientific success of this interdisciplinary project. By focussing on biological and biochemical characterization of select plants and fungi, the US-Polish team expects go gain a better understanding of novel plant and fungi biodiversity. Special attention will be devoted to study of the metabolites and ecological roles of diverse natural chemical compounds found in such natural settings. From an educational perspective, this three-year IRES should provide exceptional access to a unique environmental setting for U.S. student participants along with the opportunity to work side by side with renowned European scientists as they gain valuable early career research experience. The IRES project supports the participation of four U.S. students annually (two undergraduate and two graduate) for the three-year duration. U.S. student participants spend six weeks abroad in the area of the Bialowieza Forest working together with their U.S. and Polish mentors and Polish students on complementary, thematically-linked research projects. Pre-trip training includes both technical and cultural preparation. Post-travel follow-up by the PI and University of Mississippi staff continues with scientific mentoring and career advise. For borader impact, new insights based on the study of the ecology, biodiversity, and chemical diversity of Bialowieza Forest are expected to contribute to refining future strategies for management and conservation of such rare biological resources. Results will be disseminated through websites, presentations, workshops, and scholarly publications. Overall, the cooperative activities of this IRES project are expected to enhance STEM education at all institutions involved, strengthen international partnering, and facilitate the development of a new interdisciplinary research collaboration that bridges biology and natural products chemistry.

这项为学生（IRES）项目提供的美国 - 波兰国际研究经验为美国学生提供了在生物学和天然产品化学领域获得早期职业研究经验的独特机会。通过一项联合的现场和实验室研究计划，IRES为发现新物种，新的化学多样性以及对欧洲保存最完好的中世纪森林之一的环境相互作用和生物协同作用的见解提供了难得的机会。美国和波兰导师与生态学，林业，生物学，化学，植物科学和真菌学方面的专业知识的参与将确保该跨学科项目的科学成功。通过专注于精选植物和真菌的生物学和生化特征，美国 - 波兰团队预计会更好地了解新颖的植物和真菌生物多样性。特别关注将研究在这种自然环境中发现的各种天然化合物的代谢产物和生态作用。 从教育的角度来看，这三年的国税局应为美国学生参与者提供独特的环境环境，并有机会与著名的欧洲科学家并肩工作，因为他们获得了宝贵的早期职业研究经验。 IRES项目支持每年的四名学生（两名本科生和两名毕业生）的参与，为期三年。美国的学生参与者在Bialowieza森林地区与美国，波兰导师和波兰学生一起在互补的，主题链接的研究项目中度过了六个星期的国外。旅行前培训包括技术和文化准备。 PI和密西西比大学员工的旅行后跟进继续进行科学指导和职业建议。对于鲍拉德的影响，基于对生态学，生物多样性和bialowieza森林的化学多样性的研究的新见解有望促进对这种稀有生物资源的管理和保护的未来策略。结果将通过网站，演示文稿，研讨会和学术出版物来传播。总体而言，该IRES项目的合作活动有望在所有涉及的机构，加强国际合作伙伴关系的所有机构中增强STEM教育，并促进开发新的跨学科研究合作，从而弥合生物学和天然产品化学。