Programme Coordination for the Priority Programme SPP 1399 on Host-Parasite Coevolution

宿主-寄生虫协同进化优先计划 SPP 1399 的计划协调

• 批准号: 225074907
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Joachim Kurtz
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Evolution und Biodiversität (IEB)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Priority Programmes
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2011-12-31 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/225074907?language=en
• 关键词: Programme; Coordination; Priority; SPP; 1399

The main goal of the priority programme 1399 “Host-Parasite Coevolution” is to establish host-parasite coevolution as a powerful and versatile model for analyzing the causes and processes of evolutionary adaptation. The priority programme integrates a wide range of research efforts within Germany, and makes this research internationally visible. The opportunity for larger, concerted research within a priority programme enables us to uncover the molecular basis of evolutionary change during host-parasite coevolution. To achieve these goals, researchers with very diverse expertise, such as evolutionary biology, parasitology, microbiology and bioinformatics collaborate with each other. Moreover, rather than working on just one model organism, data is acquired from many different species of hosts and parasites. While primary data and specific conclusions for each study organism will be provided by the individual projects, we will identify general patterns with the help of a unifying theoretical framework. The success of such a programme critically relies on excellent tools for communication, data exchange and coordination within the programme and with international researchers. We have implemented a number of tools to facilitate collaboration and achieve added value, namely a programme structure consisting of clusters and individual projects, central bioinformatics support, a joint website and Wiki, doctoral students' lab rotations, an international advisory board and regular symposia and workshops. We seek to further intensify our collaboration in the next funding period and to thereby create sustainable structures for inter-disciplinary approaches in the field of host-parasite coevolution.

1399年优先方案“宿主-寄生虫共同进化”的主要目标是建立宿主-寄生虫共同进化，作为分析进化适应的原因和过程的一个强大和通用的模型。优先项目整合了德国国内广泛的研究工作，并使这项研究在国际上可见。在一个优先规划内进行更大规模、协调一致的研究的机会使我们能够揭示宿主-寄生虫共同进化过程中进化变化的分子基础。为了实现这些目标，具有不同专业知识的研究人员，如进化生物学、寄生虫学、微生物学和生物信息学，相互合作。此外，不是只研究一种模式生物，而是从许多不同种类的宿主和寄生虫中获得数据。虽然每个研究有机体的原始数据和具体结论将由个别项目提供，但我们将在统一理论框架的帮助下确定一般模式。这种方案的成功在很大程度上依赖于方案内以及与国际研究人员进行沟通、数据交换和协调的优秀工具。我们已经实施了一些工具来促进合作和实现附加价值，即由集群和单个项目组成的计划结构，中央生物信息学支持，联合网站和Wiki，博士生实验室轮转，国际顾问委员会以及定期专题讨论会和讲习班。我们寻求在下一个供资期内进一步加强合作，从而为宿主-寄生虫共同进化领域的跨学科方法建立可持续的结构。