Presidential Young Investigator Award

这一总统青年研究员奖是为了支持关于了解调控植物生长和发育的细胞和分子机制的研究。要采用的特定模式涉及到固氮菌、根瘤菌和紫花苜蓿等豆科植物根瘤之间的特定相互作用。具体地说，PI将研究根瘤菌在不触发寄主防御机制的情况下入侵植物根瘤的机制、参与根瘤发育的基因、涉及根瘤发育的细胞壁结构蛋白以及根瘤发育的遗传程序是如何编程的。这项研究对于我们理解植物生长的细胞和分子机制具有重要意义。

This Presidential Young Investigator award is to support research on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate plant growth and development. The specific model to be employed involves the specific interaction between the nitroten-fixing bacterium, Rhizobium, and root nodules of legumes such as alfalfa. Specifically the PI will examine the mechanisms by which Rhizobium invades the root nodules of the plant without triggering the host defense mechanism, the genes involved in nodule development, the structural proteins of cell walls involved in nodule development and how the genetic program for nodule development is programmed. This research has fundamental importance to our understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms of plant growth.