U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Research: Chemical Defense in Brazilian Marine Invertebrates

这个美国-巴西奖将支持加州大学斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的威廉·芬尼克博士和德拉之间的一个合作研究项目。罗桑杰拉巴西里约热内卢联邦弗鲁米嫩塞大学的Epifanio探索选定的巴西海洋无脊椎动物（主要是柳珊瑚和硬壳海鞘）的天然产物化学和化学生态学。 他们的计划由互动研究组成，以扩大巴西无脊椎动物产生的防御分子的来源，类型和反应性的知识，并探索这些分子在防御适应中的自然功能。 该项目的目标是通过在巴西境内进行一系列考察和研究研讨会，以及巴西研究人员对斯克里普斯进行研究访问，在这两名研究人员之间形成合作。一些访问将强调对学生进行新的仪器方法培训，即二维核磁共振技术，以及与确定浅海生境次级代谢物功能有关的生物方法。

This U.S.-Brazil award will support a collaborative research project between Dr.William Fenical of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California and Dra. Rosangela de A. Epifanio of Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to explore the natural products chemistry and chemical ecology of selected Brazilian marine invertebrates, principally gorgonian corals and encrusting ascidians. Their program is composed of interactive studies to expand knowledge of the sources, types and reactivities of defensive molecules produced by Brazilian invertebrates, and to explore the natural functions of these molecules in defensive adaptations. The objective of the project is to form a collaboration between the two researchers through a series of expeditions and research seminars within Brazil, as well as research visits by the Brazilian researchers to Scripps. Some of the visits will emphasize the training of students in new instrumental methods, i.e. 2D NMR techniques, and biological methodologies associated with determining the functions of secondary metabolites in shallow marine habitats.