NSF-CGP Science Fellows Program: Characterization of Primary Na+ pumps: Respiratory Chain NOAH-Quinone Reductases

该奖项支持伊利诺伊理工学院生物系的Dale Webster博士和千叶大学膜生物化学实验室的Tsutomu Unemoto教授的合作。项目资金将使韦伯斯特博士能够在日本千叶大学居住10个月，以研究需氧细菌的钠泵，并调查该泵参与氧化新陈代谢。生物技术利用微生物的领域日益扩大，需要积累有关微生物一般代谢的知识，特别是关于其呼吸链及其与跨细胞膜离子传输的联系的知识。该项目汇集了来自两个国家在细胞生理学领域工作的研究科学家。这位美国科学家将有机会熟悉千叶大学的研究技术、设备和设施，同时为整个研究工作做出贡献。此外，韦伯斯特的延长访问将有助于他与日本一家领先的研究人员建立个人和专业联系。因此，这项建议实现了该计划通过国际合作交流和转让科学知识的目标。

This award supports the collaboration of Dr. Dale Webster, Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology and Professor Tsutomu Unemoto, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Chiba University. Project funding will enable Dr. Webster to spend ten months in Japan, resident at Chiba University, in order to study the sodium pump of aerobic bacteria and to investigate this pumps involvement in oxidative metabolism. The growing field of the biotechnological use of microorganisms necessitates the accumulation of knowledge concerning their metabolism in general and in particular, of their respiratory chain and its connection to ion transport across cell membranes. This project brings together research scientists from two countries working in the area of cell physiology. The U.S. scientist will have the opportunity to become familiar with research techniques, equipment, and facilities at Chiba University while contributing to the overall research effort. Additionally, the extended visit by Webster will help him to establish a personal and professional link with a leading research er in Japan. Therefore, this proposal fulfills the objectives of the Program in its exchange and transfer of scientific knowledge through an international collaboration.