Molecular Aspects of Energy Transduction by Plants: An Integrative Approach

GER-9553456 Vermaas随着植物分子生物学的令人振奋的进步，许多分子植物科学的研究生将他们的研究努力集中在目前流行的狭隘问题上；例如，基因表达调控的详细表征或新基因的鉴定。因此，对植物系统分子生物学感兴趣的研究生往往没有在生物化学、生物能量学、细胞生物学和生理学的重要方面得到足够的培训。然而，这些领域的综合知识将对基础植物科学的进一步发展至关重要。这项建议试图扭转研究生研究重点缩小的趋势；描述了一项努力，其中15名博士生将接受培训，创造性地和综合地整合与分子植物科学有关的不同学科，并解决该领域的关键问题。这些学生中有几个将是少数民族。本提案中所描述的研究领域的共同点是植物中的能量转导。一个主要的重点是光合作用及其调控，因为这是亚利桑那州立大学特别擅长的跨学科领域。我们的目标是提供培训，为毕业生在分子植物科学中真正富有想象力和综合性的研究做好最佳准备。

GER-9553456 Vermaas With exciting advances in plant molecular biology, many graduate students in the molecular plant sciences have focused their research efforts on narrow issues that are currently in vogue; examples include detailed characterization of regulation of gene expression or identification of new genes. Consequently, graduate students who are interested in molecular biology of plant systems often do not receive sufficient training in important aspects of biochemistry, bioenergetics, cell biology, and physiology. However, integrated knowledge in these areas will be essential for further progress in the basic plant sciences. This proposal seeks to reverse the trend of narrowing the research focus of graduate students; an effort is described in which 15 PhD students will be trained to creatively and synthetically integrate various disciplines bearing on the molecular plant sciences and addressing critical questions in the field. Several of these students will be minorities. The common denominator of research areas described in this proposal is energy transduction in plants. A major emphasis is on photosynthesis and its regulation, as this is an area of particular interdisciplinary strength at Arizona State University. Our goal is to provide training that will optimally prepare graduates for truly imaginative and integrative research in the molecular plant sciences.