Signal Transduction Training Group

9602259这个奖项更新支持信号转导研究培训组在爱荷华州州立大学首次成立于1991年。 在第二次授予期间，NSF的支持将逐步停止;预计在此期间将获得其他资金来源。13名教师组成的小组是优秀的高级和初级研究人员的混合体，他们来自各种学科背景，但在细胞内和细胞外信号转导方面有着共同的兴趣。 在最初的一年，更新奖将为研究生和博士后培训生提供类似于前一个奖项的津贴，并与机构资金相结合，将显着增加赞助夏季研究计划的本科生人数。并将支付学员研究的部分费用。 此外，资金将用于从其他研究和学术机构带来优秀的研究人员到校园的研讨会和专题讨论会。 细胞内和细胞间的信号转导是所有类型细胞的基础，在正常细胞发育和功能中起着至关重要的作用。 信号转导的例子可能包括参与神经系统发育和功能的细胞-细胞相互作用，以及细胞外信号影响个体细胞代谢、基因表达或结构的暂时或永久变化的分子机制。 通常，信号转导的研究是针对细胞组织的任何一个层次，从原子到有机体。 参加该培训小组的教师使用各种生物物理学和分子生物学技术研究各种生物体。 通过整合他们的研究计划和培训活动在这些不同的领域，该集团促进了知识和实验方法的交叉施肥，应该为教师和学生提供一流的经验。 ***

9602259 This award renews support for a Research Training Group in Signal Transduction at Iowa State University first established in 1991. During the term of this second award , NSF support will be phased out; it is expected that other sources of funding will be secured during this period. The 13 member faculty group is a mixture of outstanding senior and junior investigators who come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, but share a common interest in intra- and extracellular signal transduction. In its initial year, the renewal award will provide stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees at levels similar to the previous award and, in combination with institutional funds will significantly increase the number of undergraduate students sponsored for a summer research program. and will defray part of the cost of the trainees' research. In addition, funds will be used to bring outstanding investigators from other research and academic institutions to the campus for seminars and symposia. Signal transduction within and between cells is fundamental to all types of cells and plays a crucial role in normal cell development and function. Examples of signal transduction might include the cell-cell interactions involved in development and function of the nervous system, and the molecular mechanisms by which extracellular signals effect temporary or permanent changes in the metabolism, gene expression or structure of individual cells. Typically, studies of signal transduction are directed at any of a number of levels of cell organization, from the atomic to the organismal. The faculty participating in this training group study a variety of organisms using a variety of biophyisical and molecular biological techniques. By integrating their research programs and training activities in these various areas, the group promotes a cross fertilization of intellectual and experimental approaches that should provide a superb experience for faculty and s tudents alike. ***