U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Mathematical Modeling of Disease in Marine Molluscs

0089476福特汽车美国-法国海洋环境合作研究涉及苏珊E。福特和埃里克N.罗格斯大学哈斯金贝类研究实验室的鲍威尔、旧自治领大学海岸物理海洋学中心的研究人员、欧洲海洋大学研究所的克莉丝汀·帕拉德和她的小组。 他们的项目的目标是（1）构建海洋疾病的数值模型，（2）测试针对细菌引起的疾病（如海洋蛤的褐环病）的原生动物寄生虫开发的建模技术。 美国和法国的研究人员为这项合作带来了生态学和数值建模方面的互补专业知识。 该项目还利用了法国开发的关于海洋蛤褐环病的长期数据库，该数据库将被纳入一个新的模式。该奖项代表了美国方面向NSF和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）提出的联合建议。 NSF将支付美国调查人员的差旅费和生活费。 CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。这项合作将促进对宿主、寄生虫和环境之间复杂相互作用的基本理解。 更广泛地说，它将有助于了解短期和长期气候变化对海洋软体动物疾病波动的作用。 研究结果可能对两国的环境监管机构都有价值。

0089476FordThis three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research in marine environment involves Susan E. Ford and Eric N. Powell of Rutgers University's Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, researchers at the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University, and Christine Paillard and her group at the Institut Europeen Universitaire de la Mer. The objectives of their project are (1) to construct a numerical model of a marine disease and (2) to test the modeling techniques developed for protozoan parasites on diseases caused by bacteria, such as Brown Ring Disease of marine clams. The US and French investigators bring to this collaboration complementary expertise in ecology and numerical modeling. The project also takes advantage of a long-term database, developed by the French, on Brown Ring Disease of marine clams, which will be integrated into a new model. This award represents the US side of a joint proposal to NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the US investigators. The CNRS will support the visits of French researchers to the United States. The collaboration will advance fundamental understanding of complex interactions among host, parasite and environment. More broadly, it will contribute to understanding the role of short and long-term climate variations on the fluctuation of disease of marine molluscs. Results could be valuable to environmental regulators in both countries.