Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2001

这一行动为2001财政年度NSF微生物生物学博士后奖学金提供资金。 该研究金支持关于原生动物、微藻、真菌、古菌、细菌和病毒物种的基础生物学的培训和研究，这些物种通常不被视为模式生物。此外，它为最近的博士生提供了机会，以获得微生物生物学方面的额外培训，在既定科学家的赞助下获得研究经验，并拓宽他/她的科学视野，超越本科和研究生培训期间的研究经验。这些奖学金还旨在帮助新科学家指导他们的研究工作，跨越传统学科，并利用独特的研究资源，地点和设施，包括外国地点。研究和培训计划的题目是“利用绿色藻类从阳光和水中生产氢气。“绿色藻类的光合作用途径可以改变，产生氢气而不是氧气。 这项研究测试了藻类对代谢能量的需求是否是这种太阳能制氢背后的驱动力。 对这一现象的理解将有助于绿色藻类作为替代能源燃料来源的发展。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY2001. The fellowship supports training and research on the basic biology of protozoan, microalgal, fungal, archaeal, bacterial and viral species that are not generally considered to be model organisms. Further, it provides opportunities for a recent doctoral recipients to obtain additional training in microbial biology, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden his/her scientific horizons beyond the research experiences during the undergraduate and graduate training. These fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including foreign locations. The research and training plan is entitled "Producing hydrogen gas from sunlight and water using green algae." The photosynthesis pathway in green algae can be altered to produce hydrogen instead of oxygen. This research tests if the algae's need for metabolic energy is the driving force behind this solar-powered hydrogen production. An understanding of this phenomenon will aid in the development of green algae as an alternative-energy fuel source.