Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

这项行动为2003财政年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金的目标是增加少数群体科学家在博士后一级的参与，并使他们为在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职务做好准备。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究的机会，以最近的博士获奖者。 研究和培训计划的题目是“在片足类甲壳类动物Parhyale hawaiensis胚胎发育过程中大脑模式基因的识别和功能分析”。“昆虫和它们的姐妹分类群甲壳类动物之间的大脑和头部结构存在显着差异。 少数转录因子在果蝇食管上神经节的特化中起主要作用。 这些基因包括无尾基因（tll）、正齿基因（otd）和空气门基因（ems）。 本研究的目的是描述tll，otd和ems在Parhyale食管上脑神经节胚胎发育过程中的功能作用。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2003. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "The identification and functional analysis of brain patterning genes during the embryonic development of the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis." Significant differences exist in brain and head structure between insects and their sister taxon, the crustaceans. A small number of transcription factors play a major role in the specification of the Drosophila supraesophageal ganglia. These include the 'head gap genes' tailless (tll), orthodenticle (otd), and empty spiracles (ems). The aim of this study is the characterization of the functional roles of tll, otd, and ems during embryonic development of the supraesophageal brain neuromeres of Parhyale.