Alaska EPSCoR Research Infrastructure

阿拉斯加EPSCoR研究基础设施改善项目(第二阶段)将建设工程学、综合生理学、种群遗传学和北极社会科学研究领域的能力和能力。生物信息学核心将完善与生理学和遗传学研究领域相关的计算工具。工程设计问题是该州发展的障碍。寒冷地区的基础设施和系统将涉及在多年冻土中进行热传递的研究活动，这些土壤位于道路、建筑、环境生理学的综合方面将侧重于将分子技术应用于生理问题的合作研究。研究人员将研究冬眠的地面松鼠和黑熊，这为探索基因表达的调节以耐受压力提供了独特的机会。适应北极和高山环境的种群遗传学的研究人员将使用EPSCoR帮助下开发的技术来挖掘生物中允许在寒冷地区生存的基因。除了在研究地区招聘和购买设备外，一些针对K-12、本科生、教员和教师的教育和外展活动也将在第二阶段得到支持，包括阿拉斯加农村系统倡议，即针对K-12学生和教师的全球计划参与的机构包括阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校(UAF)、阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校(UM)、阿拉斯加南方大学(UAS)以及K-12学校。

The Alaska EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Project (Phase II) willbuild capability and capacity in the research areas of engineering, integrativephysiology, population genetics, and arctic social sciences. A bioinformatics corewill refine computational tools associated with the physiology and geneticsresearch areas.Engineering design issues are barriers to development in the state.Infrastructure and systems for cold regions will involve research activities withheat transfer in permafrost soils that underlie roads, building, and otherstructures and are subject to seasonal melting.Integrative aspects of environmental physiology will focus on collaborativeresearch applying molecular technologies to physiological problems.Researchers will study hibernating ground squirrels and black bears which offerunique opportunities to explore the modulation of gene expression to endurestress .Researchers in population genetics of adaptation to arctic and alpineenvironments will use technologies already developed with EPSCoR assistanceto mine organisms for genes that allow existence in cold regions.In addition to faculty hiring and acquisition of equipment in the research areas, anumber of education and outreach activities for K-12, undergraduates,graduates, and faculty will also be supported in Phase II, including the AlaskaRural Systemic Initiative, the GLOBE program for K-12 student and teachers,Phase 0 SBIR assistance, and Young First Investigator Awards for faculty.Institutions participating include the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF),University of Alaska-Anchorage (UM), University of Alaska-Southern (UAS) aswell as K-12 schools.