Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2004

本行动为2004年度美国国家科学基金会少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该奖学金的目标是增加博士后水平的少数民族科学家的参与，并为他们在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士获得者提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些研究金支持的研究员将在培训未来劳动力方面发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的题目是“原生榆树的杂交、遗传渗入、抗病和保护”。红榆树与外来入侵种乌姆兰杂交后的遗传同化使得红榆树的长期生存不确定。本研究利用分子标记技术，对荷兰榆树病（DED）的杂交、渐渗和易感性进行了研究。研究结果将有助于评估乌苏树入侵对当地榆树的威胁，并有助于制定乌苏树的长期保护策略。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2004. 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 "Hybridization, introgression, disease resistance and conservation of native elms." Genetic assimilation following hybridization between red elm, Ulmus rubra, and the exotic invasive, U. pumila, makes the long-term survival of red elm uncertain. Using molecular markers, this research examines hybridization and introgression and the susceptibility of U. rubra X pumila hybrids to Dutch elm disease (DED). Results will help evaluate the threat that introgression with U. pumila represents to native elms and be useful in developing strategies for the long-term conservation of U. rubra.