Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007

本行动资助2007年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金。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，并为他们在美国科学领域的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“萤火虫的系统学和线粒体基因组进化”。本研究的目的是重建两栖动物（Amphinomida: Amphinomida）的进化史，这是一组研究较少的海洋环节动物。通过评估不同种类萤火虫的线粒体（mt）基因组的进化速率，将有可能选择合适的mt标记，以便在系统发育背景下检查两栖动物的关系。赞助科学家是奥本大学的肯尼斯·哈兰奇。该奖学金资助的研究和培训包括广泛的国内和国际合作（墨西哥和法国）、比较基因组学方面的技术培训、海洋实地考察、指导和获得有关无脊椎动物生物多样性的更广泛知识。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007. 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 US science. 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 "Systematics and mitochondrial genome evolution of fireworms." The goal of this study is to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Amphinomida (Annelida: Amphinomida), a group of poorly studied marine annelids. By assessing the evolutionary rates of mitochondrial (mt) genomes across diverse fireworm species, it will be possible to select appropriate mt markers in order to examine amphinomid relationships in a phylogenetic context. The sponsoring scientist is Kenneth Halanych at Auburn University. The research and training sponsored by this fellowship involves extensive national and international (Mexico and France) collaboration, technical training in comparative genomics, marine fieldwork, mentorship and gaining a broader knowledge of invertebrate biodiversity.