Training in the biology of malaria vectors in Mali

描述(申请人提供)：过去10年来，隶属于加州大学戴维斯分校媒介传播疾病中心的科学家一直在为来自非洲和拉丁美洲国家的科学家提供培训机会。巴马科大学的疟疾研究和培训中心(MRTC)也有丰富的培训经验，被公认为非洲疟疾研究和疟疾病媒研究和控制培训的卓越中心。这项申请的私家侦探自1991年以来一直与MRTC合作。我们建议在这种多样化和广泛的培训经验的基础上，与MRTC密切合作，在一个正在进行的研究项目的背景下，制定一个正式的疟疾研究培训计划，该项目由美国国家癌症研究所资助，编号为AI-40308，资金将于2007年5月结束。该项目有很大的实地部分，将提供种群遗传学、细胞遗传学、生态学、生物统计学和分子生物学方面的培训。培训将在美国和马里进行。培训人员和设施将从加州大学戴维斯分校和MRTC以及合作实验室和机构中抽调。 培训将由以下人员提供：L)格雷戈里·C·兰扎罗-群体遗传学！2)安东山茱萸-杀虫剂抗药性和3)雪莉·勒克哈特-病媒-疟原虫相互作用。将为以下人员提供培训：L)正在攻读或刚刚完成理科硕士学位的MRTC初级研究员。或巴马科大学医学院、药房和牙医学院的博士学位，以及2)最近在美国或欧洲完成博士学位并正试图建立研究项目的MRTC博士后研究人员。第一批学生将在巴马科大学攻读硕士或博士学位。其中四名学员每年将在马里接受9个月的实践研究培训，在马里和美国的培训教师的监督下，每年在美国接受3个月的教学和/或实践研究培训。博士后研究人员将得到直接研究指导以及与美国和马里培训教师的合作，并提供启动资金，用于购买用品或小型设备或支持实地活动，以产生初步数据，这些数据将成为申请外部赠款资金的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Scientists affiliated with the Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California, Davis have been providing training opportunities for scientists from African and Latin American countries over the past 10 years. The Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC) at the University of Bamako also has extensive training experience, and is widely recognized as a center of excellence in Africa for malaria research and training in malaria vector research and control. The P.I. on this application has been working with the MRTC since 1991. We propose to build on this diverse and extensive training experience to develop a formal malaria research training program in a close collaboration with the MRTC, in the context of an ongoing research project supported by grant number -AI-40308 from NIAID, funded through May 2007. This project has a substantial field component, and training will be available in population genetics, cytogenetics, ecology, biostatistics, and molecular biology. Training will take place in both in the U.S. and Mali. Training faculty and facilities will be drawn from the UC Davis and MRTC as well as from collaborating laboratories and institutions. Training will be provided by: l) Gregory C. Lanzaro-population genetics! 2) Anton Cornel-insecticide resistance and 3) Shirley Luckhart-vector-Plasmodium interactions. Training will be provided to: l) Junior researchers at MRTC who are completing or have recently completed M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees at the University of Bamako School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry,' and 2) MRTC post-doctoral researchers who have recently completed Ph.D. studies in the U.S. or Europe and are attempting to establish their research programs. The first group will enroll in Master's or Ph.D. programs at the University of Bamako. Four of these student trainees will spend 9 months each year receiving hands-on research training in Mali, under the supervision of Malian and U.S. training faculty, and 3 months each year in the U.S. receiving didactic and/or practical research training. The post-doctoral researchers will be supported by direct research mentoring and collaboration with U.S. and Malian training faculty and by provision of start-up funds to purchase supplies or small equipment or support field activities to generate preliminary data that will form the basis for applying for external grant funding.