Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms

南极海洋生物的综合生物学和适应

• 批准号: 9812707
• 负责人: Donal Manahan
• 金额: $ 75.36万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-15 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9812707&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrative; Biology; Adaptation; Antarctic; Marine

ManahanThis project is an international, advanced-level, graduate training course that will be organized and taught in Antarctica for one month during the period of austral summer. The goals for the course are to introduce students to the diversity of biological organisms in Antarctic polar regions and to study unique aspects of biology that permit life in such extreme environments. Long-standing questions in evolution and ecology (such as cold adaptation and food limitation) concerning the biology of Antarctic organisms will be examined through physiological experiments with organisms, studies of isolated cells and tissues, experiments on protein structure and function, and molecular analysis of genetics systems. Lectures will emphasize physiological, biochemical and molecular biological approaches to understanding the ecology and biological adaptations of Antarctic organisms. Student research projects will follow these interwoven themes. The students will gain a rigorous understanding of the power, but also the limitations of physiological, biochemical and molecular biological methods are they are currently being used to answer research questions in environmental science and biological adaptation. The course will be held in the Crary Science and Engineering Center, located at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This modern research facility provides state of the art laboratory facilities within a short distance from the marine and freshwater environments where biological observations and collections of material will be made. The course will be taught as four modules: Biological Diversity of Antarctic Organisms: Evolution and Molecular Phylogeny; Ultraviolet Radiation: Effects on Antarctic Organisms;I nvertebrates: Physiology, Energy Metabolism and Development; and Fish: Biochemical Adapations. The course, which will attract an extremely competitive group of young scientists, will introduce new researchers to Antarctica, and will teach students to use modern research methods to study the mechanisms that are unique to biology in Antarctica.

Manahanthis Project是一项国际高级的研究生培训课程，将在澳大利亚夏季期间在南极洲组织和教授一个月。 该课程的目标是向学生介绍南极极地地区生物生物的多样性，并研究在这种极端环境中允许生命的生物学的独特方面。关于南极生物生物学的进化和生态学的长期问题（例如冷适应和食物限制）将通过生物体的生理实验，对孤立细胞和组织的研究，蛋白质结构和功能的实验以及遗传系统的分子分析来研究。 讲座将强调生理，生化和分子生物学方法，以理解南极生物的生态和生物学适应。学生研究项目将遵循这些交织的主题。学生将对能力有一个严格的了解，但生理，生化和分子生物学方法的局限性目前正在用于回答环境科学和生物学适应中的研究问题。该课程将在位于南极洲麦克默多车站的Crary科学与工程中心举行。该现代研究机构可在距离海洋和淡水环境的短距离内提供最先进的实验室设施，在这些环境中将进行生物学观察和材料收集。该课程将被教为四个模块：南极生物的生物多样性：进化和分子系统发育；紫外线辐射：对南极生物的影响； i Nvertebrates：生理，能量代谢和发育；和鱼：生化适应。该课程将吸引一群竞争激烈的年轻科学家，将向南极介绍新的研究人员，并将教学学生使用现代研究方法来研究南极生物学独有的机制。