Minority PostdDoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007

2007财年少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0706753
• 负责人: Elizabeth Glater
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Glater Elizabeth E
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0706753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minority; PostdDoctoral; Research; Fellowship; FY

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 "Genetic basis of natural variation in the olefactory behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans." The free-living soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, can use olfaction to discriminate among species of bacteria, which are its major food source. This research examines the variation in bacterial preferences of wild strains of C. elegans isolated from different regions and determines the genetic basis of this variation. This project will provide insight into mechanisms of olfactory preference behavior as well as the evolution of behavior. The sponsoring scientist is Cornelia I. Bargmann at the Rockefeller University. The training goals are to learn behavioral assays and their analysis, a range of genetic techniques, and the neurobiology of the model system C. elegans.

该行动为2007财年的NSF少数族裔研究奖学金提供了资金。奖学金的目的是增加少数族裔科学家在博士后一级的参与，并为他们准备美国科学领域的科学领导地位。为了实现这一目标，奖学金为最近的博士学位接受者提供了博士后培训和研究的机会。 预计通过这些奖学金支持的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力中起重要作用。研究和培训计划的名为“秀丽隐杆线虫的烯类烯烃行为自然变异的遗传基础”。自由生活的土壤线虫秀丽隐杆线虫可以使用嗅觉区分细菌，这是其主要食物来源。 这项研究研究了从不同地区分离的秀丽隐杆线虫野生菌株的细菌偏好的变化，并确定了这种变异的遗传基础。 该项目将洞悉嗅觉偏好行为的机制以及行为的演变。 赞助科学家是洛克菲勒大学的Cornelia I. Bargmann。 培训目标是学习行为分析及其分析，一系列遗传技术以及模型系统C.秀丽隐杆线虫的神经生物学。