NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2008

2008 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0804424
• 负责人: Jessica Ware
• 金额: $ 12.3万
• 依托单位: Ware Jessica L
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0804424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Minority; Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2008. The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fellow who also presents a plan to broaden participation in biology through innovative outreach. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Jessica L. Ware is "Understanding the evolution of sociality and symbiosis in the lower termites (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae): a molecular and morphological approach" The host institution for this research is the American Museum of Natural History and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. David Grimaldi.Termites (from the scientific classification order Isoptera) are unique social insects that are involved in a complex symbiosis with cellulose-digesting microorganisms residing in their hindguts. A thorough phylogenetic analysis of basal termite relationships is needed to understand the evolution of these isopteran features, social behavior and gut-symbiosis. This research is creating the first total-evidence phylogenetic hypothesis of Isoptera with a global sample of lower termite species and extant fossil data. Phylogenetic reconstructions are being recovered using both molecular and morphological data. Divergence estimation analyses, biogeographical analyses and ancestral-state reconstruction are being used to evaluate the ecological conditions under which these fascinating organisms evolved. The training objectives of this research include learning fossil morphology techniques and a systematics computer program used at AMNH. The broader impacts will shed light on the systematics of "lower" termites and evolution of complex symbiosis. Broadening participation of under-represented groups will be encouraged through informal science education and radio broadcasts.

该行动为2008财年的NSF少数族裔研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金支持该研究员的主机实验室的研究和培训计划，该研究员还提出了一项计划，通过创新的外展计划扩大了生物学的参与。 The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Jessica L. Ware is "Understanding the evolution of sociality and symbiosis in the lower termites (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae): a molecular and morphological approach" The host institution for this research is the American Museum of Natural History and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. David Grimaldi.Termites (from the scientific classification order Isoptera) are unique social insects that are与持有纤维素消化的微生物相关的复杂共生。需要对基础白蚁关系进行彻底的系统发育分析，以了解这些异翅目特征，社会行为和肠息护物的演变。这项研究正在创建异翅目的第一个总证据系统发育假说，该假说具有全球白蚁物种和现存的化石数据的全球样本。使用分子和形态学数据恢复系统发育重建。差异估计分析，生物地理分析和祖先国家的重建用于评估这些迷人的生物进化的生态条件。 这项研究的培训目标包括学习化石形态技术和AMNH使用的系统计算机程序。更广泛的影响将阐明“较低”白蚁的系统和复杂共生的演变。 通过非正式的科学教育和广播将鼓励代表性不足的群体的扩大参与。