NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in FY 2008

2008 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0805653
• 负责人: Tyrell Carr
• 金额: $ 12.3万
• 依托单位: Carr Tyrell
• 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: 2008-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0805653&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. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Tyrell Carr is "Biochemical and genetic characterization of a regulator protein of sugar signaling in Arabidopsis." The host institution for this research is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Alan M. Jones. Plants require sugar as an energy source and as a chemical messenger to regulate growth. How plants sense and use sugars is important to a better understanding of the basic biology of plants and may lead to improved crops. This research investigates an encoded regulator of a G-protein signaling protein that has been identified as a D-glucose sugar sensor and that mediates plant growth in the plant model system Arabidopsis thaliana. This protein is the first of its kind to function as a sugar sensor in growth regulation. Extensive biochemical and genetic studies are being employed to examine in detail how this protein senses D-glucose to regulate plant growth and other cellular processes.The training objectives for this research include techniques in biochemistry, cell biology and bioinformatics to better understand plant growth regulation in preparation for an independent research program. The broader impacts include increasing the number of minorities at the post-doctoral level and at the pre-doctoral level through innovative outreach programs. Results will impact basic as well as applied plant research, for example, increasing desirable traits and providing by-products for agriculture, energy applications, and industry.

这项行动资助了 2008 财年 NSF 少数派博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金支持研究员在主办实验室的研究和培训计划，该研究员还提出了扩大生物学参与的计划。 泰瑞尔·卡尔 (Tyrell Carr) 的这项研究和培训计划的标题是“拟南芥糖信号调节蛋白的生化和遗传特征”。 这项研究的主办机构是北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校，赞助科学家是艾伦·M·琼斯博士。 植物需要糖作为能源和化学信使来调节生长。植物如何感知和利用糖对于更好地了解植物的基本生物学非常重要，并可能导致作物改良。 这项研究调查了 G 蛋白信号蛋白的编码调节因子，该蛋白已被鉴定为 D-葡萄糖传感器，并在植物模型系统拟南芥中介导植物生长。 这种蛋白质是同类中第一个在生长调节中充当糖传感器的蛋白质。广泛的生化和遗传学研究正在被用来详细检查这种蛋白质如何感知 D-葡萄糖来调节植物生长和其他细胞过程。这项研究的培训目标包括生物化学、细胞生物学和生物信息学技术，以更好地了解植物生长调节为独立研究计划做准备。更广泛的影响包括通过创新的外展计划增加博士后和博士前水平的少数族裔数量。结果将影响基础和应用植物研究，例如，增加理想的性状并为农业、能源应用和工业提供副产品。