IRES: Research Training in Climate Change Microbiology in Greenland and Denmark

IRES：格陵兰岛和丹麦气候变化微生物学研究培训

• 批准号: 1460152
• 负责人: William Holben
• 金额: $ 24.96万
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Research; Training; Climate; Change

Over a three-year period, this International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program will engage two U.S. undergraduate and two U.S. graduate students annually, for a total of twelve participants, at research sites in Greenland and Denmark to study Arctic microbiology and biogeochemistry under multiple climate change scenarios. Following required training and research preparation at the University of Montana, students travel to Copenhagen for orientation and introduction to international mentors before they depart for three weeks of field work in Greenland. Throughout, students are co-mentored by William Holben, the U.S. principal investigator (PI), and a team of experts associated with the Greenlandic Center for Permafrost Studies (CENPERM), a center that is administered by the University of Copenhagen and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Each student's research training will include experience with planning and implementing field strategies for permafrost, ice sheet, and hot spring and glacier sampling in a way that promotes student ownership of individual projects, while facilitating the integration of multiple data sets obtained throughout the duration of this IRES activity. Results are expected to contribute to what is known about thawing permafrost and accelerated microbial decomposition of large amounts of organic matter stored in Arctic ecosystems.Following each season of fieldwork and sample processing in Greenland, participants return to Copenhagen to prepare collected samples for metagenomic DNA and mRNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. These will be studied for patterns of microbial community change that reflect differing and changing environmental parameters. Upon returning to Montana students will continue the computational and bioinformatic aspects of their studies. Results should provide new insights into microbial community structure and activities on sheet ice and glaciers, as well as microbial biogeochemical cycling contributions to greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost soils. Over the course of this IRES program, the U.S. and CENPERM partners expect to deepen their collaboration through international teamwork, research training, and cultural interaction, as they mentor and engage a cadre of diverse students, including Native Americans, to become the next generation of climate change experts. For broader impact, all participating U.S. students will benefit from early career experience with the kind of long-term relationship, professional network and research collaboration that is increasingly necessary to address complex global ecological issues.

在三年的时间里，这项针对学生的国际研究经验（IRES）计划将在格陵兰岛和丹麦的研究地点与两名美国本科生和两名美国研究生互动，共有十二名参与者，以研究北极微生物学和生物地球化学在多个气候变化方面。 在蒙大拿大学需要培训和研究准备工作之后，学生们前往哥本哈根进行定向和国际导师的介绍，然后才在格陵兰岛出发三周的现场工作。 在整个过程中，学生由美国首席研究员（PI）的威廉·霍尔本（William Holben）以及与格陵兰式长期研究中心（Cenperm）相关的专家团队（Cenperm），该中心由哥本哈根大学和丹麦地质调查局管理。 每个学生的研究培训都将包括计划和实施对多年冻土，冰盖以及温泉和冰川抽样的现场策略的经验，并以促进学生所有项目所有权的方式，同时促进在此IRES活动期间获得的多个数据集的整合。 预计结果将有助于对北极生态系统中存储的大量有机物的融化和加速的微生物分解的了解，从而在格陵兰岛进行实地调查和样品处理，参与者返回哥本哈根，以准备收集的类似物DNA和mrna sequencencectic和Bioencencectic分析的样品。这些将研究这些微生物社区变化的模式，以反映不同和变化的环境参数。 返回蒙大拿州后，学生将继续其研究的计算和​​生物信息学方面。 结果应为微生物社区结构和冰层冰川上的活动提供新的见解，以及对永久冻土土壤中温室气体排放的微生物生物地球化学循环贡献。在此IRES计划的过程中，美国和康佩姆合作伙伴希望通过国际团队合作，研究培训和文化互动来加深他们的合作，因为他们指导并吸引了包括美国原住民在内的多元化学生的干部，以成为下一代气候变化专家。 为了获得更广泛的影响，所有参与的美国学生都将从早期的职业经验中受益，并从事长期关系，专业网络和研究合作，这对于解决复杂的全球生态问题是越来越必要的。