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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Mary E. Clutter, Assistant Director James L. Edwards, Executive Officer Sonya E. Mallinoff, Budget and Operations Officer Peggy Weber, Administrative Officer (703) 306-1400. Information and Automation Resources Unit

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National Science Foundation

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  1. National Science Foundation

  2. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Mary E. Clutter, Assistant Director James L. Edwards, Executive Officer Sonya E. Mallinoff, Budget and Operations Officer Peggy Weber, Administrative Officer (703) 306-1400 Information and Automation Resources Unit (IAR) Joanne G. Hazlett, Information Management Officer (703) 306-1406 Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) James H. Brown, Division Director Thomas S. Quarles, Deputy Director (703) 306-1470 Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN) Bruce L. Umminger, Division Director Machi Dilworth, Acting Deputy Director (703) 306-1420 Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Julius Jackson, Division Director Maryanna Henkart, Deputy Director (703) 306-1440 Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Thomas Brady, Acting Division Director Joann Roskoski, Deputy Director (703) 306-1480 Instrument-Related Activities Systematics and Population Biology Physiology and Behavior Biomolecular Structure and Function Research Resources Ecological Studies Developmental Mechanisms Biomolecular Processes Training Long-Term Projects in Environmental Biology Neuroscience Cell Biology Genetics Effective June 7, 1996 BIO-1

  3. BIO Mission To support the vitality of the biological sciences at US colleges and universities, especially in those areas where NSF has major responsibilities. BIO-2

  4. NSF Support for Basic Research at Academic Institutions and for S&E Education Share of Total Federal Support - FY 94 - $7.2 B BIO-3

  5. Major BIO Responsibilities • Long-Term Ecological Research (90%) • Systematic Biology (Biodiversity) (95%) • Evolutionary Physiology (75%) • Environmental Biology (75%) • Multi-User Biological Instrumentation (70%) • Plant Biology (50%) • ** Percentages represent NSF/BIO share of Federal Support for competitive academic research BIO-4

  6. Implementing BIO’s Mission • Focus on NSF core strategies • integrate research and education • develop intellectual capital • promote partnerships • strengthen infrastructure BIO-6

  7. Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Supports the Infrastructure for Biological Research: • Instrumentation Related Activity • Research Resources • Human Resources BIO-7

  8. Division of Environmental Biology(DEB) • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology • Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes at and above the Organismal Level • Focus on the Origins, Functions, Relationships, Interactions, and Evolutionary History of Organisms, Populations, Species, Communities and Ecosystems BIO-8

  9. Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN) • Focus • Organisms and How They Work • Integration • Molecular and Cellular Basis of Function • Environmental and Ecological Constraints • Information from Disciplines Outside BIO BIO-9

  10. Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) RESEARCH & EDUCATION SUPPORT FOCUS: • Studies of the structure, function and • interactions of biological molecules • Studies of the structure, function and • interactions of cells BIO-10

  11. Division of Emerging Frontiers(EF) A new, virtual division housing emerging and cross-cutting program areas: • Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biological Research (FIBR) • Inter-agency Microbial Genome Sequencing Program • Biocomplexity: Genome-Enabled Environmental Sciences and Engineering • Inter-agency Ecology of Infectious Disease Program • Assembling the Tree of Life BIO-16

  12. Microbial Observatories • DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION • OF NOVEL MICROBIAL • GENOMES • TAXA • CONSORTIA • ACTIVITIES • AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR ROLES • IN DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS BIO-35

  13. FromBIOSupport Of Studies On Microbes • First gene cloning • Discovery of bacterium in a hot spring, • essential to development of the PCR • technique • Patent on a bacterium that cleans oil spills BIO-38

  14. TOOLS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY Gene Cloning Enzymes Gene Sequencing Enzymes Gene Amplifying Enzymes (PCR) MICROBES FROM DIVERSE HABITATS BIO-39

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