Project Grant 2109800

The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support postdoctoral research titled "Using DNA-Barcode Lineage Tracking to Study Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics in the Cucumber Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila." The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major issues. Funding will support the fellow's research using DNA barcode lineage tracking to study the ecology and evolution of the bacterial pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila, which causes cucurbit wilt disease in cucumber plants. The work will be conducted in Cambridge, Massachusetts through May 2024.