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Mary E. Clutter, Assistant DirectorJames L. Edwards, Executive OfficerSonya E. Mallinoff, Budget and Operations OfficerPeggy Weber, Administrative Officer

(703) 306-1400

Directorate for Biological Sciences

(BIO)

Mary E. Clutter, Assistant DirectorJames L. Edwards, Executive OfficerSonya E. Mallinoff, Budget and Operations OfficerPeggy Weber, Administrative Officer

(703) 306-1400

Information and Automation Resources Unit(IAR)

Joanne G. Hazlett, Information Management Officer(703) 306-1406

Information and Automation Resources Unit(IAR)

Joanne G. Hazlett, Information Management Officer(703) 306-1406

Effective June 7, 1996

Division of Environmental Biology

(DEB)Thomas Brady, Acting Division

DirectorJoann Roskoski, Deputy Director

(703) 306-1480

Division of Environmental Biology

(DEB)Thomas Brady, Acting Division

DirectorJoann Roskoski, Deputy Director

(703) 306-1480

Systematics andPopulation Biology

Systematics andPopulation Biology

EcologicalStudies

EcologicalStudies

Long-Term Projects in Environmental Biology

Long-Term Projects in Environmental Biology

Division of Integrative Biologyand Neuroscience

(IBN)Bruce L. Umminger, Division Director

Machi Dilworth, Acting Deputy Director

(703) 306-1420

Division of Integrative Biologyand Neuroscience

(IBN)Bruce L. Umminger, Division Director

Machi Dilworth, Acting Deputy Director

(703) 306-1420

Physiology and Behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Developmental Mechanisms

Developmental Mechanisms

NeuroscienceNeuroscience

ResearchResources

ResearchResources

Instrument-RelatedActivities

Instrument-RelatedActivities

Division ofBiological Infrastructure

(DBI)

James H. Brown, Division DirectorThomas S. Quarles, Deputy

Director

(703) 306-1470

Division ofBiological Infrastructure

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James H. Brown, Division DirectorThomas S. Quarles, Deputy

Director

(703) 306-1470

TrainingTraining

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

(MCB)

Julius Jackson, Division DirectorMaryanna Henkart, Deputy Director

(703) 306-1440

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

(MCB)

Julius Jackson, Division DirectorMaryanna Henkart, Deputy Director

(703) 306-1440

Biomolecular Structureand Function

Biomolecular Structureand Function

Biomolecular ProcessesBiomolecular Processes

Cell BiologyCell Biology

GeneticsGenetics

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BIO Mission

To support the vitality of the biological

sciences at US colleges and universities, especially in those areas where NSF has

major responsibilities.

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NSF Support for Basic Research at Academic Institutions and for S&E Education

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75%Environmental Biology

Social Sciences

Mathematics

Computer Science

Earth Sciences

Plant Biology

Life Sciences (non-Medical)

Physical Sciences

Engineering

Science, Math, Eng., &Tech. Educ.

Share of Total Federal Support - FY 94 - $7.2 B

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• 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

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Implementing BIO’s Mission

• Focus on NSF core strategies

– integrate research and education

– develop intellectual capital

– promote partnerships

– strengthen infrastructure

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Instrumentation Related Activity

Research Resources

Human Resources

Supports the Infrastructure for Biological Research:

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• 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

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• Focus– Organisms and How They Work

• Integration– Molecular and Cellular Basis of Function– Environmental and Ecological Constraints– Information from Disciplines Outside BIO

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RESEARCH & EDUCATION SUPPORT FOCUS:

• Studies of the structure, function and interactions of biological molecules • Studies of the structure, function and interactions of cells

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

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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

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DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATIONOF NOVEL MICROBIAL

GENOMESTAXACONSORTIA ACTIVITIES

AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR ROLESIN DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS

Microbial Observatories

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• 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

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Gene Cloning Enzymes

Gene Sequencing Enzymes

Gene Amplifying Enzymes (PCR)

MICROBES FROM DIVERSE HABITATSMICROBES FROM DIVERSE HABITATS

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