Biology of an Endophytic Fungus: An Integrative Approach

该奖项为东北密苏里州立大学(NMSU)科学部提供资金，以建立NSF-REU计划。在1992年夏天，8名本科生将获得经济资助，以便他们参加一次密集的全日制研究体验。为了显示其对本科生研究的坚定承诺，NMSU将提供一系列承诺，包括：文书支持，免费校园食宿，以及免除学生参与者的3个大学学分的学杂费。来自NMSU的4名学生和校外的4名学生和教师导师将组成一个研究小组，专注于单一系统的研究：草/真菌内共生。学生的选择将基于他们的研究潜力和能力，他们的独立性和积极性，以及他们的专业目标。学生和导师之间的讨论将构成将学生与特定研究领域配对的基础。学生将从事广泛的研究领域，从真菌生物碱的化学分析，到真菌对草类的生态影响，再到真菌生物碱对昆虫和哺乳动物消费者的影响。中心重点将整合不同层次的生物组织的研究，并将有助于促进小组成员之间的团结和社区。该计划为学生提供了几个交流他们工作的机会，包括对他们的发现进行必要的口头陈述，旨在培养学生对项目的所有权。

This award provides funds to the Northeast Missouri State University (NMSU) Science Division to establish an NSF-REU program. During the summer of 1992 eight undergraduate students will be given financial support to allow them to participate in an intensive, full-time research experience. As demonstration of its strong commitment to undergraduate research, NMSU will provide a number of commitments, including: clerical support, free on-campus room and board and a waiver of tuition and fees for 3 college credits to student participants. Students, 4 from NMSU and 4 from off-campus, and faculty mentors will form a research team, focusing on the study of a single system: grass/fungi endosymbioses. Students will be selected based on their research potential and capability, their independence and motivation, and their professional goals. Discussions between student and mentor will form the basis for matching students to specific research areas. Students will work in research areas that range widely from chemical analysis of fungal alkaloids, to ecological implications for grasses of harboring a fungus, to effects of fungal alkaloids on insect and mammalian consumers of the fungus. The central focus will integrate study at different levels of biological organization and will help foster unity and community among group members. The program includes several opportunities for students to communicate about their work, including a required oral presentation of their findings, and is aimed to develop project ownership by the student.