Biology of an Endophytic Fungus: An Integrative Approach

该奖项为东北部密苏里州提供资金 大学（NMSU）科学部建立一个NSF-REU计划。 在1992年夏天，将有8名本科生 给予财政支持，让他们参加一个 密集的全职研究经验。 作为其 强烈承诺本科研究，NMSU将提供一个 承诺的数量，包括：文书支持，免费校园 三所大学的食宿和学杂费的减免 学生参与者的学分。 学生，4名来自NMSU，4名来自校外，以及教师导师 将组成一个研究小组，重点研究一个单一的 系统：草/真菌内共生。 学生将被选中 根据他们的研究潜力和能力， 独立性和积极性，以及他们的职业目标。 学生和导师之间的讨论将构成以下内容的基础： 将学生与特定的研究领域相匹配。 学生将工作 在广泛的研究领域，从化学分析， 真菌生物碱，生态影响的草， 对真菌生物碱对昆虫的影响， 真菌的哺乳动物消费者。 中心焦点将 在不同生物组织水平进行综合研究， 将有助于促进团体成员之间的团结和社区。 的 该计划包括几个机会，让学生交流 关于他们的工作，包括要求口头介绍他们的工作 调查结果，旨在培养学生的项目所有权。

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.