Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in Advanced RootBiology

这是美国能源部/美国国家科学基金会/美国农业部植物生物学合作研究项目的一个单元。跨学科研究训练组的主题是根生物学，旨在培养一批具有创新和创造性的科学家，能够开发和利用跨学科的团队方法来研究植物生物学。三个主要研究领域包括根生态学、根生物化学和根与生物的相互作用。该小组包括13名教师，他们都对根系生物学的各个方面感兴趣，从根系生长，植物营养和固氮到土壤化学/物理。研究培训包括培训研究生、博士后、系列研讨会、静修、国际研讨会以及在私人和政府机构的实习。拓展活动包括高中资优学生辅导和高中教师专业提升。研究人员希望将这个小组发展成为宾夕法尼亚州立大学根生物学的跨部门中心。

This is a unit of DOE/NSF/USDA Collaborative Research in Plant Biology Program. The theme of the interdisciplinary research training group is root biology, and is designed to nurture a group of innovative and creative scientists capable of developing and utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach to plant biology. The three major focus areas include root ecology, root biochemistry and root/organism interactions. The group involves 13 faculty members all interested in various aspects of root biology from root growth, plant nutrition and nitrogen fixation to soil chemistry/physics. Research training involves training of graduate students, postdocs, a seminar series, retreats, an international symposium, and internships in private and government facilities. Outreach activities include mentoring gifted high school students and professional improvement of high school teachers. The investigators hope to develop this group into a inter-departmental center for root biology at Penn State University.