Research Experience for Undergraduates Site Project: Undergraduate Research in Plant Biology

9322342布兰顿该奖项向德克萨斯理工大学生物科学系提供资金，用于建立本科生研究体验网站。这个项目的目标是让本科生参与植物生物学的基础研究。学生们往往对涉及动物的研究有一种固有的偏见。本课程将尝试通过向学生提供参与涉及各种学科、方法和技术的以植物为中心的项目的机会来克服这种偏见。三个系的11名植物科学家自愿担任导师。他们包括生物化学家、细胞生物学家、发育生物学家、分子生物学家、生理学家和系统学家。面向实地的研究和面向实验室的研究都有机会。现有的研究技术包括DNA测序、蛋白质电泳和免疫印迹、免疫细胞化学、光学和电子显微镜、原位杂交、基于聚合酶链式反应的基因组分析、同工酶分析、酶活性的分光光度分析、植物组织培养、植物转化和各种分子生物学方法。该计划可以提高其成功潜力的方面包括：(1)小组指导会议，在该会议中，学生将学习基本的实验室技能，参与辐射和化学安全培训，并被介绍使用图书馆查找科学文献；(2)通过向学生提供与其他植物生物学学生以及更多的生物学本科生一起参加小组活动的机会，努力发展学生之间的友谊；以及(3)通过相关计划为植物科学的演讲嘉宾提供资金，学生参加会议的旅费和学生研究经费。***

9322342 Blanton This award provides funds to the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site. The goal of this project is to involve undergraduate students in basic research in plant biology. Students often have an inherent bias towards research involving animals. This program will try and overcome this bias by presenting the students with the opportunity to participate in a plant-focused program involving a variety of disciplines, approaches, and techniques. Eleven plant scientists in three department have volunteered to serve as mentors. They included biochemists, cell biologists, developmental biologists, molecular biologists, physiologists and systematists. Opportunities exist for both field-oriented and laboratory- oriented research. Available research techniques include DNA sequencing, protein electrophoresis and immunoblotting, immunocytochemistry, light and electron microscopy, in situ hybridation, analysis of genomes using PCR-based methods, isozyme analysis, spectrophotometric analysis of enzyme activities, plant tissue culture, plant transformations, and a variety of molecular biological methods. Aspects of the program that should enhance its potential for success include: (1) a group orientation session in which the students will learn basic laboratory skills, engage in radiation and chemical safety training, and be introduced to using the library to find scientific literature; (2) an effort to develop student camaraderie by presenting the students with the opportunity to participate in group activities with the other plant biology students as well as a larger group of biology undergraduate research students; and (3) the provision by a related program of funds for quests speakers in the plant sciences, student travel funds to attend meetings, and student research supply funds. ***