Plant Resources: An Integrated Program in Molecular, Systematic and Economic Botany

NYU/NYBG植物资源计划将培养一种新型的博士级植物生物学家：那些拥有发现、表征和发现植物的经济重要性并保护它们的专业知识的人。学生将在三个植物生物学领域(分子、系统学和经济植物学)和影响生物多样性研究的领域(人类学、环境科学、国际法等)进行培训。这一跨学科计划结合了两个主要研究/教育机构的资源，它们的互补专业知识独特地适合这些目标。培训从严格的核心课程开始，涵盖植物科学的基本要素，从植物基因的结构和调节，到谈判植物采集/保护协议所需的实用技能和道德规范。学生将参加一年一度的研讨会课程，以监测植物生物学和政策/环境问题的最新发展，并参加一年一度的工作坊，其中包括来自工业界、政府和学术界的各方。学生将通过在每个领域的一个活跃实验室进行三次为期0周的实验室“轮换”来接受实践培训。学生还将完成六门高级课程，并在他们感兴趣的领域进行论文研究。这将是第一个提供正式培训的项目，不仅提供研究经济和医学上重要植物的现代方法，而且还提供对保护这些迅速消失的资源至关重要的学科。

The NYU/NYBG Plant Resources Program will train a new type of doctoral-level plant biologist: those with the expertise to find, characterize, and discover the economic importance of plants and to conserve them. Students will be trained in three areas of plant biology (Molecular, Systematics, and Economic Botany) and in fields which impact studies of biodiversity (Anthropology, Environmental Science, International Law, etc.) This interdisciplinary program combines the resources of two major research/educational institutions whose complementary expertise is uniquely suited to these goals. Training begins with a rigorous Core Course covering basic elements of plant science, from structure and regulation of plant genes, to practical skills and ethics required to negotiate agreements for plant collections/conservation. Students will attend an annual seminar course to monitor recent developments in plant biology and policy/environment issues, and an annual workshop which will include parties from industry, government and academia. Students will receive practical training by performing three 0-week lab "rotations", in an active laboratory in each area. Students will also complete six advanced courses and undertake thesis research in their area of interest. This will be the first program to provide formal training not only in modern approaches to studying economically and medicinally important plants, but also in disciplines important for implementing the conservation of these rapidly disappearing resources.