REU: Project O.A.K. (Opportunities Alliance Network)

REU：O.A.K 项目

• 批准号: 9987900
• 负责人: Camellia Okpodu
• 金额: $ 16.77万
• 依托单位: Hampton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-05-15 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9987900&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Project; O.A.K.; Opportunities; Alliance

ABSTRACT Camellia Okpodu DBI# 9987900This proposal requests three years funding for an REU Site at Hampton University in the Department of Biological Sciences (Hampton, Virginia). The Department of Biological Sciences proposes to provide laboratory research experience in Plant Physiology, Pathology and Molecular biology to undergraduate students, particularly women, minorities and the disabled, from other HBCU's in the established Washington-Baltimore Hampton Roads Alliance for Minority Participation in Science (WBHR-AMPS) consortium. The summer research experience, Project O.A.K. (Opportunities Alliance network), will center on tissue culture propagation of disease-free seedlings from offspring of the "Emancipation Oak".The "Emancipation Oak", a Quercus virginiana, is located on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton Virginia. A member of the Fagaceae family, over 450 species of ornamental trees and shrubs make up the genus. Oaks can be propagated easily from acorns and grown well in rich, moderately moist soil or dry sandy soil. Oaks are hardy and long-lived but not shade-tolerant and may be injured by leaf-eating organisms or oak wilt fungus. The program has used acorns to propagate a few trees however they will still be susceptible to diseases. The program proposes to train students in the use of tissue culture to propagate disease-free cultures from the Emancipation Oak.The Project O.A.K. REU will have three main features it will: 1) offer research opportunities; 2) offer course work with transferable credit hours to the participants home institution; and 3) provide minority students the opportunity to participate in plant research at an HBCU. Participants will be exposed to many microbiological, biochemical and molecular techniques.

摘要 山茶属 DBI#9987900本提案要求为汉普顿大学生物科学系（弗吉尼亚州汉普顿）的REU研究中心提供三年资金。 生物科学系建议提供植物生理学，病理学和分子生物学实验室研究经验的本科生，特别是妇女，少数民族和残疾人，从其他HBCU的建立华盛顿-巴尔的摩汉普顿道路联盟少数民族参与科学（WBHR-AMPS）财团。 夏季研究经验，项目O.A.K.（机会联盟网络），将集中于“解放橡树”后代的无病苗的组织培养繁殖。“解放橡树”是一种弗吉尼亚栎属，位于弗吉尼亚州汉普顿的汉普顿大学校园内。 壳斗科的一员，超过450种观赏树木和灌木组成的属。 橡树可以很容易地从橡子繁殖，在肥沃、适度潮湿的土壤或干燥的桑迪土壤中生长良好。 橡树是哈代和长寿，但不耐阴，可能会受到食叶生物或橡树枯萎真菌。 该计划已经使用橡子繁殖了一些树木，但它们仍然容易受到疾病的影响。 该计划建议培训学生使用组织培养来传播来自解放橡树的无病文化。REU将有三个主要特点，它将：1）提供研究机会; 2）提供课程工作与可转让的学分，以参与者的家机构;和3）提供少数民族学生有机会参加植物研究在HBCU。 参与者将接触到许多微生物，生物化学和 分子技术