REU Site: Research in Prokaryotic Biology

REU 网站：原核生物学研究

• 批准号: 0139083
• 负责人: Ellen Neidle
• 金额: $ 20.99万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0139083&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Prokaryotic; Biology

The objective of this REU Site program (Research in Prokaryotic Biology) is to introduce undergraduate students to exciting areas of microbial research and to increase their awareness about careers in science. This goal will be achieved through an intensive, approximately 9-week long, hands-on summer laboratory research program in the Microbiology Department of the University of Georgia in Athens. Ten undergraduate student participants will be recruited from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities in Microbiology. In addition, students who are members of groups that are underrepresented in the scientific community will be encouraged to participate in the program.REU participants will conduct independent projects under the supervision of faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. A wide variety of research topics will address the diverse functions of prokaryotic organisms (bacteria and archaea). State-of-the-art techniques will be used in interdisciplinary approaches that combine knowledge from the fields of Genetics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Ecology. Microbial investigations will address broad questions ranging from the role of prokaryotes in environmental and geochemical processes to their role in human health. Research experiences should generate enthusiasm among the students for the scientific topics and help them understand more about graduate education and careers in science.To enhance the research experience, the REU students will have informal meetings with faculty, attend scientific seminars, join the weekly research meetings of their lab groups, and participate in ethics-in-science workshops. Students will present their research results at the end of the summer. This program will have a significant impact both on science and education. The students will advance the research programs of the faculty mentors. Moreover, the exchange of ideas among faculty and students from around the country will help spread awareness of the importance of prokaryotic biology. Students will be able to communicate what they learn about scientific careers to their peers at their home institutions.

REU Site 项目（原核生物学研究）的目标是向本科生介绍令人兴奋的微生物研究领域，并提高他们对科学职业的认识。 这一目标将通过雅典佐治亚大学微生物学系为期约 9 周的强化夏季实验室研究项目来实现。 将从微生物学研究机会有限的本科院校招募十名本科生参与者。 此外，将鼓励科学界代表性不足的群体的学生参与该计划。REU 参与者将在教职员工、博士后研究人员和研究生的监督下开展独立项目。 各种各样的研究课题将涉及原核生物（细菌和古细菌）的不同功能。 最先进的技术将用于跨学科方法，结合遗传学、生物化学、生理学、分子生物学、细胞生物学和生态学领域的知识。 微生物研究将解决从原核生物在环境和地球化学过程中的作用到它们在人类健康中的作用等广泛的问题。 研究经验应该激发学生对科学主题的热情，帮助他们更多地了解研究生教育和科学职业。为了增强研究经验，REU 学生将与教师举行非正式会议，参加科学研讨会，参加实验室小组每周的研究会议，并参加科学伦理研讨会。 学生将在夏末展示他们的研究成果。 该计划将对科学和教育产生重大影响。 学生将推进教师导师的研究项目。 此外，来自全国各地的教师和学生之间的思想交流将有助于传播对原核生物学重要性的认识。 学生将能够向本国机构的同龄人传达他们在科学职业方面学到的知识。