Environmental Signal Transduction: An Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates

环境信号转导：本科生的跨学科研究经验

• 批准号: 0139204
• 负责人: Susan Stapleton
• 金额: $ 32.27万
• 依托单位: Western Michigan University
• 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: 2002-04-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0139204&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Environmental; Signal; Transduction; Interdisciplinary; Research

The program provides a collaborative research atmosphere for undergraduate students in the sciences to work with faculty mentors in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Western Michigan University. Participating faculty and their students focus on basic and applied approaches to interdisciplinary understanding of signal transduction cascades at different scales of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems. Signal transduction is the study of mechanisms by which biological molecules or chemical agents initiate action within cells, tissues, organisms or systems.Emphases within the program include (1) interdisciplinary research under the broad umbrella of environmental signal transduction, (2) student ownership of research, (3) ethical conduct within a research environment, (4) the development and implementation of defensible scientific methods, (5) active recruitment of underrepresented groups to a career in science, (6) peer-motivated and mentor-motivated interactions within a cohort of collaborators, (7) communication, presentation and publication of research results, and (8) post-research experience tracking to encourage the pursuit of a career in science.Interactions within the group lead to new and innovative ways of studying biologically relevant signals that have broad applications in agriculture, health, and the environment. Research projects within the program vary from signal cascades within cells that may trigger immune responses to disease, to physiological responses to heavy metal stress, to the impact of genetically engineered plant products on non-target organisms. Students are exposed to a wide range of scientific methods and modern equipment, in both laboratory and field settings, and they are encouraged to take full advantage of available facilities.Students benefit scientifically from addressing highly focused questions from an interdisciplinary perspective and the communication of results from team efforts. Participating students also benefit socially and personally from deeply motivating interactions within a culture of deep commitment, interdisciplinary respect and societal relevance. In today's highly competitive research environment, the ability to apply a wide range of methods, skills, ideas, and theories from multiple disciplines is vital to the solution of both applied and conceptual problems.

该项目为理科本科生提供了与西密歇根大学生物科学和化学系的导师合作的合作研究氛围。 参与的教师和学生专注于跨学科理解从分子到生态系统的不同生物组织规模的信号转导级联的基本和应用方法。 信号转导是对生物分子或化学制剂在细胞、组织、生物体或系统内启动作用的机制的研究。该计划的重点包括（1）环境信号转导大范围内的跨学科研究，（2）学生对研究的所有权，（3）研究环境中的道德行为，（4）开发和实施可靠的科学方法，（5）积极招募 代表性不足的群体转向科学事业，(6) 合作者群体内的同伴激励和导师激励互动，(7) 研究结果的交流、展示和出版，以及 (8) 研究后经验跟踪，以鼓励追求科学事业。群体内部的互动带来了研究生物学相关信号的新方法和创新方法，这些信号在农业、健康和环境方面具有广泛的应用。 该计划内的研究项目多种多样，从细胞内可能引发对疾病的免疫反应的信号级联，到对重金属胁迫的生理反应，再到基因工程植物产品对非目标生物体的影响。 学生在实验室和现场环境中接触到广泛的科学方法和现代设备，并鼓励他们充分利用现有设施。学生从跨学科的角度解决高度集中的问题以及团队努力结果的交流中受益匪浅。 参与的学生还可以通过在坚定承诺、跨学科尊重和社会相关性的文化中进行深刻的互动，从而在社会和个人方面受益。 在当今竞争激烈的研究环境中，应用来自多个学科的广泛方法、技能、思想和理论的能力对于解决应用问题和概念问题至关重要。