REU Site: Research in Prokaryotic Biology

原核生物REU网站项目将向本科生介绍令人兴奋的微生物研究领域，并提高他们对微生物学职业的认识。该项目是雅典乔治亚大学微生物系的一个为期9周的暑期实验室研究项目。10名参与者将从微生物学研究机会有限的本科院校中招募。来自科学界代表性不足的群体的学生，包括失聪和听力障碍的学生，都被鼓励参加这个项目。REU参与者将在教师导师的监督下进行独立的项目，研究各种研究课题，解决原核生物（细菌和古细菌）的功能。最先进的技术将用于跨学科的方法，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等领域的知识。研究项目将涉及范围广泛的问题，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。研究经历将帮助参与者更多地了解微生物学的研究生教育和职业。REU的参与者将与教师举行非正式会议，参加科学研讨会，并参加他们的实验室小组的每周研究会议。学生们将在夏季结束时以海报形式展示他们的研究成果。要了解REU计划的更多信息并了解如何申请，鼓励学生访问http://www.uga.edu/mib/reu/index.htm或联系Tim Hoover博士trhoover@uga.edu或706-542-2675。

This REU Site program in Prokaryotic Biology will introduce undergraduates to exciting areas of microbial research and increase their awareness about careers in microbiology. The program is an intensive, 9-week long, hands-on summer laboratory research program in the Microbiology Department of the University of Georgia in Athens. Ten participants will be recruited from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities in Microbiology. Students from groups that are underrepresented in the scientific community, including deaf and hard-of-hearing students, are encouraged to participate in the program. REU participants will conduct independent projects under the supervision of faculty mentors in a variety of research topics addressing the 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. Research projects will address broad questions ranging from the role of prokaryotes in environmental and geochemical processes to their role in human health. Research experiences will help the participants understand more about graduate education and careers in microbiology. REU participants will have informal meetings with faculty, attend scientific seminars and join the weekly research meetings of their lab groups. Students will present their research results at the end of the summer in a poster session. To learn more about the REU program and find out how to apply, students are encouraged to visit http://www.uga.edu/mib/reu/index.htm or contact Dr. Tim Hoover at trhoover@uga.edu or 706-542-2675.