REU Site: Fueling a Microbiology Research Training Network from the University of Florida

REU 网站：推动佛罗里达大学微生物学研究培训网络

• 批准号: 0649198
• 负责人: Nemat Keyhani
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0649198&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Fueling; Microbiology; Research

Research in microbiology has made critical contributions to understanding and harnessing the metabolic power of microorganisms. To enable undergraduate students to actively participate in the process of scientific research and discovery, the Microbiology and Cell Science Department at the University of Florida (UF MCS) will offer research internships to enable research-oriented undergraduates to engage in an intensive 10-week summer research experience in laboratories at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the NASA Kennedy Space Life Sciences Laboratory. Research areas will include prokaryotic metabolism, genetics and biochemistry, parasitology, mycology, immunology, host-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, and plant molecular biology. The research approaches include, but are not limited to, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, molecular ecology, microscopy, and immunological assays. While actively engaging in scientific discovery, participants will gain facility in fundamental laboratory techniques, critical thinking skills, and oral and written communication skills. Students will work in close collaboration with faculty and host laboratory mentors and will also participate in peer-level collegial experiences through organized social functions, discussion-formatted seminars in ethics and bioinformatics, industry and recreational field trips, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation workshops, and discussions on topics in career and professional development. As members of the Southeastern Microbiology Research Training Network, participants will also have the opportunity to interact with scientists and students from the Microbiology departments at the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University. The University of Florida MCS REU program actively encourages applications from women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and students at institutions with limited research opportunities. For additional information about the UF MCS Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, please contact Dr. Madeline Rasche ([e-mail]) or Dr. Nemat Keyhani ([e-mail]), or visit http://nsf-reu.ifas.ufl.edu/.

微生物学研究为理解和利用微生物的代谢能力做出了重要贡献。为了使本科生积极参与科学研究和发现的过程中，微生物学和细胞科学系在佛罗里达大学（UF MCS）将提供研究实习，使研究型本科生在实验室从事密集的10周夏季研究经验在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学和美国宇航局肯尼迪空间生命科学实验室。研究领域将包括原核生物代谢、遗传学和生物化学、寄生虫学、真菌学、免疫学、宿主-微生物相互作用、微生物生态学和植物分子生物学。研究方法包括但不限于生物信息学、基因组学、蛋白质组学、遗传学、分子生物学、生物化学、分子生态学、显微镜和免疫测定。在积极参与科学发现的同时，参与者将获得基本实验室技术，批判性思维技能以及口头和书面沟通技巧的能力。学生将与教师和主机实验室导师密切合作，并将通过有组织的社会功能，讨论格式的研讨会在道德和生物信息学，工业和娱乐实地考察，研究生入学考试（GRE）准备研讨会，并在职业和专业发展的主题讨论参加同级学院的经验。作为东南部微生物学研究培训网络的成员，参与者还将有机会与来自格鲁吉亚大学和北卡罗来纳州州立大学微生物学系的科学家和学生互动。佛罗里达大学MCS REU计划积极鼓励妇女，代表性不足的少数群体成员和研究机会有限的机构的学生申请。 有关用友MCS研究经验本科生计划的更多信息，请联系博士马德琳·拉什（[e-mail]）或博士内马特Keyhani（[e-mail]），或访问http://nsf-reu.ifas.ufl.edu/。