REU Site: Research in Prokaryotic Biology

这个原核生物生物学的REU站点计划将向本科生介绍令人兴奋的微生物研究领域，并增加他们对微生物学职业的认识。该项目是佐治亚大学雅典分校微生物学系的一个为期9周的强化夏季实验室研究项目。每年将招募10名参与者，主要来自研究机会有限的本科生机构。来自科学界代表性不足的群体的学生，包括聋哑人和重听学生，被鼓励参加该计划。REU的参与者将在教师导师的监督下进行各种研究课题的独立项目，研究主题涉及原核生物(细菌和古生菌)的功能。最先进的技术将被用于结合遗传学、生物化学、生物信息学、生理学、分子生物学、细胞生物学和生态学领域的知识的跨学科方法。研究项目将涉及广泛的问题，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。研究经验将帮助参与者更多地了解微生物学方面的研究生教育和职业。REU的参与者将与教员举行非正式会议，参加科学研讨会，参与科学伦理问题的讨论，并参加他们实验室小组的定期研究会议。学生们将在暑期结束时在海报环节中展示他们的研究成果。要了解更多有关远程教育项目的信息并了解如何申请，我们鼓励学生访问http://www.uga.edu/mib/reu/index.htm或通过电子邮件estabb@uga.edu联系Eric Stabb博士。

This REU Site program in Prokaryotic Biology will introduce undergraduates to exciting areas of microbial research and increase their awareness of careers in microbiology. The program is an intensive, 9-week, hands-on summer laboratory research program in the Microbiology Department of the University of Georgia-Athens. Ten participants will be recruited each year, primarily from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities. 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, Bioinformatics, 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, participate in discussions of ethical issues in science, and join the regular 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. Eric Stabb at estabb@uga.edu or 706-542-2414.