REU Site: Plant Genome Research

REU 网站：植物基因组研究

• 批准号: 1061199
• 负责人: Georg Jander
• 金额: $ 40.16万
• 依托单位: Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-15 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1061199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Plant; Genome; Research

An award has been made to the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University to continue a Research Experience for Undergraduates Sites (REU) program, which has been running every summer since 2005. This REU program will provide plant molecular biology research experience to twelve undergraduate students for ten weeks each year, for the summers of 2011-2013. The program seeks to attract undergraduate students from minority-serving institutions and small colleges where scientific research opportunities are less readily available. Students who are interested in research careers and have not yet completed their undergraduate degrees will join scientists on the Cornell University campus to conduct cutting-edge research in plant molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry. Typical student research projects will involve gene cloning and characterization, functional genomics, expression of foreign genes in plants, analysis of plant metabolites, or bioinformatics. The student research experience will be enriched by scientific ethics training, weekly faculty research lectures, discussion of graduate school and career options, tours of BTI and Cornell research facilities, and a field day at local research farms. Students will develop skills in scientific communication by writing and critiquing research proposals at the beginning of the program, as well as by presenting their results in the form of a seminar at the end. The impact of summer research training will be assessed through evaluations at the beginning and end of the program. Less formal discussions with the students and their mentors in the course of the summer will be used to monitor their progress. In addition, students will evaluate the program utilizing an REU common assessment tool. More information can be obtained from the program website (www.bti.cornell.edu/pgrp), as well as by contacting the program coordinator (Tiffany Fleming, [e-mail], 607-254-6732), the PI (Georg Jander, [e-mail]), or the Co-PI (Jian Hua, [e-mail]).

博伊斯·汤普森研究所 (BTI) 和康奈尔大学获得了一项奖励，以继续开展本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目，该项目自 2005 年以来每年夏天都在运行。该 REU 项目将在 2011-2013 年夏季，每年为 12 名本科生提供为期 10 周的植物分子生物学研究经验。 该计划旨在吸引来自少数族裔服务机构和小型学院的本科生，这些机构和小型学院的科学研究机会较少。 对研究职业感兴趣且尚未完成本科学位的学生将与康奈尔大学校园的科学家一起进行植物分子生物学、遗传学和生物化学方面的前沿研究。 典型的学生研究项目将涉及基因克隆和表征、功能基因组学、植物中外源基因的表达、植物代谢物分析或生物信息学。 科学道德培训、每周教师研究讲座、研究生院和职业选择的讨论、BTI 和康奈尔大学研究设施参观以及当地研究农场的实地考察日将丰富学生的研究经验。 学生将通过在课程开始时撰写和评论研究提案以及在课程结束时以研讨会的形式展示他们的结果来发展科学传播技能。 夏季研究培训的影响将通过项目开始和结束时的评估进行评估。 在夏季期间与学生及其导师进行非正式的讨论将用于监控他们的进度。 此外，学生将利用 REU 通用评估工具评估该项目。 更多信息可以从项目网站 (www.bti.cornell.edu/pgrp) 获取，也可以联系项目协调员 (Tiffany Fleming, [e-mail], 607-254-6732)、PI (Georg Jander, [e-mail]) 或 Co-PI (Jian Hua, [e-mail]）。