REU Site: Research Experiences in Plant Science at the Danforth Center

Donald Danforth植物科学中心获得了REU网站奖，该中心将在2012- 2016年夏季为12名本科生提供为期11周的研究培训。该计划将使学生在植物和生命科学领域获得重要的研究经验。学生们将在丹佛斯中心的资深科学家的指导下进行一个研究项目，丹佛斯中心是位于密苏里州圣路易斯的一个独立的非营利性私人研究机构。丹佛斯中心致力于植物科学的基础研究，为人类健康和营养以及农业可持续性带来有益的发现。学生将接触到丰富的研究环境，因为他们可以从事广泛的项目，包括细胞生物学，分子生物学，结构生物学，生物化学，微生物学，化学，计算生物学，生物信息学，发育生物学，遗传学，基因组学和植物病理学。每位学生将与一位教师导师合作设计并进行一个实验室研究项目，在最后的研讨会上展示研究结果，并准备一份总结研究的书面报告。研究部分辅以额外的教育活动，包括蛋白质组学，显微镜，组织培养和转化的研讨会。每周的会议以嘉宾演讲和讨论为特色，涵盖的主题包括书面和口头报告指导、职业选择、科学伦理以及农业生物技术的影响和争议。该计划将使用BIO REU通用评估工具来评估该计划。更多信息可访问http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship，或联系PI， Leslie M. Hicks博士（lhicks@danforthcenter.org, 314-587-1224）。

An REU Site award has been made to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center that will provide research training for twelve undergraduate students for 11 weeks, during the summers of 2012- 2016. The program will allow students to obtain a significant research experience in the area of plant and life sciences. Students will conduct a research project under the guidance of senior scientists at the Danforth Center, an independent non-profit private research institute located in Saint Louis, Missouri . The Danforth Center is dedicated to fundamental research in plant science leading to discoveries for the benefit of human health and nutrition and agricultural sustainability. Students will be exposed to a rich research environment due to the wide range of projects they can work on, including cell biology, molecular biology, structural biology, biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, computational biology, bioinformatics, developmental biology, genetics, genomics, and plant pathology. Each student will design and conduct a laboratory research project in collaboration with a faculty mentor, present findings in a final symposium, and prepare a written report summarizing the research. The research component is supplemented with additional educational activities including workshops in proteomics, microscopy, and tissue culture and transformation. Weekly meetings feature guest speakers and discussions covering topics that include guidance in written and oral reports, career options, ethics in science, and the impact of, and controversies surrounding, agricultural biotechnology. The program will use the BIO REU common assessment tool to evaluate the program. More information is available at http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship, or by contacting the PI, Dr. Leslie M. Hicks (lhicks@danforthcenter.org, 314-587-1224).