REU Site: Mountains and Minds: A Program in Chemical Biology

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会化学部（CHE）和生物基础设施部（DBI）颁发，支持由蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）的Mary J. Cloninger教授和蒙大拿州大学的Ruben M. Ceballos教授领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。本科研究将主要发生在化学生物学的以下领域：基于活性的蛋白质分析，生物学中的自由基反应，抗菌材料，心脏线粒体功能，蛋白质-小分子相互作用，蛋白质结构-功能关系，酶学，代谢组学，生物启发纳米反应器，神经递质受体，生物燃料生产和膜生物学。这些领域都是蒙大拿州立大学化学与生物化学系、蒙大拿大学美洲原住民研究实验室和泰国清迈大学目前研究的重点。大多数参与者将在蒙大拿州进行为期十周的研究，并参加每周的研讨会和小组会议，以了解化学生物学最先进的仪器和方法。这些学生，尤其是美国原住民学生，可以选择整个暑假都在密歇根州立大学或蒙大拿大学的美国原住民研究实验室工作，或者在两个地方分配时间。此外，两名已经有研究经验的美国原住民学生将在蒙大拿州度过四周，在泰国度过六周。所有学生将参加一个为期一天的研讨会，写一篇期末论文，并展示一张关于他们研究的海报。REU网站致力于与美国原住民学生，来自地区部落学院的学生，以及来自小蒙大拿州和资源有限的地区学院的学生合作。蒙大拿州立大学、蒙大拿大学美洲原住民研究实验室和泰国清迈大学的合作将使所有学生，包括美洲原住民学生，更容易获得化学生物学研究。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site led by Professor Mary J. Cloninger at Montana State University (MSU) and Professor Ruben M. Ceballos at the University of Montana. Undergraduate research will occur primarily in the following areas of chemical biology: activity based protein profiling, radical reactions in biology, antimicrobial materials, cardiac mitochondrial functions, protein-small molecule interactions, protein structure-function relationships, enzymology, metabolomics, bioinspired nanoreactors, neurotransmitter receptor, biofuel production, and membrane biology. These areas are all the focus of current research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Montana State University, in the Native American Research Lab at the University of Montana, and at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. Most participants will conduct ten weeks of research in Montana and will attend weekly workshops and group meetings to learn about state of the art instrumentation and methods for chemical biology. These students, especially the Native American students, will have the option of working the entire summer at MSU or in the Native American Research Lab at the University of Montana, or distributing their time between both locations. In addition, two Native American students who already have research experience will spend four weeks in Montana and six weeks in Thailand. All students will participate in a daylong symposium, will write a final paper, and will present a poster about their research.The REU Site is committed to working with Native American students, students from regional tribal colleges, and students from small Montana and regional colleges with limited resources. The partnership of Montana State University, the Native American Research Lab at the University of Montana, and Chiang Mai University in Thailand will allow research in chemical biology to be more accessible to all students, including Native American students.