REU SITE: Plant Genomics at Michigan State University

REU 网站：密歇根州立大学植物基因组学

• 批准号: 1358474
• 负责人: Cornelius Barry
• 金额: $ 31.17万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358474&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Plant; Genomics; Michigan

This REU Site award to Michigan State University (MSU), in East Lansing, MI, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. REU interns will engage in faculty mentored research focused on genomics of plants and photosynthetic microbes that will be suitable for students interested in molecular genetics, biochemistry, chemistry and computational biology. Participants will be selected from a pool of junior and senior applicants with an emphasis on individuals from minority serving and primarily undergraduate institutions. This REU provides interns with experiences designed to help prepare them for graduate school. Interns will be immersed within an active research group and will interact with faculty, postdoctoral associates and graduate students to acquire research skills and an in depth understanding of their project. The program will be augmented through weekly presentations describing MSU research programs and faculty career paths, together with seminars addressing scientific ethics, presentation skills, and career and graduate school opportunities. These activities will be structured to increase each intern's ability to think critically and conduct biological research with the goal of maximizing their future impact on STEM disciplines. Program assessment will be accomplished through a combination of custom surveys and the REU common assessment tool.This three year REU will train 30 students in cutting edge research in plant genomics. The program will seek to attract students from under-represented groups and smaller institutions where research opportunities are often limited. Experiences will focus on the formulation and testing of hypotheses and the scientific method together with graduate school and career opportunities in the biological sciences. Formal and social interactions with faculty members and their research groups are an integral part of the program and collectively these experiences are intended to provide interns with the experience and confidence to pursue graduate school and scientific careers in the biological sciences. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www.plantgenomics.msu.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Cornelius Barry at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Robert Last at [e-mail]).

在2015年至2017年的夏季，这项授予密歇根州东兰辛市密歇根州立大学（MSU）的REU网站奖将支持10个学生的培训10周。 REU实习生将从事专注于植物和光合微生物基因组学的教师研究，这些研究适合对分子遗传学，生物化学，化学和计算生物学感兴趣的学生。参与者将从初级和高级申请人群中选出，重点是少数派服务和主要是本科机构的个人。此REU为实习生提供了旨在为研究生院做准备的经验。实习生将沉浸在一个活跃的研究小组中，并将与教职员工，博士后伙伴和研究生互动，以获取研究技能并深入了解其项目。该计划将通过每周的演讲进行增强，以描述MSU研究计划和教师职业道路，以及针对科学道德，演讲技巧以及职业和研究生院机会的研讨会。这些活动将结构化，以提高每个实习生对批判性思考和进行生物学研究的能力，目的是最大程度地影响其对STEM学科的未来影响。计划评估将通过自定义调查和REU共同评估工具的结合来完成。这三年的REU将培训30名植物基因组学尖端研究的学生。该计划将寻求吸引来自代表性不足的团体和较小机构的学生，这些机构通常受到限制。经验将集中于假设的制定和测试以及研究生院的科学方法以及生物科学的职业机会。与教师及其研究小组的正式和社会互动是该计划不可或缺的一部分，这些经验旨在为实习生提供经验和信心，以从事生物科学领域的研究生院和科学职业。要求学生在计划后进行跟踪，并且必须响应通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息可从http://www.plantgenomics.msu.edu获得，或通过与PI（通过[e-mail]）或Co-Pi联系（Robert博士Last [e-mail]）与PI联系（Cornelius Barry博士）。