REU Site: Plant Genome Research

REU 网站：植物基因组研究

• 批准号: 1358843
• 负责人: Georg Jander
• 金额: $ 47.77万
• 依托单位: Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-15 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358843&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Plant; Genome; Research

This REU Site award to Cornell University's Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), located in Ithaca, NY, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2014-2018. Undergraduates with an interest in hands-on, plant-focused laboratory research are encouraged to apply to the program. REU students come from throughout the United States, and join a large and active plant research community on the Cornell University campus. The field of plant biology is being revolutionized by rapid advances in DNA sequencing, genetic mapping, gene expression profiling, site-directed mutagenesis, and other genome-enabled research methods. Scientists at BTI and Cornell University are employing these new technologies to conduct cutting-edge research in plant molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, and bioinformatics. Typical summer undergraduate research projects will involve gene cloning and characterization, functional genomics, expression of exogenous genes in plants, and analysis of plant metabolites. Plant species being studied by the participating faculty members include maize, soybeans, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, and Arabidopsis. The student research experience will be enriched by scientific ethics training, weekly faculty research lectures, discussion of graduate school and career options, and tours of BTI and Cornell research facilities. 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 of the program. Assessment of the summer research experience will occur through on-site interviews and completion of a web-based survey that is provided for biology REU sites.By participating in the REU Site program, undergraduate students will receive training in advanced plant biology research methods. This experience will prepare them for graduate school in the plant sciences and future research careers in academia, industry, or government.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 by visiting www.bti.cornell.edu/education/internships, or 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]).

REU 授予位于纽约州伊萨卡的康奈尔大学博伊斯汤普森学院 (BTI) 的场地奖励将支持 8 名学生在 2014 年至 2018 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。我们鼓励对以植物为中心的实验室研究实践感兴趣的本科生申请该项目。 REU 的学生来自美国各地，加入康奈尔大学校园内一个大型且活跃的植物研究社区。 DNA 测序、遗传图谱、基因表达谱、定点突变和其他基因组研究方法的快速发展正在给植物生物学领域带来革命性的变化。 BTI 和康奈尔大学的科学家正在利用这些新技术在植物分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学、细胞生物学和生物信息学领域开展前沿研究。典型的夏季本科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以及植物代谢物的分析。参与的教职人员正在研究的植物物种包括玉米、大豆、水稻、西红柿、马铃薯和拟南芥。科学道德培训、每周的教师研究讲座、研究生院和职业选择的讨论以及 BTI 和康奈尔大学研究设施的参观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培养科学传播技能。夏季研究经验的评估将通过现场访谈和完成为生物学 REU 站点提供的网络调查进行。通过参加 REU 站点计划，本科生将接受高级植物生物学研究方法的培训。这种经验将为他们进入植物科学研究生以及未来在学术界、工业界或政府的研究生涯做好准备。学生在课程结束后需要接受跟踪，并且必须回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。如需了解更多信息，请访问 www.bti.cornell.edu/education/internships，或联系项目协调员（Tiffany Fleming，[e-mail]，607-254-6732）、PI（Georg Jander，[e-mail]）或 Co-PI（Jian Hua， [e-mail]）。