REU Site: Collaborative Research: Genomics and Computational Biology

REU 网站：合作研究：基因组学和计算生物学

• 批准号: 1426834
• 负责人: Jonathan Arnold
• 金额: $ 53.81万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 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: 2014-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1426834&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Genomics

This REU Site award to the University of Georgia (UGA) located in Athens, GA, and Clark Atlanta University (CAU), in Atlanta, GA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2014- 2018. This 14-year old program, begun as a partnership between UGA and CAU, focuses on genomics, computational biology, and epigenetics -- and their integration in the new area of systems biology. Participants are expected to do full-time lab research as well as participate in seminars and various workshops, such as the responsible conduct of science, systems biology, molecular genetics research, career opportunities in industry and academia, and the graduate school application process. REU participants have access to a rich array of individual mentor's facilities as well as many interdepartmental laboratories and centers with core facilities for mass spectrometry, microarray analysis, next generation sequencing, nuclear magnetic resonance, etc. Mentors are drawn from a variety of departments including Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Plant Biology, and Plant Pathology. The program's recruitment effort is through http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB and visits to the Atlanta University Center of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spellman College as well as Fort Valley State University. Participants are selected based on academic record, research performance, and potential for outstanding research in genomics, computational biology, and epigenetics by a committee of faculty mentors from UGA and CAU. Student participants are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Success of the program will be assessed by various means, including use of the REU common assessment (SALG URSSA). This site is designed to increase participation of under-represented groups in graduate study in the biological, physical, and mathematical sciences. It is expected that at least 50 students, many from underrepresented groups and from colleges with limited opportunities for research, will be trained over the 5 years of the program. 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 http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jonathan Arnold at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. David Logan at [e-mail]).

REU 授予位于佐治亚州雅典市的佐治亚大学 (UGA) 和位于佐治亚州亚特兰大市的克拉克亚特兰大大学 (CAU) 的场地奖，将支持 10 名学生在 2014 年至 2018 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。这个已有 14 年历史的项目是 UGA 和 CAU 之间的合作项目，重点研究基因组学、计算生物学和表观遗传学，以及它们在系统生物学新领域的整合。参与者应进行全职实验室研究，并参加研讨会和各种讲习班，例如负责任的科学行为、系统生物学、分子遗传学研究、工业界和学术界的职业机会以及研究生院申请流程。 REU 参与者可以使用丰富的个人导师设施以及许多跨部门实验室和中心，这些实验室和中心拥有质谱、微阵列分析、下一代测序、核磁共振等核心设施。导师来自多个部门，包括遗传学、生物化学和分子生物学、计算机科学、物理和天文学、植物生物学和植物病理学。该计划的招聘工作是通过 http://www.genics.uga.edu/FGCB 进行的，并访问了克拉克亚特兰大大学的亚特兰大大学中心、莫尔豪斯学院、斯佩尔曼学院以及福特谷州立大学。来自佐治亚大学和中国农业大学的教师导师委员会根据学术记录、研究表现以及在基因组学、计算生物学和表观遗传学方面的杰出研究潜力来挑选参与者。对学生参与者进行跟踪，以确定他们对其学术研究领域的持续兴趣、职业道路以及研究经历的持久影响。该计划的成功将通过多种方式进行评估，包括使用 REU 共同评估 (SALG URSSA)。该网站旨在提高代表性不足的群体对生物、物理和数学科学研究的参与度。预计至少 50 名学生将在该项目的 5 年中接受培训，其中许多学生来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的大学。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，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 http://www.genics.uga.edu/FGCB ，或联系 PI（Jonathan Arnold 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（David Logan 博士，[e-mail]）。