REU Site: Collaborative Research: Genomics and Computational Biology

该REU网站奖授予位于佐治亚州雅典的佐治亚大学（UGA）和佐治亚州亚特兰大的克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU），将在2014年至2018年的夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。这个有14年历史的项目，开始作为UGA和CAU之间的合作伙伴关系，专注于基因组学，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。参与者需要进行全职的实验室研究，并参加研讨会和各种研讨会，例如科学的负责任行为，系统生物学，分子遗传学研究，工业和学术界的职业机会，以及研究生院的申请过程。REU的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。导师来自不同的部门，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。该项目的招生工作是通过http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB和访问亚特兰大大学中心的克拉克亚特兰大大学、莫尔豪斯学院、斯派曼学院以及谷堡州立大学进行的。由佐治亚大学和CAU的教师导师组成的委员会根据学习成绩、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选择参与者。跟踪学生参与者，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣，他们的职业道路，以及研究经历的持久影响。该计划的成功将通过各种方式进行评估，包括使用REU共同评估（SALG URSSA）。该网站旨在增加未被充分代表的群体在生物、物理和数学科学研究生学习中的参与。预计至少有50名学生，其中许多来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的大学，将在该计划的5年时间里接受培训。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息请访问http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB，或联系PI （Jonathan Arnold博士arnold@uga.edu）或co-PI （David Logan博士dlogan@cau.edu）。

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 arnold@uga.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. David Logan at dlogan@cau.edu).