Targeted Infusion Project: Bowie State University Applied Biotechnology Initiatives

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。鲍伊州立大学（BSU）的项目旨在利用冷泉港实验室、鲍伊州立大学和戈弗雷奥科耶大学（GOU）在DNA条形码项目上的现有合作平台，将基础和先进的跨学科生物技术概念和实验室技能注入其生物学本科学位课程，并培养具备独立实验室技术人员和/或攻读生物技术/STEM研究生学位的学生。鲍伊州立大学应用生物技术倡议（BSABI）建立在以前的NSF项目的基础上，该项目支持了自然科学系的基因组学实验室和生物技术暑期研究所。BSABI有三个主要目标：a)加强分子生物学（Biol 303）课程的课程设置，为基于发现的学习注入深入的研究；b)研究基础设施升级，以支持课程重新设计，为学生提供实践研究经验；c)国际研究经验，为学生提供在本国环境中收集和分类种质资源的机会。该项目通过为研究和教学提供尖端设备，并通过将动手实验活动和本科生研究项目注入现有的分子生物学课程，增强了教师指导学生的能力。DNA条形码项目使BSU能够响应对生物多样性的理解和分类日益增长的需求。从这个角度来看，除了培养160名少数民族学生加入STEM工作队伍外，该项目更广泛的影响是促进全球探索、生物多样性保护和土著遗传资源的利用。鲍伊州立大学（BSU）、纽约州冷泉港实验室DNA学习中心（CSHL）和尼日利亚（GOU）之间的合作，为鲍伊州立大学自然科学系的本科生提供了本地和国际研究经验的多样性。BSU利用这三个机构之间现有的DNA条形码项目联络平台，将基本和先进的跨学科概念和实验室技能注入其生物学学位课程。最终目标是创建学生驱动的课堂项目，回答相关的生物学问题，同时为学生提供获得生物技术集中的基本但重要的实验室技能的机会。实践研究经验建立在课程的开放实验室概念上，旨在促进同伴指导，并为学生提供独立探索和创造性的发现学习经验。在这个为期三年的项目中，至少有160名未被充分代表的少数民族本科生将接受分子生物学和生物技术方面的先进教育和高级培训。一个广泛的评估过程被纳入到项目中，以监视和测量规划的有效性。该项目的成果将广泛传播，以造福学术界。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Bowie State University (BSU) seeks to use the platform of the existing collaboration between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, BSU and Godfrey Okoye University (GOU) on DNA barcoding projects to infuse basic and advanced interdisciplinary biotechnology concepts and laboratory skills into its biology undergraduate degree program and to train students that are equipped to function as independent laboratory technicians and/or pursue postgraduate degrees in biotechnology/STEM. The Bowie State Applied Biotechnology Initiative (BSABI) builds on a previous NSF project that supported a genomics lab and a Biotechnology Summer Institute in the Natural Sciences Department.The BSABI has three key objectives: a) Curriculum enhancement of the Molecular Biology (Biol 303) course, by infusing it with intensive research for discovery-based learning; b) Research infrastructure upgrade to support the curriculum redesign for hands-on research experience for students; and c) International research experience, to provide students opportunity to collect and categorize germplasm in their native environments. The project augments faculty capacity to instruct students through the provision of cutting edge equipment for research and teaching, and by infusing hands-on laboratory activities and undergraduate research projects into an existing molecular biology course. The DNA barcoding project enables BSU to respond to the growing demands for understanding and categorizing biodiversity. In perspective, besides training 160 minority students to join the STEM workforce, the broader impact of this project is to promote global exploration, biodiversity conservation and utilization of indigenous genetic resources.The collaboration among Bowie State University (BSU), the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), NY, and (GOU), Nigeria, fosters a diversity of research experiences, both locally and internationally, for undergraduates in the Department of Natural Sciences at BSU. BSU uses the platform of this existing liaison on DNA barcoding projects among the three institutions to infuse basic and advanced interdisciplinary concepts and laboratory skills into its biology degree program. The ultimate goal is to create student driven class projects that answer pertinent biological questions while providing students with the opportunity to acquire basic but vital laboratory skills for concentration in biotechnology. The hands-on research experience built into the courses operates on an open-lab concept that is designed to promote peer-mentoring and provide students with independence to explore and be creative in their discovery-based learning experience.Over the course of the three-year project, at least one hundred and sixty (160) underrepresented minority undergraduates will receive state of the art education and advanced training in molecular biology and biotechnology. An extensive evaluation process is incorporated into the project to monitor and measure program effectiveness. Outcomes of this project will be widely disseminated for the benefit of the academic community.