Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course: Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science

冷泉港实验室植物科学前沿和技术课程为不同的科学家群体提供了学习植物科学研究的最新发展和方法的机会。在为期三周的课程中，学生将深入了解跨学科的前沿方法，这些方法在生物和计算科学的界面上用于植物生物学研究。参加本课程的学生将为加入植物跨学科研究的下一代领导者做好准备。课程的科学内容与该领域的发展趋势同步发展；目前的重点是基因组，进化，分析和计算主题使用一些植物模型，包括拟南芥，玉米和番茄。课程形式包括讲座、动手实验和由三名教师和一群在各自研究领域具有领导地位的受邀讲师推动的非正式讨论。面对对这门课程的高需求，课程组织者特别注意招收不同群体的学生。教师和学生的课后评估有助于为以后几年的课程内容决策提供信息。以往学员对课程的满意度较高，长期随访表明课程对学员的职业生涯和研究方向产生了持久的影响。

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course on Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science provides opportunities for a diverse group of scientists to learn about the latest developments and methods that are used for plant science research. The three-week course offers intensive immersion into the cross-disciplinary, cutting-edge approaches being used in plant biology research at the interface of biological and computational sciences. Students who take the course will be prepared to join the next generation of leaders in interdisciplinary research on plants.Scientific content of the course evolves in parallel to trends in the field; current emphasis is on genomic, evolutionary, analytical and computational themes using a number of plant models, including Arabidopsis, maize and tomato. The course format includes lectures, hands-on laboratories, and informal discussions catalyzed by three instructors and a cadre of invited lecturers who are leaders in their fields of research. Faced with high demand for the course, course organizers pay special attention to enrolling a demographically diverse group of students. Post-course evaluations by both instructors and students helps to inform decision-making about content for subsequent years. Past participants have reported high satisfaction with the course, and long-term follow-up indicates that the course has long-lasting impact on the careers and research directions of participants.