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

冷泉港植物科学前沿与技术实验室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。这门为期三周的课程提供了对生物科学和计算科学相结合的植物生物学研究中正在使用的跨学科、尖端方法的深入沉浸。修读这门课程的学生将准备加入下一代领军人物对植物的跨学科研究。课程的科学内容与该领域的趋势同步发展；目前的重点是基因组、进化、分析和计算主题，使用许多植物模型，包括拟南芥、玉米和番茄。课程形式包括讲座、动手实验室和由三名讲师和一批特邀讲师催化的非正式讨论，他们是各自研究领域的领军人物。面对对这门课程的高需求，课程组织者特别注意招收人口统计上不同的学生群体。由教师和学生进行的课程后评估有助于为以后几年的内容决策提供信息。过去的学员对该课程的满意度很高，长期的随访表明，该课程对学员的职业生涯和研究方向产生了长期的影响。

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.