IRES: US-China International Student Research Experiences in Plant Genomics

这一国际学生研究体验(IRES)项目为美国研究生和本科生提供了一个独特的合作研究植物基因组和农业生物技术的机会。学生们将研究暴露在五种主要非生物胁迫因素(干旱、盐分、重金属铅、低温和高温)下的植物的基因功能。在三个获奖年度中，每年都有五名学生从东卡罗来纳大学(ECU)和附近的历史悠久的黑人学院，包括北卡罗来纳州的当地社区学院中挑选出来。这些学生将在ECU PI的实验室接受培训，然后前往中国，在河南科学技术学院(HIST)进行为期六周的实地和实验室研究。这个IRES项目将在美国和国际上影响广泛的科学界。不同的学生群体，从2年制和4年制本科和研究生课程，将接受国际指导和以研究为基础的教育。在北卡罗来纳州有大量弱势人口的历史悠久的黑人大学和当地社区学院的招生将确保学生群体的多样性。通过由中国科学家指导的中国拟议的学生研究项目，该IRES项目将为学生提供独特的机会，使他们成为参与全球事务的科学家，并建立他们的国际科学网络。

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program provides a unique opportunity for collaborative research in plant genome and agricultural biotechnology for a diverse group of US graduate and undergraduate students. The students will investigate gene function in plants exposed to five major abiotic stressors (drought, salinity, heavy metal lead, low and high temperature). In each of the three award years, five students will be selected from East Carolina University (ECU) and nearby historically black institutes, including local community colleges, in North Carolina. These students will be trained at the ECU PI's laboratories and then travel to China to conduct field and laboratory research at the Henan Institute of Sciences and Technology (HIST) for six weeks.This IRES project will impact a broad scientific community within the US and internationally. The diverse group of students, from 2- and 4- year undergraduate and graduate programs, will receive international mentoring and research-based education. Recruitment from historically black universities and local community colleges in North Carolina with large disadvantaged populations will ensure a diverse student group. Through the proposed student research program in China mentored by Chinese scientists, this IRES project will provide students with unique opportunities to become globally-engaged scientists and to build their international scientific networks.