REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research for Undergraduates in the Plant Sciences: Genomes,Phenomes and Landscapes

该REU网站奖授予位于SD布鲁金斯的南达科他州立大学，将在2020-2022年夏季支持10名学生的培训，为期10周。预计将在3年内培训30名学生，其中大多数学生来自研究机会有限的学校（例如社区学院、较小的学士学院）和/或来自代表性不足的群体（非洲裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、拉丁美洲人）。为了应对21世纪的农业挑战，培养具有应对这些挑战所需的跨学科技能的下一代植物科学科学家至关重要。学生将与来自生物与微生物系、农学、园艺与植物科学系和自然资源管理系经验丰富的教师导师一起进行研究项目，并将融入多学科研究环境。学生将从事广泛的研究课题，包括作物育种，功能植物基因组学和表型组学，下一代测序和生物信息学，植物生物相互作用（有益和致病），土壤科学和植物生态学。“基因组学大会”将训练学生学习下一代测序、基因组组装、基因注释和生物信息学，并允许学生积极地在团队中工作。除了进行独立的研究项目外，学生们还将参加一个新兵训练营，为他们的实习项目开发和设计实验提供必要的背景知识，并在研讨会和讨论中讨论研究的道德行为，成功的研究生项目申请，以及毕业后的创业和工业就业机会。要申请这个项目，学生必须提交：一份完整的申请表，学术成绩单，一份包含研究兴趣和长期职业目标的求职信，以及两封推荐信。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://www.sdstate.edu/reu-plants，或联系项目负责人（Heike bcking博士，heike.bucking@sdstate.edu）或联合项目负责人（Jose Gonzalez Hernandez博士，jose.gonzalez@sdstate.edu）。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to South Dakota State University, located in Brookings, SD, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. It is anticipated that 30 students over 3 years will be trained, with most students coming from schools with limited research opportunities (e.g. community colleges, smaller baccalaureate colleges) and/or from under-represented groups (African Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Latinos). In order to address the agricultural challenges of the 21st century, it is crucial to train the next generation of scientists in the plant sciences with the required interdisciplinary skills to address these challenges. The students will work on research projects with experienced faculty mentors from the Biology and Microbiology Department, the Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Department, and the Natural Resource Management Department, and will be integrated into a multidisciplinary research environment. The students will engage in a wide range of research topics ranging from crop breeding, functional plant genomics and phenomics, next generation sequencing and bioinformatics, plant biotic interactions (beneficial and pathogenic), soil science, and plant ecology. A `genomics jamboree´ will train students in next generation sequencing, genome assembly, gene annotation, and bioinformatics, and will allow the students to work actively in teams. In addition to pursuing their independent research projects, the students will participate in a boot camp that will provide them with the essential background to develop and design the experiments for their internship project, and in workshops and discussions about the ethical conduct of research, successful graduate program applications, and entrepreneurial and industry career opportunities after graduation. To apply for the program, the students must submit: a completed application form, academic transcripts, a cover letter with research interests and long-term career goals, and two letters of recommendation. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. More information about the program is available by visiting https://www.sdstate.edu/reu-plants, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Heike Bücking at heike.bucking@sdstate.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Jose Gonzalez Hernandez at jose.gonzalez@sdstate.edu).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.