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

REU 授予位于南达科他州布鲁金斯市的南达科他州立大学的场地奖励将支持 10 名学生在 2020 年至 2022 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。预计 3 年期间将有 30 名学生接受培训，其中大多数学生来自研究机会有限的学校（例如社区学院、规模较小的学士学位学院）和/或来自代表性不足的群体（非裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、拉丁裔）。 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。学生将与来自生物和微生物学系、农学、园艺和植物科学系以及自然资源管理系的经验丰富的教师导师一起开展研究项目，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、功能性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。 “基因组盛会”将对学生进行下一代测序、基因组组装、基因注释和生物信息学方面的培训，并使学生能够积极地进行团队合作。除了追求独立的研究项目外，学生还将参加新兵训练营，为他们提供开发和设计实习项目实验的基本背景，并参加有关研究道德行为、成功的研究生项目申请以及毕业后创业和行业职业机会的研讨会和讨论。要申请该项目，学生必须提交：完整的申请表、学术成绩单、一封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。项目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 PI（Heike Bücking 博士，heike.bucking@sdstate.edu）或联合 PI（Jose Gonzalez Hernandez 博士，jose.gonzalez@sdstate.edu）。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。影响审查标准。

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.