REU Site: Interdisciplinary Convergence to Advance the Biotechnological and Bioscience Workforce

REU 网站：跨学科融合促进生物技术和生物科学劳动力发展

• 批准号: 1950855
• 负责人: Ryan Summers
• 金额: $ 42.86万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950855&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Convergence; Advance

The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (UA) REU in Biotechnology will train ten undergraduate students per year over three years to carry out interdisciplinary research in biotechnology-related areas. Biotechnology is a rapidly growing industrial sector throughout the United States, with applications in health, energy, and defense. However, there are very few academic programs dedicated solely to teaching undergraduate students biotechnology techniques. In this REU site, an interdisciplinary team of faculty members in biochemistry, biology, and biological engineering has been assembled to mentor students, with a focus on applications and instrumentation commonly found in the biotechnology field. Participating students will gain additional experience through several planned activities, including invited speakers and field trips. These activities will help to build a diverse cohort of students and provide them with the skills necessary to succeed in the biotechnology workforce.This project will develop a new 10-week interdisciplinary REU site at UA with a focus on biotechnology and bioscience research. This REU program will provide students with training in biotechnology-related research areas while helping them develop the skills necessary to excel in the biotechnology workforce. The students will first participate in a biochemistry and instrumentation bootcamp to develop a fundamental understanding of the biotechnology tools and techniques that will benefit them throughout their time in the program. The project will place a heavy emphasis on teaching students many common biotechnology methods and research techniques, which will enable them to succeed in graduate school or the industrial sector. Several opportunities to present their research, both in reports and oral presentations, are designed to improve written and verbal communication skills and enable the students to communicate to peers and the general public. The project will place a strong focus on recruiting students from HBCUs, Hispanic-serving community colleges, and organizations that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. All of these activities will enable this REU to achieve its goal of training the next generation of leaders, researchers, and educators in biotechnology-related disciplines.This project is jointly funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

在生物技术的阿拉巴马州塔斯卡卢萨大学（UA）REU将培养10名本科生，每年超过三年，在生物技术相关领域进行跨学科研究。生物技术在美国是一个快速发展的工业部门，在健康，能源和国防方面都有应用。然而，很少有学术课程专门教授本科生生物技术。在这个REU网站，在生物化学，生物学和生物工程的教师组成的跨学科团队已经组装到指导学生，重点是在生物技术领域常见的应用和仪器。参与的学生将通过几个计划的活动获得额外的经验，包括邀请演讲者和实地考察。这些活动将有助于建立一个多元化的学生群体，并为他们提供必要的技能，在生物技术劳动力取得成功。该项目将开发一个新的10周的跨学科REU网站在UA与生物技术和生物科学研究的重点。该REU计划将为学生提供生物技术相关研究领域的培训，同时帮助他们培养在生物技术劳动力中脱颖而出所需的技能。学生将首先参加生物化学和仪器训练营，以发展对生物技术工具和技术的基本理解，这将使他们在整个计划中受益。该项目将着重向学生传授许多常见的生物技术方法和研究技术，使他们能够在研究生院或工业部门取得成功。在报告和口头报告中展示他们的研究的几个机会，旨在提高书面和口头沟通技巧，使学生能够与同龄人和公众沟通。该项目将重点关注从HBCUs，西班牙裔服务社区学院以及传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的组织中招募学生。所有这些活动将使该REU实现其培养下一代领导人，研究人员，该项目由工程教育和中心部和促进竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

项目成果

Ruthenium pincer complexes for light activated toxicity: Lipophilic groups enhance toxicity

用于光激活毒性的钌钳形配合物：亲脂基团增强毒性

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112110
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Sun, Yifei;Das, Sanjit;Brown, Spenser R.;Blevins, Emily R.;Qu, Fengrui;Ward, Nicholas A.;Gregory, Shawn Aiden;Boudreaux, Chance M.;Kim, Yonghyun;Papish, Elizabeth T.
• 通讯作者: Papish, Elizabeth T.

Cellular Membrane Affinity Chromatography Columns to Identify Specialized Plant Metabolites Interacting with Immobilized Tropomyosin Kinase Receptor B

细胞膜亲和层析柱鉴定与固定化原肌球蛋白激酶受体 B 相互作用的特殊植物代谢物

• DOI: 10.3791/63118
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Visualized Experiments
• 作者: Arituluk, Zekiye Ceren;Adhikari, Bishnu;Maitra, Urmila;Goodman, Caroline;Ciesla, Lukasz M.
• 通讯作者: Ciesla, Lukasz M.

Varying the RGD concentration on a hyaluronic acid hydrogel influences dormancy versus proliferation in brain metastatic breast cancer cells

改变透明质酸水凝胶上的 RGD 浓度会影响脑转移性乳腺癌细胞的休眠与增殖

• DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37651
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
• 影响因子: 4.9
• 作者: Goodarzi, Kasra;Lane, Rachel;Rao, Shreyas S.
• 通讯作者: Rao, Shreyas S.

Ruthenium Complexes with Protic Ligands: Influence of the Position of OH Groups and π Expansion on Luminescence and Photocytotoxicity.

• DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065980
• 发表时间: 2023-03-22
• 期刊: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
• 影响因子: 5.6
• 作者: Oladipupo, Olaitan E. E.;Prescott, Meredith C. C.;Blevins, Emily R. R.;Gray, Jessica L. L.;Cameron, Colin G. G.;Qu, Fengrui;Ward, Nicholas A. A.;Pierce, Abigail L. L.;Collinson, Elizabeth R. R.;Hall, James Fletcher;Park, Seungjo;Kim, Yonghyun;McFarland, Sherri A. A.;Fedin, Igor;Papish, Elizabeth T. T.
• 通讯作者: Papish, Elizabeth T. T.