REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Plant Science at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

位于密苏里州圣路易斯的唐纳德·丹福思植物科学中心将在2021 - 2022年夏季为10名学生提供为期11周的培训。预计共有20名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体，将在该方案中接受培训。培养下一代植物科学家对于解决地球上一些最大的挑战至关重要。丹佛斯中心是一个独立的，非营利性的私人研究机构，拥有最先进的研究设施，致力于植物生物学的基础和应用研究。 除了在最后的项目研讨会上展示研究成果外，许多实习生还将在科学会议上展示他们的工作，并将他们的工作发表在科学出版物上。 该计划的评估将通过现场访谈和通过在线SALG URSSA工具完成。丹佛斯中心的使命是通过植物科学来改善人类的生活条件，随着人口的增长和环境条件的变化，植物科学已经成为一个非常重要的领域。 实习生将在丹佛斯中心科学家的指导下进行为期11周的研究项目。研究涵盖许多领域，如非生物胁迫，生物能源，基因组学，生物修复，细胞信号，转化植物科学等。研究部分将补充额外的教育活动，包括丹佛斯中心核心设施的研讨会，包括先进的生物成像实验室，蛋白质组学质谱，生物信息学，表型分析，制造商和组织培养和转化设施。& 实习生还将参加公平多样性和包容性，隐性偏见和性骚扰的研讨会/培训课程。 其他计划包括每周会议，科学务虚会，教育实地考察和职业小组，这将使实习生接触到植物科学，研究伦理和职业道路选择的当前研究课题。实习生将有足够的机会与丹佛斯中心的科学家以及来自其他当地机构的科学家建立联系。申请可在网上获得，每年2月截止。该计划每年夏天从五月到八月运行。 有关该计划的更多信息，请访问www.example.com或联系internship@danforthcenter. org。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This REU Site award to Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, located in St. Louis, MO, will support the training of 10 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2021- 2022. It is anticipated that a total of 20 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Fostering the next generation of plant scientists is critical to solving some of the planet’s biggest challenges. The Danforth Center is an independent, non-profit private research institute with state-of-the art research facilities and is dedicated to fundamental as well as applied research in plant biology. In addition to presenting research findings at a final program symposium, many interns will present their work at scientific conferences and will have their work included in scientific publications. Assessment of the program will be done through on-site interviews and through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The mission of the Danforth Center is to improve human conditions through plant science, a field that has become exceedingly important with growing human population and changing environmental conditions. Interns will conduct 11-week research projects under the guidance of Danforth Center scientists. Research covers many areas such as abiotic stress, bioenergy, genomics, bioremediation, cellular signaling, translational plant sciences and others. The research component will be supplemented with additional educational activities, including workshops from Danforth Center core facilities, including Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory, Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry, Bioinformatics, Phenotyping, Maker and Tissue Culture and Transformation facilities. Interns will also participate in workshops/training sessions in Equity Diversity and Inclusivity, implicit bias, and sexual harassment. Other program components include weekly meetings, a scientific retreat, educational field trips and a career panel which will expose interns to current research topics in the plant sciences, ethics in research, and career path alternatives. Interns will have ample networking opportunities with Danforth Center scientists as well as those from other local institutions. Applications are available online and are due each February. The program runs each summer from May through August. More information about the program is available by visiting http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship or by contacting internship@danforthcenter.org.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.