REU Site: Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD)

该REU网站奖授予位于印第安纳州西拉斐特的普渡大学，将在2022-2024年的夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。预计总共将有30名学生接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。学生将学习如何进行研究和提出假设，并将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。通过多样化的研究项目，该计划将增加学生在STEM学科的参与，并为他们在数据科学时代从事植物生物学的职业做好准备。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。普渡大学植物生物学和数据科学本科研究经验（PURE-PD）项目旨在为学生提供基础植物生物学和数据科学的高级培训。PURE-PD项目是由植物生物学中心、普渡大学图书馆和信息研究学院之间的跨学科合作开发的。PURE-PD项目的研究项目多种多样，包括营养信号调控、植物健康监测、植物宿主-病原体相互作用和发育过程调控，这些都为学生参与者提供了一个重要的农业相关研究环境。此外，每个学生都将参与专业发展活动，包括研究伦理，研究数据管理和学术交流。申请人将通过项目网站提交材料，需要包括数字成绩单，描述职业目标和研究兴趣的目的声明，以及两封推荐信。候选人将根据其卓越的学术表现和对科学的浓厚兴趣，由三名教师导师组成的委员会选出。在每个夏季课程结束时，将进行全面的项目评估，以对该计划进行迭代改进。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://ag.purdue.edu/cpb/intern/，或联系PI （Chao Cai博士caic@purdue.edu）或联合PI （Natalia Dudareva博士dudareva@purdue.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了评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, IN, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from under-represented groups, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how to conduct research and generate hypotheses, and will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Through diverse research projects the program will increase the participation of students in STEM disciplines and prepare them for careers in plant biology in the era of data science. 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.The Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD) program aims to provide student participants with advanced training in basic plant biology and data science. The PURE-PD program was developed as an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Center for Plant Biology, Purdue Libraries and the School of Information Studies. Research projects in the PURE-PD program are diverse and include the regulation of nutrition signals, plant health monitoring, plant host-pathogen interactions, and the regulation of developmental processes, which collectively offer a significant and agriculturally relevant research environment for student participants. In addition, each student will be involved in professional development activities including research ethics, research data management and scholarly communication. Applicants will submit their materials via the program website and need to include digital transcripts, a statement of purpose describing career goals and research interests, and two recommendation letters. Candidates will be selected based on their excellence in academic performance and strong interests in science by a committee consisting of three faculty mentors. A holistic project evaluation will be conducted at the end of each summer session for the iterative improvement of the program. More information about the program is available by visiting https://ag.purdue.edu/cpb/intern/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Chao Cai at caic@purdue.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Natalia Dudareva at dudareva@purdue.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.