REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics and Genomics (SURGe)

该REU站点奖授予位于德克萨斯州大学城的德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU），将在2024-2026年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。预计将有30名来自TAMU以外、研究机会有限的机构或生命科学领域服务不足的群体的学生参加SURGe（夏季本科生遗传学和基因组学研究项目）的培训。REU的激增将为学生进入研究生课程或就业市场提供全面的准备。学生将学习如何在遗传学和基因组学跨学科研究生课程（GGEN）教师的指导下进行遗传学和基因组学研究。此外，学生将学习如何向更广泛的受众展示他们的项目，提高他们的科学沟通能力和扩大公众科学素养。参与者将有机会与TAMU和GGEN社区的其他REU项目讨论他们的发现。激增评估将通过在线工具进行，项目结束后将对参与者进行跟踪，以确定他们选择的职业道路。REU SURGe将为学生提供为期10周的结构化、密集的暑期研究体验，并提供平衡的研究和培训机会。学生将在实验室中与GGEN教师导师一起工作。研究领域包括生物医学遗传学、动植物遗传学、计算遗传学、进化遗传学、微生物遗传学和生物信息学。学生每周将有职业发展会议，这使他们能够探索遗传学和基因组学的研究和职业机会，学习和讨论道德/负责任的研究行为，了解申请研究生院和奖学金的机会，并学习有效的口头和书面表达技巧。此外，参与者将通过命令行旁听一门课程，该课程侧重于当前的生物信息学工具，这些工具广泛用于遗传学和基因组学，可以转移到他们的家乡机构。学生将使用NSF ETAP申请系统进行申请，并根据他们对遗传学和基因组学研究的兴趣、学术成绩和来自其所在机构的推荐信进行选择。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Texas A&M University (TAMU), located in College Station, TX, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students from outside TAMU and institutions with limited research opportunities or underserved groups in the life sciences will be trained in SURGe (Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Genetics and Genomics). The REU SURGe will provide students with holistic preparation for admission into graduate programs or the job market. Students will learn how genetics and genomics research is conducted under the guidance of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics (GGEN) faculty. Moreover, students will learn how to present their projects to broader audiences, increasing their scientific communication proficiency skills and expanding public scientific literacy. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their findings with other REU programs at TAMU and the GGEN community. SURGe assessment will be done through an online tool, and participants will be tracked after the program to ascertain their chosen career paths.REU SURGe will provide students with a structured, intense 10-week summer research experience with balanced research and training opportunities. Students will work in labs with GGEN faculty preceptors. Research areas include biomedical genetics, animal and plant genetics, computational genetics, evolutionary genetics, microbial genetics, and bioinformatics. Students will have weekly career development meetings, which allow them to explore research and career opportunities in genetics and genomics, learn and discuss ethics/responsible conduct of research, be informed about applying to graduate schools and fellowship opportunities, and learn effective oral and written presentation skills. Additionally, participants will audit a course focused on current bioinformatics tools via command lines broadly used in genetics and genomics, which can be transferred to their home institution. Students will apply using the NSF ETAP application system and be selected based on their interest in genetics and genomics research, academic records, and recommendation letters from their home institutions.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.