ELECTRONIC RESOURCES CORE

描述（由申请人提供）：北达科他州INBRE的目标是通过为该州的研究型大学、学士学位机构和部落学院提供服务来建立生物医学研究能力。具体目标是：1）在六个主要的本科院校（PUI）启动竞争力，可持续的研究计划; 2）增加选择在生物医学科学中进行高级培训的PUI学生人数; 3）增加从部落学院录取进入科学学士学位课程的学生人数; 4）加强国家对支持生物医学研究的计算和电子资源的访问;加强研究型大学现有的蛋白质组学和生物学核心设施，使其成为科学网络的可持续和有效的培训和服务中心。该计划的核心是PUI的发展研究计划，围绕“健康与环境”的主题重点建立。这一广泛的主题又细分为三个子主题：1）农药和非哺乳动物生物标志物; 2）营养、生长和发育; 3）遗传因素。位于六个PUI的九名独立研究人员将由来自北达科他州大学和北达科他州州立大学的知名生物医学科学家指导。蛋白质组学和生物学核心设施， 研究型大学将为PUI的学生和研究人员提供专门的服务和培训。一个生物信息学核心将提供计算设施和工作，以增加全州范围内获得电子资源的生物医学研究。学生的招聘将主要通过他们在他们的家庭校园INBRE调查人员的研究项目的参与。科学网络还将为邻近部落学院的学生提供研究机会。一个外展核心旨在授权部落学院加强其入门科学课程，以提高部落大学生过渡到四年制科学课程的准备水平。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of North Dakota INBRE is to build biomedical research capacity by serving research universities, baccalaureate institutions, and tribal colleges within the state. The specific aims are to: 1) initiate competitive, sustainable research programs at six predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs); 2) increase the number of students from PUIs who choose to pursue advanced training in the biomedical sciences; 3) increase the number of students from tribal colleges who matriculate into baccalaureate degree programs in the sciences; 4) enhance the state's access to computational and electronic resources supporting biomedical research; and 5) enhance existing proteomics and biology core facilities at the research universities to make them sustainable and effective training and service centers for the scientific network. The centerpiece of this plan is the development research programs at PUIs, built around the thematic focus of "Health and the Environment". This broad theme is subdivided into three sub-themes: 1) pesticides and non-mammalian biomarkers; 2) nutrition, growth and development; and 3) genetic factors. Nine individual investigators, located at six PUIs, will be mentored by established biomedical scientists from the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University. Proteomics and biology core facilities at the research universities will provide specialized services and training for PUI students and investigators. A bioinformatics core will provide computational facilities and work to increase state-wide access to electronic resources for biomedical research. Recruitment of students will be primarily through their involvement in the research projects of INBRE investigators on their home campuses. The scientific network will also offer research opportunities to students from neighboring tribal colleges. An Outreach Core is designed to empower tribal colleges to strengthen their introductory science curricula so as to increase the level of preparation of tribal college students for transitioning to four-year science programs.