ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - UW/CASPER COLLEGE

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 资金用于提供卡斯珀学院/怀俄明州大学INBRE（原BRIN）本科生奖学金计划。 该计划为学生和卡斯珀学院（CC）和怀俄明州/卡斯珀学院（UW/CC）从事生物医学相关研究的教师提供助学金，设备，用品和旅行的财政支持。有兴趣的学生申请CC生物系，该系根据学术成就，推荐信以及未来在生物医学领域取得学术和专业成功的潜力来选择研究员。 卡斯珀的机会为学生提供实验室和现场经验。学生的工作项目纳入生物医学调查中常用的技术和概念，包括;微生物鉴定，DNA指纹图谱，PCR，电泳，蛋白质表达，显微镜，数据分析，诊断寄生虫学，分类学和分子系统学，以及疾病生态学/流行病学。在报告所述期间，我们继续在最初的BRIN社区学院赠款计划下发起的INBRE奖学金计划。除了支持研究员，我们还提供实验室培训，设备和用品，以支持独立的学习项目的学术信贷的学生没有奖学金。鼓励在学分学习中表现出色的学生寻求奖学金支持。在本报告所述期间，我们有4名学生获得了在塞维利亚博士，Motriuk-Smith，Burt和Madsen实验室工作的奖学金。在09-10期间，另外3名本科生和3名研究生接受了培训，并使用INBRE设备和用品进行研究。此外，INBRE的一些物资支持了当地一所高中的科学演示，讨论了医学微生物学和抗生素耐药性的各个方面。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Funds are used to provide the Casper College/ University of Wyoming INBRE (formerly BRIN) Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The program provides financial support for stipends, equipment, supplies, and travel for students and Casper College (CC) and University of Wyoming/Casper College (UW/CC) faculty engaged in biomedically related research. Interested students apply to the CC Biology Department that selects fellows based on academic achievement, letters of recommendation, and potential for future academic and professional success in biomedical fields. Opportunities in Casper provide students with laboratory and field experience. Students work on projects incorporating techniques and concepts commonly used in biomedical investigations including; microbial identification, DNA fingerprinting, PCR, electrophoresis, protein expression, microscopy, data analysis, diagnostic parasitology, taxonomy and molecular systematics, and disease ecology/epidemiology. During the reporting period we continued the INBRE fellowship program initiated under the original BRIN Community College Grant Program. In addition to supporting fellows we also provide laboratory training, equipment and supplies to support independent study projects for academic credit by students not on fellowships. Students excelling in for credit studies are encouraged to seek fellowship support. For this reporting period we had 4 students supported by fellowships that worked in the laboratories of Drs. Seville, Motriuk-Smith, Burt, and Madsen. During 09-10 an additional 3 undergraduate and 3 graduate students received training and conducted research using INBRE equipment and supplies. In addition some of INBRE supplies supported science demonstration at a local high school discussing aspects of medical microbiology and antibiotic resistance.