ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES-EASTERN WY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

这个子项目是利用资源的许多研究子项目之一。 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。对子项目的主要支持 子项目的首席调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括美国国立卫生研究院的其他来源。为子项目列出的总成本可能 表示该子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 不是由NCRR赠款提供给次级项目或次级项目工作人员的直接资金。 资金用于支持东怀俄明学院本科生研究计划。该计划为从事科学研究的东怀俄明学院的学生和教职员工提供设备、用品、课程开发和旅费方面的财政支持。一门新的1学分课程《科学研究概论》的课程已经制定。本课程为本科生提供实验室经验和背景知识，以加深他们对科学写作的理解。在这门课程中，学生有机会使用分子生物学研究中常用的技术，如DNA提取、聚合酶链式反应、电泳法、连接和转化、微生物培养和质粒制备。这些学生还将参与收集和鉴定将用于研究项目的植物。学生还可能有机会在Genbank上发表基因序列，并进行与该基因有关的进一步生物信息学研究。目前，这门课程有一名本科生。本科生也有机会参与科学文章讨论。文章讨论由参与INBRE项目的教职员工和/或学生领导。本科生和教职员工也参加了INBRE视频会议系列报告。教员继续使用INBRE基金购买的设备和用品进行与蒿属基因组有关的研究。目前，教职员工和本科生研究人员正在进行实验，以开发一种高效的方法来提取蒿属植物的基因组DNA。此外，EWC的教职员工将前往EWC服务区的高中，使其中一些学生能够进行DNA指纹实验室练习。这将作为一个工具，激发人们对EWC本科生研究计划的兴趣。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Funds are used to support the Eastern Wyoming College Undergraduate Research Program. This program provides financial support for equipment, supplies, curriculum development, and travel expenses for Eastern Wyoming College students and faculty who are engaged in scientific research. Curriculum has been developed for a new 1 credit hour course, "Introduction to Scientific Research". This course provides undergraduate students with laboratory experience and a background to further their understanding of scientific writing. In the course students have the opportunity to perform techniques commonly used in molecular biology research such as DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, ligation and transformation, microbial culturing, and plasmid preparation. These students will also be involved in the collection and identification of plants that will be used in the research project. Students may also have the opportunity to publish a gene sequence in Genbank and perform further bioinformatics studies that pertain to this gene. Currently, one undergraduate student is enrolled in this course. Undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in scientific article discussions as well. The article discussions are be led by faculty and/or students that are participating in the INBRE program. Undergraduates and faculty have also attended the INBRE Videoconference Series presentations. Faculty continues to perform research pertaining to the Artemisia genome using equipment and supplies purchased with INBRE funds. Currently, faculty and undergraduate researchers are performing experiments to develop a highly efficient process to extract genomic DNA from Artemisia. In addition, EWC faculty will be traveling to high schools in the EWC service area to enable some of those students to perform a DNA fingerprinting lab exercise. This will serve as a tool to generate interest in the EWC Undergraduate Research Program.