ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - UW/CASPER COLLEGE

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其他NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 表示子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 资金用于支持卡斯珀学院/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16名学生获得了在塞维利亚，Motriuk-Smith，Burt，Chase和Madsen博士实验室工作的奖学金。 此外，4名本科生和3名研究生接受了培训，并使用研究所的设备和用品进行了研究。

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 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 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 16 students supported by fellowships that worked in the laboratories of Drs. Seville, Motriuk-Smith, Burt, Chase, and Madsen. In addition, 4 undergraduate and 3 graduate students received training and conducted research using INBRE equipment and supplies.