Methylotrophs: underexplored bacteria for discovering novel natural products and biochemistry

项目摘要/摘要 维多利亚·梅德韦杰夫女士是犹他大学的本科生。她目前的收入是 她以优异的成绩获得了生物化学学士学位，预计将于2023年12月毕业。梅德韦杰夫女士的短片- 学期目标是考上化学生物学博士研究生项目，而她的长期目标是拥有 在学术界从事与生物医学相关的研究。梅德韦杰夫女士一直担任 自2021年8月起在犹他大学普瑞实验室担任本科生研究员。度过这个夏天 本科研究经验，Medvedeva女士将在Puri实验室进行与确定 由甲烷氧化细菌产生的新型天然产物苔藓烯酮的生物合成。这 工作与父母资助的主题直接相关(R35GM147018-01；亚甲基营养物质：未被开发 用于发现新的天然产物和生物化学的细菌)。梅德韦杰夫女士还将参加 在校园里安排好本科生暑期课程。总之，这一经历将帮助她获得 她需要额外的技术、操作和专业培训来实现她的短期和长期目标。

Project Summary/Abstract Ms. Victoria Medvedeva is an undergraduate student at the University of Utah. She is currently earning her B.S. in Biochemistry (with Honors) and expects to graduate in December of 2023. Ms. Medvedeva’s short- term goal is to be admitted to a PhD graduate program in Chemical Biology, and her long-term goal is to have a career in academia performing research related to biomedicine. Ms. Medvedeva has been working as an undergraduate researcher in the Puri Lab at the University of Utah since August of 2021. Through this summer undergraduate research experience, Ms. Medvedeva will perform research in the Puri Lab related to determining the biosynthesis of the novel natural product tundrenone, which is made by a methane-oxidizing bacterium. This work is directly related to the subject of the parent grant (R35GM147018-01; Methylotrophs: underexplored bacteria for discovering novel natural products and biochemistry). Ms. Medvedeva will also participate in structured undergraduate summer programs on campus. Together, this experience will help her receive the additional technical, operational, and professional training she needs to achieve her short- and long-term goals.