ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - UW/CASPER COLLEGE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 资金用于提供卡斯珀学院/怀俄明大学INBRE(前身为布林)本科生奖学金计划。该计划为从事生物医学相关研究的学生和卡斯珀学院(CC)和怀俄明大学/卡斯珀学院(UW/CC)的教职员工提供津贴、设备、用品和旅费方面的财政支持。感兴趣的学生向CC生物系申请，该系根据学术成就、推荐信和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了实验室经验。学生从事的项目结合了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、聚合酶链式反应、电泳法、蛋白质表达、显微镜、数据分析、寄生虫学诊断、分类学和分子系统学，以及疾病生态学/流行病学。在本报告所述期间，我们继续在最初的布林社区学院赠款计划下启动的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，以支持非奖学金学生的学术学分的独立学习项目。在学分研究方面表现突出的学生被鼓励寻求奖学金支持。在本报告所述期间，我们有6名学生得到了Seville、Motriuk-Smith、Chase和Madsen博士实验室的奖学金支持。08-09年度，又有4名本科生和3名研究生接受了培训，并使用INBRE的设备和用品进行了研究。INBRE的设备和用品也被用来与当地高中教师合作，教授DNA指纹和热泉微生物生态学的课程。

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 Fellowship 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 6 students supported by fellowships that worked in the laboratories of Drs. Seville, Motriuk-Smith, Chase and Madsen. During 08-09 an additional 4 undergraduate and 3 graduate students received training and conducted research using INBRE equipment and supplies. INBRE equipment and supplies were also used to work with local high school faculty to conduct lessons on DNA fingerprinting and microbial ecology of hydrothermal springs.