REU Site: Plant Genome Research

博伊斯·汤普森研究所(BTI)和康奈尔大学(Cornell University)被授予继续本科生网站研究体验(REU)计划的奖项，该计划自2005年以来每年夏天都会运行。这一REU项目将在2011-2013年的夏季为12名本科生提供为期10周的植物分子生物学研究经验。该项目旨在吸引来自少数族裔服务机构和小型学院的本科生，这些机构和小型学院的科研机会不太容易获得。对研究事业感兴趣但尚未完成本科学位的学生将加入康奈尔大学校园的科学家们的行列，开展植物分子生物学、遗传学和生物化学方面的前沿研究。典型的学生研究项目将涉及基因克隆和表征、功能基因组学、外来基因在植物中的表达、植物代谢物分析或生物信息学。学生的研究经验将通过科学道德培训、每周教师研究讲座、关于研究生院和职业选择的讨论、参观BTI和康奈尔研究设施以及在当地研究农场的实地考察来丰富。学生将通过在项目开始时撰写和评论研究提案，以及在结束时以研讨会的形式展示他们的结果，来发展科学交流的技能。暑期研究培训的影响将通过项目开始和结束时的评估进行评估。在暑期课程中，与学生及其导师进行的非正式讨论将被用来监督他们的进度。此外，学生将使用REU通用评估工具对该计划进行评估。更多信息可从计划网站(www.bti.cornell.edu/pgrp)获取，也可联系计划协调员(Tiffany Fleming，pgrp-Ourpreach@cornell.edu，607-254-6732)、国际和平协会(Georg Jander，Jander@cornell.edu)或共同国际(建华，jh299@cornell.edu)。

An award has been made to the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University to continue a Research Experience for Undergraduates Sites (REU) program, which has been running every summer since 2005. This REU program will provide plant molecular biology research experience to twelve undergraduate students for ten weeks each year, for the summers of 2011-2013. The program seeks to attract undergraduate students from minority-serving institutions and small colleges where scientific research opportunities are less readily available. Students who are interested in research careers and have not yet completed their undergraduate degrees will join scientists on the Cornell University campus to conduct cutting-edge research in plant molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry. Typical student research projects will involve gene cloning and characterization, functional genomics, expression of foreign genes in plants, analysis of plant metabolites, or bioinformatics. The student research experience will be enriched by scientific ethics training, weekly faculty research lectures, discussion of graduate school and career options, tours of BTI and Cornell research facilities, and a field day at local research farms. Students will develop skills in scientific communication by writing and critiquing research proposals at the beginning of the program, as well as by presenting their results in the form of a seminar at the end. The impact of summer research training will be assessed through evaluations at the beginning and end of the program. Less formal discussions with the students and their mentors in the course of the summer will be used to monitor their progress. In addition, students will evaluate the program utilizing an REU common assessment tool. More information can be obtained from the program website (www.bti.cornell.edu/pgrp), as well as by contacting the program coordinator (Tiffany Fleming, pgrp-ourtreach@cornell.edu, 607-254-6732), the PI (Georg Jander, jander@cornell.edu), or the Co-PI (Jian Hua, jh299@cornell.edu).