REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Molecular Genetics and Proteomics

已向明尼苏达大学颁发了一笔奖金，该大学将在2011- 2013年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该计划的重点是使用分子遗传学和蛋白质组学工具来解决基因结构，基因组组织和基因表达调控中的重要研究问题。学生项目将在与该计划有关的教师的指导下进行。学生将在伊塔斯卡生物站学习基本分子遗传学技术和蛋白质组学研讨会的强化3学分实验室课程中度过夏季课程的前3周。然后，学生将在双城校区的一个教师实验室里度过7周的时间，利用课程中学到的技术全职从事一个独立的研究项目。其他计划活动将包括每周学生研讨会上的研究报告，参加生物伦理研讨会，以及参加旨在加强未来研究生学习申请的晚间会议。学生将在全国会议上招募，在校园访问期间，并通过NSF和计划网站。学生将根据学习成绩，推荐信，个人陈述和在生物科学领域的杰出研究潜力进行选择。学生将在课程结束后跟踪他们最终的职业道路。该计划将通过学生和教师的调查，并通过使用REU共同评估工具进行评估。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/或联系PI（Janet Schottel博士，schot002@umn.edu）。

An award has been made to the University of Minnesota that will provide research training for 10 weeks for 10 students, during the summers of 2011- 2013. The program focuses on the use of molecular genetics and proteomics tools to address important research problems in gene structure, genome organization and regulation of gene expression in a variety of model systems. Student projects will be conducted under the direction of faculty members who are affiliated with the program. Students will spend the first 3 weeks of the summer program in an intensive 3-credit lab course at the Itasca Biological Station learning basic molecular genetics techniques and at a Proteomics Workshop. Students will then spend 7 weeks on the Twin Cities campus in a faculty laboratory working full time on an independent research project using techniques learned in the course. Additional program activities will include research presentations at weekly student seminars, participation in bioethics workshops, and participation in evening sessions designed to strengthen future applications for graduate studies. Students will be recruited at national meetings, during campus visits, and through the NSF and program web sites. Students will be selected based on academic record, letters of recommendation, personal statement, and potential for outstanding research in the biological sciences. Students will be tracked after the program to follow their eventual career paths. The program will be assessed through student and faculty surveys and by use of the REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Janet Schottel at schot002@umn.edu).