REU Site: Research Experiences in Plant Science at the Danforth Center

一个REU网站奖已作出唐纳德丹福思植物科学中心，将提供研究培训12名本科生11周，在2012年至2016年的夏天。该计划将使学生在植物和生命科学领域获得重要的研究经验。学生将在丹佛斯中心的高级科学家的指导下进行研究项目，丹佛斯中心是一个独立的非营利性私人研究机构，位于密苏里州的圣刘易斯。丹福思中心致力于植物科学的基础研究，为人类健康、营养和农业可持续发展带来新发现。学生将接触到丰富的研究环境，由于他们可以从事的项目范围广泛，包括细胞生物学，分子生物学，结构生物学，生物化学，微生物学，化学，计算生物学，生物信息学，发育生物学，遗传学，基因组学和植物病理学。每个学生将设计并与教师导师合作进行实验室研究项目，在最后的研讨会上展示研究结果，并准备一份总结研究的书面报告。研究部分补充了额外的教育活动，包括蛋白质组学，显微镜，组织培养和转化讲习班。每周会议的特色嘉宾演讲和讨论的主题，包括指导书面和口头报告，职业选择，科学伦理，以及影响，和争议，农业生物技术。 该计划将使用BIO REU通用评估工具来评估该计划。 欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//www.danforthcenter.org/internship，或联系PI Leslie M.博士。希克斯（lhicks@danforthcenter.org，314-587-1224）。

An REU Site award has been made to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center that will provide research training for twelve undergraduate students for 11 weeks, during the summers of 2012- 2016. The program will allow students to obtain a significant research experience in the area of plant and life sciences. Students will conduct a research project under the guidance of senior scientists at the Danforth Center, an independent non-profit private research institute located in Saint Louis, Missouri . The Danforth Center is dedicated to fundamental research in plant science leading to discoveries for the benefit of human health and nutrition and agricultural sustainability. Students will be exposed to a rich research environment due to the wide range of projects they can work on, including cell biology, molecular biology, structural biology, biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, computational biology, bioinformatics, developmental biology, genetics, genomics, and plant pathology. Each student will design and conduct a laboratory research project in collaboration with a faculty mentor, present findings in a final symposium, and prepare a written report summarizing the research. The research component is supplemented with additional educational activities including workshops in proteomics, microscopy, and tissue culture and transformation. Weekly meetings feature guest speakers and discussions covering topics that include guidance in written and oral reports, career options, ethics in science, and the impact of, and controversies surrounding, agricultural biotechnology. The program will use the BIO REU common assessment tool to evaluate the program. More information is available at http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship, or by contacting the PI, Dr. Leslie M. Hicks (lhicks@danforthcenter.org, 314-587-1224).