REU SITE: Plant Genomics at Michigan State University

REU网站授予密歇根州立大学（MSU），该大学位于密歇根州东兰辛市，将在2015-2017年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。REU实习生将参与教师指导的研究，重点是植物基因组学和光合微生物，这将适合对分子遗传学，生物化学，化学和计算生物学感兴趣的学生。参与者将从初级和高级申请者中挑选，重点是来自少数民族服务和主要是本科院校的个人。这个REU为实习生提供经验，帮助他们为研究生院做准备。实习生将沉浸在一个活跃的研究小组中，并将与教师、博士后助理和研究生互动，以获得研究技能并深入了解他们的项目。该计划将通过每周介绍密歇根州立大学的研究项目和教师职业道路，以及关于科学伦理、演讲技巧、职业和研究生机会的研讨会来加强。这些活动的结构将提高每个实习生批判性思考和进行生物研究的能力，目标是最大限度地提高他们未来对STEM学科的影响。项目评估将通过客户调查和REU通用评估工具的结合来完成。为期三年的REU将培养30名学生进行植物基因组学的前沿研究。该项目将寻求吸引来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会往往有限的小型机构的学生。经验将侧重于假设的制定和测试以及科学方法，以及生物科学的研究生和职业机会。与教师及其研究小组的正式和社会互动是该计划的一个组成部分，这些经历旨在为实习生提供在生物科学领域攻读研究生和科学事业的经验和信心。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息请访问http://www.plantgenomics.msu.edu，或联系PI （Cornelius Barry博士barrycs@msu.edu）或co-PI （Robert Last博士lastr@msu.edu）。

This REU Site award to Michigan State University (MSU), in East Lansing, MI, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. REU interns will engage in faculty mentored research focused on genomics of plants and photosynthetic microbes that will be suitable for students interested in molecular genetics, biochemistry, chemistry and computational biology. Participants will be selected from a pool of junior and senior applicants with an emphasis on individuals from minority serving and primarily undergraduate institutions. This REU provides interns with experiences designed to help prepare them for graduate school. Interns will be immersed within an active research group and will interact with faculty, postdoctoral associates and graduate students to acquire research skills and an in depth understanding of their project. The program will be augmented through weekly presentations describing MSU research programs and faculty career paths, together with seminars addressing scientific ethics, presentation skills, and career and graduate school opportunities. These activities will be structured to increase each intern's ability to think critically and conduct biological research with the goal of maximizing their future impact on STEM disciplines. Program assessment will be accomplished through a combination of custom surveys and the REU common assessment tool.This three year REU will train 30 students in cutting edge research in plant genomics. The program will seek to attract students from under-represented groups and smaller institutions where research opportunities are often limited. Experiences will focus on the formulation and testing of hypotheses and the scientific method together with graduate school and career opportunities in the biological sciences. Formal and social interactions with faculty members and their research groups are an integral part of the program and collectively these experiences are intended to provide interns with the experience and confidence to pursue graduate school and scientific careers in the biological sciences. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www.plantgenomics.msu.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Cornelius Barry at barrycs@msu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Robert Last at lastr@msu.edu).