REU Site: Plant Genome Research

这个REU网站奖康奈尔大学的博伊斯汤普森研究所（BTI），位于伊萨卡，纽约州，将支持8名学生在2014年至2018年夏季10周的培训。鼓励对动手，以植物为中心的实验室研究感兴趣的本科生申请该计划。REU的学生来自美国各地，并加入康奈尔大学校园内一个庞大而活跃的植物研究社区。植物生物学领域正因DNA测序、遗传图谱、基因表达谱、定点诱变和其他基因组研究方法的快速发展而发生革命性变化。BTI和康奈尔大学的科学家正在利用这些新技术进行植物分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学、细胞生物学和生物信息学的前沿研究。典型的暑期本科生研究项目将涉及基因克隆和表征，功能基因组学，外源基因在植物中的表达，以及植物代谢产物的分析。参与教师正在研究的植物物种包括玉米、大豆、水稻、西红柿、土豆和拟南芥。学生的研究经验将通过科学道德培训，每周的教师研究讲座，研究生院和职业选择的讨论，以及BTI和康奈尔大学研究设施的图尔斯之旅来丰富。学生将通过在课程开始时撰写和批评研究提案，以及在课程结束时以研讨会的形式展示他们的成果，来培养科学交流的技能。夏季研究经验的评估将通过现场面试和完成基于网络的调查，提供给生物REU网站。通过参加REU网站计划，本科生将接受先进的植物生物学研究方法的培训。这一经验将为他们在植物科学研究生院和未来在学术界，工业界或政府的研究生涯做好准备。学生需要在程序后进行跟踪，必须通过NSF报告系统发送自动电子邮件作出回应。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.bti.cornell.edu/education/internships，或联系项目协调员（Tiffany Fleming，pgrp-ourtreach@cornell.edu，607-254-6732）、PI（Georg Jander，gj32@cornell.edu）或Co-PI（Jian Hua，jh299@cornell.edu）。

This REU Site award to Cornell University's Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), located in Ithaca, NY, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2014-2018. Undergraduates with an interest in hands-on, plant-focused laboratory research are encouraged to apply to the program. REU students come from throughout the United States, and join a large and active plant research community on the Cornell University campus. The field of plant biology is being revolutionized by rapid advances in DNA sequencing, genetic mapping, gene expression profiling, site-directed mutagenesis, and other genome-enabled research methods. Scientists at BTI and Cornell University are employing these new technologies to conduct cutting-edge research in plant molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, and bioinformatics. Typical summer undergraduate research projects will involve gene cloning and characterization, functional genomics, expression of exogenous genes in plants, and analysis of plant metabolites. Plant species being studied by the participating faculty members include maize, soybeans, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, and Arabidopsis. The student research experience will be enriched by scientific ethics training, weekly faculty research lectures, discussion of graduate school and career options, and tours of BTI and Cornell research facilities. 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 of the program. Assessment of the summer research experience will occur through on-site interviews and completion of a web-based survey that is provided for biology REU sites.By participating in the REU Site program, undergraduate students will receive training in advanced plant biology research methods. This experience will prepare them for graduate school in the plant sciences and future research careers in academia, industry, or government.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 by visiting www.bti.cornell.edu/education/internships, or by contacting the program coordinator (Tiffany Fleming, pgrp-ourtreach@cornell.edu, 607-254-6732), the PI (Georg Jander, gj32@cornell.edu), or the Co-PI (Jian Hua, jh299@cornell.edu).