REU Site: BioTechnology Sequencing-based Undergraduate Research Experience (BIT SURE)

位于北卡罗来纳州罗利的北卡罗来纳州立大学（NCSU）将在2018-2020年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。基于生物技术（BIT）测序的本科研究经验（SURE）让学生沉浸在使用下一代测序（NGS）来回答重要生物学问题的研究中。北卡州立大学的跨学科BIT项目将赞助BIT SURE，该项目汇集了来自35个院系的研究人员、教育工作者和学生。研究导师将让学生参与各种领域的项目，包括微生物学、病毒学、神经科学、植物生物学、表观遗传学、基因组学等。学员将从NGS短期课程开始，接受实验室安全培训，进行NGS案例研究，准备测序样本，并使用常见的生物信息学工具和软件分析数据。与会者还将参加有关NGS研究、生物技术职业、研究生院、负责任的研究行为的研讨会，并参观三角研究园区的生物技术公司。预计总共将有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。招聘将侧重于STEM中代表性不足的群体，包括聋人/重听学生、第一代大学生、少数民族和没有研究经验的学生。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学员们还将共同努力，为北卡罗来纳州聋人学校的学生们提供一个聋人无障碍的K-12外展活动。通过建立无障碍的教育资源和招募和培训代表性不足的群体，北京理工大学生物技术工程系旨在激励和支持不同群体的学生从事未来与生物技术相关的研究事业。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在项目结束后被跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路，并被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://biotech.ncsu.edu或联系PI （Sabrina Robertson博士，sedought@ncsu.edu）或联合PI （Carlos Goller博士，ccgoller@ncsu.edu）。

This REU Site award to North Carolina State University (NCSU), located in Raleigh, NC, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers 2018-2020. The Biotechnology (BIT) Sequencing-based Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) immerses students in research that uses next generation sequencing (NGS) to answer important biological questions. NCSU's interdisciplinary BIT Program, which combines researchers, educators and students from 35 departments, will sponsor BIT SURE. Research mentors will engage students in projects across a variety of fields including microbiology, virology, neuroscience, plant biology, epigenetics, genomics, etc. Trainees will begin with a NGS short course where they will receive laboratory safety training, work on NGS case studies, prepare samples for sequencing, and analyze data using common bioinformatic tools and software. Participants will also attend seminars on NGS research, biotech careers, graduate school, responsible conduct of research, and visit biotech companies in Research Triangle Park. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Recruitment will focus on underrepresented groups in STEM, including deaf/hard of hearing students, first generation college students, minorities and students with no prior research experience. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Trainees will also work together to present a deaf accessible K-12 outreach activity to students from the North Carolina School for the Deaf. Through building accessible educational resources and the recruitment and training of underrepresented groups, BIT SURE aims to inspire and support a diverse group of students in future biotechnology-related research careers.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths and be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://biotech.ncsu.edu or by contacting the PI (Dr. Sabrina Robertson, sedought@ncsu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Carlos Goller, ccgoller@ncsu.edu).