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

该REU网站奖授予位于密苏里州圣路易斯市的唐纳德丹福斯植物科学中心，该中心将在2021年至2022年的夏季为10名学生提供为期11周的培训。预计总共将有20名学生接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。培养下一代植物科学家对于解决地球上一些最大的挑战至关重要。丹佛斯中心是一个独立的、非营利性的私人研究机构，拥有最先进的研究设施，致力于植物生物学的基础和应用研究。除了在最后的项目研讨会上展示研究成果外，许多实习生还将在科学会议上展示他们的工作，并将他们的工作纳入科学出版物。该计划的评估将通过现场访谈和在线SALG URSSA工具进行。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。丹佛斯中心的使命是通过植物科学来改善人类的生活条件，随着人口的增长和环境条件的变化，这一领域变得非常重要。实习生将在丹佛斯中心科学家的指导下进行为期11周的研究项目。研究领域涵盖非生物胁迫、生物能源、基因组学、生物修复、细胞信号传导、转化植物科学等多个领域。研究部分将辅以额外的教育活动，包括丹佛斯中心核心设施的研讨会，包括高级生物成像实验室，蛋白质组学和质谱，生物信息学，表型，Maker和组织培养和转化设施。实习生还将参加关于公平、多样性和包容性、隐性偏见和性骚扰的讲习班/培训课程。其他项目的组成部分包括每周会议、科学静修、教育实地考察和职业小组，这将使实习生接触到植物科学、研究伦理和职业道路的当前研究课题。实习生将有充足的机会与丹佛斯中心的科学家以及其他当地机构的科学家交流。申请可在网上进行，截止日期为每年2月。该项目每年夏季从5月持续到8月。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship或联系internship@danforthcenter.org.This。该计划反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, located in St. Louis, MO, will support the training of 10 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2021- 2022. It is anticipated that a total of 20 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Fostering the next generation of plant scientists is critical to solving some of the planet’s biggest challenges. The Danforth Center is an independent, non-profit private research institute with state-of-the art research facilities and is dedicated to fundamental as well as applied research in plant biology. In addition to presenting research findings at a final program symposium, many interns will present their work at scientific conferences and will have their work included in scientific publications. Assessment of the program will be done through on-site interviews and through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The mission of the Danforth Center is to improve human conditions through plant science, a field that has become exceedingly important with growing human population and changing environmental conditions. Interns will conduct 11-week research projects under the guidance of Danforth Center scientists. Research covers many areas such as abiotic stress, bioenergy, genomics, bioremediation, cellular signaling, translational plant sciences and others. The research component will be supplemented with additional educational activities, including workshops from Danforth Center core facilities, including Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory, Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry, Bioinformatics, Phenotyping, Maker and Tissue Culture and Transformation facilities. Interns will also participate in workshops/training sessions in Equity Diversity and Inclusivity, implicit bias, and sexual harassment. Other program components include weekly meetings, a scientific retreat, educational field trips and a career panel which will expose interns to current research topics in the plant sciences, ethics in research, and career path alternatives. Interns will have ample networking opportunities with Danforth Center scientists as well as those from other local institutions. Applications are available online and are due each February. The program runs each summer from May through August. More information about the program is available by visiting http://www.danforthcenter.org/internship or by contacting internship@danforthcenter.org.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.