REU Site: Genomics and Computational biology

这项授予佐治亚州雅典的格鲁吉亚大学的REU Site奖将支持在2023-2025年夏季对13名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计共有39名学生将在该方案中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或来自代表性不足的群体。该项目是与位于佐治亚州亚特兰大的HBCU克拉克亚特兰大大学合作开展的。该项目已经存在了22年，已经培训了200多名REU参与者，他们对端粒酶、基因调控、生物钟和赤潮的生物化学等方面的基础发现做出了贡献。预计所有REU参与者都将在国家会议上展示他们的研究成果，预计约有15%的人将在同行评议的期刊上发表他们的研究成果。对该计划的评估将通过所有BIO REU网站使用的在线SALG Urssa工具进行。学生将被要求注册参加NSF ETAP系统(etap.nsf.gov)，并在项目结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。该计划的科学重点是基因组学、计算生物学、系统生物学、代谢组学、蛋白质组学和糖组学。教师导师来自不同的系和中心，包括遗传学、生物化学和分子生物学、生物信息学研究所、计算机科学、物理和天文学、植物生物学、植物病理学、复合碳水化合物研究中心、微生物学和传播学。申请可在http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB.网站上在线完成特别鼓励在STEM中任职人数不足的群体和研究机会有限的学校的学生申请。除了在10周内开发一个研究项目外，学生们还参加了生物伦理学和沟通培训、研讨会和由UGA校园内其他七个相互关联的REU网站主办的研讨会。该REU站点过去的研究项目包括生物时钟、端粒酶、CRISPR/CAS系统的适应性免疫、网络重建的新算法、网络基序的识别以及系统生物学中的大型数据库工具的构建。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB，，或联系国际和平组织(Arnold@uga.edu乔纳森·阿诺德博士)或联合国际组织(Sharifeh Mehrabi博士，电子邮件：smehrabi@cau.edu)。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of Georgia located in Athens, GA, will support the training of 13 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023- 2025. It is anticipated that a total of 39 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or are from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. The program is run in partnership with Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU located in Atlanta, GA. The program has been in existence for 22 years and has trained over 200 REU participants who have contributed to fundamental discoveries about telomerase, gene regulation, the biological clock, and the biochemistry of red tides. All REU participants are expected to present their research at national meetings, and about 15% are expected to publish their research findings in peer-reviewed journals. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool used by all BIO REU sites. Students will be required to register their participation in the NSF ETAP system (etap.nsf.gov) and tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. The scientific focus of this program is on genomics, computational biology, systems biology, metabolomics, proteomics, and glycomics. Faculty mentors come from various departments and centers, including Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Microbiology, and Communication. Applications are done online at http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB. Students from groups under-represented in STEM and those from schools with limited research opportunities are especially encouraged to apply. In addition to developing a research project over 10 weeks, students participate in bioethics and communication training, seminars, and workshops hosted by seven other interlocking REU sites on the UGA campus. Past research projects on this REU site have included the study of the biological clock, telomerase, adaptive immunity through CRISPR/CAS systems, novel algorithms for network reconstruction, identification of network motifs, and constructing large scale database tools in systems biology. More information about the program is available at http://www.genetics.uga.edu/FGCB, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jonathan Arnold at arnold@uga.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Sharifeh Mehrabi at smehrabi@cau.edu).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.