Sally E. O'Connor
DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:
April 15, 2006
Expires:
March 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:
$249000
Investigator(s):
Gary Kunkel g-kunkel@tamu.edu (Principal Investigator)
Mary Bryk (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
2147 TAMU
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77845 979/845-4761
NSF Program(s):
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CHEM, RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):
SMET, 9250, 9178
Program Element Code(s):
1986, 1139
ABSTRACT
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University is sponsoring a NSF-funded REU Site for undergraduate research in biochemistry. The major goals of this program are to prepare students to pursue graduate training and careers in research and to instill in those students an appreciation of the effort and satisfaction involved in this pursuit. Students will be trained in a diverse array of modern biochemical methods in a vibrant department, and will develop effective oral and written communication skills to describe scientific projects. Students will be selected to participate in a 10-week summer program that will coincide with the summer session at the university (typically from the end of May until early August). Although not strictly limited to this geographical area, recruiting efforts are focused on students who have completed their junior or sophomore year at colleges and universities in Texas and mid-Southern states, particularly those from institutions that do not offer doctoral degrees. Applications from students in underrepresented minority groups are particularly encouraged. Undergraduate participants will perform cutting-edge research in biochemistry while integrated into pre-existing laboratory groups of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, undergraduate students and technicians. At the conclusion of the program the students will present their research accomplishments in both written and oral reports. More information is available at http://biochemistry.tamu.edu/?ch=reu&sec=reu, or by contacting Gary Kunkel at g-kunkel@tamu.edu or Mary Bryk at bryk@tamu.edu.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Trevino, SR; Schaefer, S; Scholtz, JM; Pace, CN.
"Increasing protein conformational stability by optimizing beta-turn sequence,"
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY,
v.373,
2007,
p. 211
- 218.
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