Sally E. O'Connor
DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:
May 1, 2003
Expires:
April 30, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:
$337750
Investigator(s):
Randall Morse randall.morse@wadsworth.org (Principal Investigator)
Patricia Anders (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:
Health Research Incorporated/New York State Department of Health
150 Broadway, Suite 560
Menands, NY 12204 518/431-1200
NSF Program(s):
Ethics & Values of SET, RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):
BIOT, 9250, 9184
Program Element Code(s):
7915, 1139
ABSTRACT
This award is for renewal of a summer REU program held at the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health in Albany, NY. The research scientists who supervise the students in this program are also faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) of the University at Albany's School of Public Health. The Wadsworth Center is a unique scientific institution with state-of-the-art facilities, in which basic research programs have developed alongside service-oriented public health laboratories. The research interests of the participating BMS faculty cover a broad range, with emphasis in molecular genetics, cell biology and structural biology. Ten undergraduate students interested in research careers are recruited from institutions with limited research opportunities for undergraduates, including small colleges across the U.S. and historically Black colleges in the South. Additional students participate in the program with stipend support from the Wadsworth Center. Laboratory projects in basic biological research topics are chosen that are likely to engage students' interest, yield results within the timeframe of the program, and allow for some degree of student development and independence. Group meetings are held on an approximately weekly basis to discuss science- and career-related issues (including the proper conduct of science), to hear lectures by visiting scientists, and to monitor student progress. The students give short oral presentations of their work in a symposium in the last week of the program, and also submit written reports before they leave, to stress the importance of communication skills within science. The program mutually benefits both the students, who gain experience conducting academic style research, and the scientists at the Wadsworth Center, whose research measurably benefits from the efforts of these students.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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C. M. Spahn, E. Jan, A. Mulder*, R.A. Grassucci, P. Sarnow, and J. Frank..
"Cryo-EM visualization of a viral internal ribosome entry site bound to human ribosomes: the IRES functions as an RNA=based translation factor.,"
Cell,
v.118,
2004,
p. 465.
N. Obeng-Adjei and H. Li.
"Mutagenesis studies of molecular interactions between Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen and its receptor HLA DR1,"
J. Young Investigators,
v.18 (1),
2008,
Nandi, B; Hogle, K; Vitko, N; Winslow, GM.
"CD4 T-Cell epitopes associated with protective immunity induced following vaccination of mice with an Ehrlichial variable outer membrane protein,"
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY,
v.75,
2007,
p. 5453
- 5459.
Nechamen, C.A., R.M. Thomas, B.D. Cohen, G. Acevedo*, P.I. Poulikakos, J.R. Testa, and J.A. Dias.
"Human follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor interacts with the adaptor protein APPL1 in HEK 293 cells: Potential involvement of the PI3K pathway in FSH signaling,"
Biol. Reprod.,
v.71,
2004,
p. 629.
Nechamen, C.A., R.M. Thomas, B.D. Cohen, G. Acevedo, P.I. Poulikakos, J.R. Testa, and J.A. Dias.
"Human follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor interacts with the adaptor protein APPL1 in HEK 293 cells: Potential involvement of the PI3K pathway in FSH signaling,"
Biol. Reprod,
v.71,
2004,
p. 629.
X. Wu, A. Rossettini*, and S.D. Hanes.
"The ESS1 prolyl isomerase and its suppressor BYE1 interact with RNA pol II to inhibit transcription elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,"
Genetics,
v.165,
2003,
p. 1687.
(Showing: 1 - 6 of 6).
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