BIORETS: Convergence Research Experiences for Teachers in Synthetic and Systems Biology to Address Challenges in Food, Health, Energy, and Environment

BIORETS：合成和系统生物学教师的融合研究经验，以应对食品、健康、能源和环境方面的挑战

• 批准号: 2341402
• 负责人: Sairam Rudrabhatla
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2341402&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BIORETS; Convergence; Research; Experiences; Teachers

This BIORETS Site award to Penn State Harrisburg, located in Middletown, PA, will support the training of eight teachers for seven weeks during the summer. Three cohorts of teachers will be recruited from 2024 to 2026. The Convergence-Research Experience for Teachers (C-RET) will provide research training to secondary science teachers in underserved school districts. Teachers will conduct research in cutting-edge technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, plant tissue culture and transformation, bioinformatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence based digital platform. Exposing teachers to convergence research empowers them to enhance the existing K-12 STEM curricula with project-based learning activities to engage and retain students in STEM disciplines and create a pipeline for the STEM workforce. These activities can have a transformative impact on society by creating a pathway for minority and underrepresented students to pursue STEM careers to address current challenges in food, health, energy and climate change.The goal of this C-RET site is to utilize the synthetic and systems biology (Syn/SysBio) approaches and tools for their applications in food, health, energy, and the environment (FHEE). The program will (1) immerse teachers in an ongoing, authentic Syn/SysBio-focused convergence research and (2) inspire and support teachers in developing and implementing practice-based curriculum for secondary classrooms. The proposed innovative STEM research experiences focus on basic research to a) enhance the yield, nutritional quality and disease resistance in crops, b) apply gene editing techniques to industrial hemp and other crops using CRISPR/Cas9, c) remediate abandoned mine land soils while capturing greenhouse gases, d) treat drug resistant infections with plant-derived antibiotics and e) utilize machine learning for plant monitoring. Mentors include faculty and staff from Penn State’s Biological Sciences and Engineering departments and the Center for Science and the Schools. Teachers are selected by mentors based on submitted resume and the NSF ETAP application. Priority will be given to teachers who teach in school districts with at least 50% underserved populations. More information about the program is available by contacting the PI (Dr.Sairam Rudrabhatla, [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Kathy Hill, [e-mail]).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.

宾夕法尼亚州米德尔敦的宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡的Biorets网站奖将在夏季在七个星期内支持八名老师的培训。从2024年到2026年，将招募三个教师。教师的融合研究经验（C-RET）将为服务不足的学区的二级科学教师提供研究培训。教师将在CRISPR/CAS9基因组编辑，植物组织文化和转型，生物信息学，机器学习和基于人工智能的数字平台等尖端技术方面进行研究。暴露教师融合研究使他们能够通过基于项目的学习活动来增强现有的K-12 STEM课程，以吸引和保留学生在STEM学科中，并为STEM劳动力创建管道。这些活动可以通过为少数群体和代表性不足的学生创造途径来购买STEM职业，以应对食品，健康，能源和气候变化的当前挑战，从而对社会产生变革性的影响。该C-RET网站的目的是利用合成和系统生物学（SYN/SYSBIO）方法和工具在食品，健康，能源以及环境（FHEE）中的应用。该计划将（1）将教师浸入正在进行的，真正的Syn/以Sysbio为中心的融合研究中，以及（2）激发和支持教师在开发和实施基于实践的课程的中学课程中。提出的创新STEM研究经验集中在基础研究上，以a）提高农作物中的产量，营养质量和抗病性，b）使用CRISPR/CAS9将基因编辑技术应用于工业大麻和其他农作物，c）恢复废弃的矿山陆地土壤，同时捕获植物的抗药性抗原剂，并在植物上进行抗药性抗衰老毒药，并在prestive anter-e anter-e anter-natife anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e anter-e filbiot and filbiot and e）中。导师包括宾夕法尼亚州立大学生物科学和工程部门以及科学与学校中心的教职员工。教师是根据提交的简历和NSF ETAP应用的导师选择的。将优先考虑在至少50％服务不足的学区任教的教师。 More information about the program is available by contacting the PI (Dr.Sairam Rudrabhatla, [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Kathy Hill, [e-mail]).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed honestly of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.