Anthropogenic impacts on photosynthetic activity: a multidisciplinary context for research training. Final report for period September 15, 1992 - September 14, 1998
Under the federal agency initiative for Collaborative Research in Plant Biology, the intrinsic breadth of photosynthesis research at the University of Illinois was developed as a paradigm for training in modern biology. Research projects were developed to prepare students for understanding and contributing to the solution of pressing issues of plant biology, broadly defined as anthropogenic impacts on photosynthesis and plant productivity, and to provide students with an interdisciplinary outlook and multidisciplinary technical abilities. By coordinating the expertise of two or more faculty laboratories, the projects took and integrated and comparative approach to investigating the varied mechanisms adopted by plants for coping with environmental limitations and stresses, especially those that are at risk for increased impact due to human activities and technology. In addition to graduate and post-doctoral training, the program supported undergraduate involvement in hands-on research, through Summer Fellowships. A two week Summer workshop was also developed specifically for high school and community college science teachers. Offered each year, the Workshop provided perspectives on modern science, arming the participants with knowledge of societally important issues such as global climate change and prospects for biotechnology, and providing easily transferable techniques to take back to their own classrooms.
- Research Organization:
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-92ER20095
- OSTI ID:
- 764606
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/20095-5; TRN: US200609%%514
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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