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NSF-REU CHINA RESEARCH EXPERIENCE JOANNA KUKLA MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY SUMMER, 2012 |
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Introduction I applied for this
REU China program through Alabama A&M University in March of 2012 as a sophomore
at Michigan State University. This program interested me because it offered
an opportunity to travel and do research in a country that is one of the
world’s top economic
superpowers and also holds scientific research as a top priority in the universities.
My time working in China also allowed me to experience their very unique and
rich culture. Together with seven other undergraduate interns, I traveled to
many different cities around China including: Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, Siyang, and Yangzhou. We spent the majority of our six
week trip in Nanjing doing individual research projects at Nanjing Forestry
University. My Research I conducted research
in a Genetics and Molecular Biology lab under Dr. Li-an
Xu. I worked directly with Ph.D
student, Mr. Zhangwei Wang and his research with Camillia chekiangoleosa.
This species is used greatly in China to produce Camillia
oil. His study consists of gene cloning and transformation of genes involved
with the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway of this plant. |
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