NSF-CEPCEB REU Program
in Next Generation Plant Biology (2015-2024)*
*Continuously funded since 2002
*Continuously funded since 2002
The application period for the 2025 REU Program is now open. Participants will receive a stipend ($700/week), lodging, and travel reimbursements. Please contact Dr. Dawn Nagel (dawn.nagel@ucr.edu) or Dr. Carolyn Rasmussen (carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu) for further questions.
2024 Program Dates: 16 June 2025 – 22 August 2025
The NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site, funded since 2002, is geared towards providing opportunities to students interested in the cellular and molecular biology of plants through next generation technologies. The program is especially interested in exposing students from two- and four-year colleges with limited research infrastructure to the excitement and career options that studies of plant and plant pathogen biology offers, but students from all colleges are welcome to apply. The program is sponsored by the UC-Riverside Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) which, in association with the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) and other college departments, includes many faculty that study plants, plant pathogens (fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes), other microbes, and allied fields.
The program begins with a one-week series of workshops, in which students are introduced to techniques and approaches used to study plant and plant pathogen cells, including genetics, molecular biology, genomic and bioinformatic analyses, and confocal microscopy. During the first week students also hear presentations by potential faculty mentors, and select their home labs for the remaining nine weeks of the summer. During the remaining nine weeks of the program, students participate in workshops to enhance learning skills and their professional development, in addition to conducting laboratory research.
A complete listing of our REU students and their projects is available here.
Eligibility
Currently enrolled undergraduate students that are citizens or permanent residents and interested in plants and plant pathogens are eligible for the program.
Participating Faculty and Past Projects Since 2002
A full listing of the CEPCEB REU’s past projects and participants may be found here.
REU awardees have the opportunity to work with members of the Center for Plant Cell Biology and conduct research in their labs. To further explore the research being conducted in each CEPCEB member’s lab, please follow the links to our faculty individual lab or department pages.
