REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biological Sciences

该奖项为韦尔斯利学院生物科学系本科生研究体验网站提供持续支持，韦尔斯利学院是一所女子本科学院。参与者将从心理生物专业的大三生物学、生物化学专业中挑选，有认真的目标和明确的独立工作兴趣，有充分的课程准备，具有想象力和独立思考能力。参加者将由项目主任和教务委员会在评估申请表后选出，这些申请表旨在为特定项目招募最合格的学生。学生将参与调查的各个方面，从进行文献综述到进行实验程序和观察，继续分析数据和确定结论。学生将与指导老师正式和非正式地讨论工作，并准备与所有参与者（包括学生和教师）进行几次讨论，以进行每周的小组研讨会。这将鼓励口头报告的经验和接触其他人参与研究的建议和批评。项目结束时的研究报告将包括撰写论文、为海报会议准备海报，并在下一学年向学生和教师进行座谈会报告。在整个夏季项目中，将由从事学术界、工业界和医学界研究工作的女科学家举办研讨会；至少一次实地考察生物技术公司。

This award provides continuing support for a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, an undergraduate college for women. Participants will be selected from junior biology, biological chemistry of psychobiology majors who have serious purpose and definite interest in independent work, have sufficient course preparation and have shown ability to think imaginatively and independently. Participants will be selected by the project director and faculty committee after evaluation of applications forms designed to recruit the best qualified students for particular projects. The student will participate in all aspects of the investigation, from pursuing a literature review to carrying out experimental procedures and observations, continuing to analysis of data and determination of conclusions. The student will formally and informally discuss the work with the advisor, and also will prepare several discussions with all fellow participants, both student and faculty, for weekly group seminars. This will encourage both experience with oral presentations and exposure to suggestions and criticism of others involved in research. Research reports at the end of the program will involve the writing of a paper, preparation of a poster for the poster session and also colloquia presentations to students and faculty during the next academic year. Throughout the summer program seminars will be presented by women scientists in research careers in academia, industry and medicine; at least one field trip to a biotechnology company will be taken.