CAREER: Project Lab, A Research-Intensive Laboratory Course

职业：项目实验室，研究密集型实验室课程

• 批准号: 9600864
• 负责人: Leilani Miller
• 金额: $ 33.3万
• 依托单位: Santa Clara University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9600864&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Project; Lab; Research; Intensive

9600864 Miller Funds are requested to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative laboratory course at Santa Clara University in which undergraduate students will participate in a supervised reserach project. This research project is directly related to ongoing research in the laboratory of the principal investigator. The course will be named "Project Lab" and will be taught for one quarter each year. Each year, the course will focus on research activities appropriate for that particular stage of the research project. The addition of this course will enhance the science education of undergraduate students at Santa Clara University by providing hands-on laboratory experience and exposure to real research problems. Specifically, students will study how cells choose their fates in the soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. In any particular year, students will be exposed to several different types of experimental techniques and procedures. Furthermore, equipment requested in this proposal will enhance SCU science facilities to allow students access to state-of-the-art technologies. Students will participate in the design, implementation, and data analysis of each experiment included in that year's Project Lab course. In addition, papers from the primary literature on topics directly related to the research project will be assigned and discussed. At the end of the quarter, students will assimilate and present their data as a poster presentation to the rest of the class. Each year, several students will present their posters at a local undergraduate research conference and some will paricipate in a poster session at a regional or international C. elegans conference. Finally, during the rest of the academic year and summer, two or three undergraduate students who have participated in the course will continue their research under the supervision of the PI. These extended research experiences will provide intensive research exposure to highly motivated students, in addition to sharpe ning their critical thinking skills. The goals of his project are: 1) to provide direct research experience to a significant number of undergraduate students at SCU 2) to motivate, attract, and retain qualified students (particularly women and underrepresented minorities) to pursue graduate studies in the biological sciences 3) to promot critical thinking 4) to enhance SCU science facilities to support modern technologies 5) to understand how cell fates are specified in C. elegans

9600864米勒资金要求开发，实施和评估圣克拉拉大学的创新实验室课程，本科生将参加监督研究项目。 该研究项目与首席研究员实验室正在进行的研究直接相关。 该课程将被命名为“项目实验室”，并将每年授课一个季度。 每年，该课程将侧重于适合研究项目的特定阶段的研究活动。 本课程的增加将通过提供动手实验室经验和接触真实的研究问题来加强圣克拉拉大学本科生的科学教育。 具体来说，学生将研究细胞如何选择他们的命运在土壤线虫，秀丽隐杆线虫。 在任何特定的一年，学生将接触到几种不同类型的实验技术和程序。 此外，本提案中要求的设备将增强SCU的科学设施，使学生能够获得最先进的技术。 学生将参与当年项目实验室课程中每个实验的设计、实施和数据分析。 此外，将分配和讨论与研究项目直接相关的主题的主要文献中的论文。 在本季度末，学生将吸收并展示他们的数据作为海报演示给班上的其他人。 每年，一些学生将在当地的本科生研究会议上展示他们的海报，一些学生将在区域或国际C. elegans会议。 最后，在学年的剩余时间和夏季，两个或三个参加课程的本科生将在PI的监督下继续他们的研究。 这些扩展的研究经验将提供密集的研究接触高度积极的学生，除了提高他们的批判性思维能力。 他的项目的目标是： 1)为SCU的大量本科生提供直接的研究经验2）激励，吸引和留住合格的学生（特别是女性和代表性不足的少数民族），以追求生物科学的研究生课程3）促进批判性思维4）加强SCU科学设施，以支持现代技术5）了解细胞命运是如何在C中指定的。elegans