The Worchester Foundation/UMMC Summer Training Program

伍斯特基金会/WUMMC暑期培训计划是为本科生提供的为期十周的生物学研究沉浸式培训。它包括为每个学生量身定做的密集“动手”实验室研究体验，并在许多现代生物科学领域的工作科学家专家的指导下进行。该项目旨在让学生第一次接触到科学研究的实际实践，希望企业的兴奋、挑战和创造力将说服他们将科学基础研究作为可行的职业选择。在春季，每个学生都会与一个基础研究项目相匹配，该项目最初是由一名教师提出的，该项目在学生所述的感兴趣的领域有一个积极的研究项目。接受申请后，每个学生都会得到一份选定领域当前出版物的阅读清单，以提供拟议的暑期研究项目所需的背景资料。该计划将：1)指导每个学生进行安全的实验室和适当的伦理实践；2)让他们熟悉当前的生物学问题；3)教给他们科学技术和技能，其中许多可以用在他们未来的工作中；4)指导他们形成将要提出的具体研究问题；5)要求他们独立地朝着商定的研究目标努力；6)通过提供与其他学生、研究人员和来访科学家互动的机会来鼓励跨学科方法；以及7)保持一个最具挑战性的教育环境，从而促进每个学生对未来科学职业选择的探索。除了要求的书面报告，详细说明他们个人的研究项目取得的进展，每个学生都向学院和公众提交一份报告，总结他们在闭幕海报会议和颁奖仪式上的努力成果。

The Worcester Foundation/WUMMC Summer Training Program is a ten-week immersion in biological research for undergraduate students. It consists of intensive "hands-on" laboratory research experience individualized for each student and performed under the guidance of working scientists' expert in many of the modern areas of biological science. The Program is designed to provide students with their first exposure to the actual practice of scientific research in the hopes that the excitement, challenge and creativity of the enterprise will convince them to consider basic research in the sciences as a viable career choice. In the spring, each student is matched with a basic research project, initially proposed by a preceptor with an active research program in the students stated area of interest. Upon acceptance, each student is provided with a reading list of current publications in the selected area to provide the background required for the proposed summer research project. The program will: 1) instruct each student in safe laboratory, and appropriate ethical practice; 2) acquaint them with current issues in biology; 3) teach them scientific techniques and skills, many of which can be utilized in their future endeavors; 4) guide them in shaping the specific research questions to be asked; 5) require that they work independently toward the agreed upon research goals; 6) encourage cross disciplinary approaches by providing opportunities for interaction with other students, research staff, and visiting scientists; and 7) maintain an educational setting which is maximally challenging and thus, fosters each student's exploration of future career choices in science. In addition to the required written report detailing the progress made in their individual research projects, each student presents a report to the Faculty and public summarizing the results of their efforts at a closing poster session and award ceremony.