Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

摘要兰德尔·莫尔斯提案#DBI-9987844该提案是对在纽约州奥尔巴尼的纽约州卫生部沃兹沃斯中心举行的夏季REU项目的续签请求。监督该项目学生的研究科学家也是纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼公共卫生学院生物医学科学系(BMS)的教师。沃兹沃斯中心是一个独特的科学机构，拥有最先进的设施，其中基础研究项目与服务型公共卫生实验室一起发展。参与BMS的教职员工的研究兴趣广泛，重点是分子遗传学、细胞生物学和结构生物学。10名对研究工作感兴趣的本科生是从本科生研究机会有限的机构招聘的，包括东北部的小型学院和南方历史上的黑人学院和大学。更多的学生通过沃兹沃斯中心提供的津贴支持参与该项目。基础生物学研究主题的实验室项目的选择可能会引起学生的兴趣，在项目的时间框架内产生结果，并允许学生在一定程度上发展和独立。每周一次的小组会议被用来讨论与科学和职业相关的问题(包括正确的科学行为)，并监督学生的进步。在项目的最后一周，学生们在研讨会上对他们的工作做简短的口头陈述，并在离开之前提交书面报告，以强调沟通技能在科学中的重要性。

ABSTRACT Randall Morse Proposal # DBI - 9987844This proposal is a request for renewal of a summer REU program held at the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health in Albany, NY. The research scientists who supervise the students in this program are also faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) of the State University of New York at Albany's School of Public Health. The Wadsworth Center is a unique scientific institution with state-of-the-art facilities, in which basic research programs have developed alongside service-oriented public health laboratories. The research interests of the participating BMS faculty cover a broad range, with emphasis in molecular genetics, cell biology and structural biology. Ten undergraduate students interested in research careers are recruited from institutions with limited research opportunities for undergraduates, including small colleges in the Northeast and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the South. Additional students participate in the program with stipend support from the Wadsworth Center. Laboratory projects in basic biological research topics are chosen that are likely to engage students' interest, yield results within the time-frame of the program, and allow for some degree of student development and independence. Weekly group meetings are used to discuss science- and career-related issues (including the proper conduct of science) and to monitor student progress. The students give short oral presentations of their work in a symposium in the last week of the program, and also submit written reports before they leave, to stress the importance of communication skills within science.