REU Site in Microbiology at The University of Iowa

项目目标：(1)招收和选拔优秀学生，包括女性，不同地域和种族背景的个人，以及非博士学位的学生。-研究可能性有限的资助机构。(2)让学生参与微生物学的基础实验研究。(3)使学生接触到广泛的生物科学研究。(4)培养每个学生的批判性思维能力。(5)培养每个学生记录、分析和呈现科学信息的能力。总的来说，目标是促进学生对科学事业的兴趣，提高他们成功的可能性。实现目标的方法：学生参与者将被整合到教师的研究项目中，并将被期望表现得像刚开始的研究生一样。非正式的师生讨论加上每周的研讨会将补充实验室研究。每周的非正式午餐，两次野餐和一次宴会将促进社会和科学的互动。在每个暑期课程结束时，学生们将准备在暑期课程研讨会上进行口头报告。每位学生还将在导师的指导下准备一份书面研究报告。总体意义：暑期研究项目为聪明的学生体验基础科学研究提供了非常宝贵的环境。很大一部分暑期学生在他们的机构没有研究机会，由于缺乏对基础研究的接触，他们可能会选择非科学的职业。当然，并不是所有参加暑期基础科学研究项目的学生都选择了基础科学领域的职业，但经验表明，几乎所有的学生都选择了在研究生院或专业学院接受研究生培训。暑期项目的毕业生如果选择继续读科学研究生，他们对未来会发生什么有更好的了解，他们成功的机会也大得多。

Goals of the project: (1) To recruit and select bright students, including women, individuals with diverse backgrounds with respect to geographical origin and ethnicity, and students from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions where research possibilities are limited. (2) To involve students in basic, experimental research in microbiology. (3) To expose students to a broad range of bioscience research. (4) To develop each student's critical-thinking skills. (5) To develop each student's ability to record, analyze, and present scientific information. Overall, the goal is to promote the students' interests in scientific careers and to enhance their likelihood for success. Means of achieving the goals: The student participants will be integrated into faculty research programs and will be expected to perform like beginning graduate students. Informal faculty-student discussions plus weekly seminars will supplement the laboratory research. Weekly informal lunches, two picnics and a banquet will facilitate social and scientific interactions. At the end of each summer's program, the students will prepare oral presentations to be given at a Summer Program Symposium. Each student will also prepare a written research report, under the guidance of the student's mentor. Overall significance: Summer research programs are very valuable settings for bright students to experience basic scientific research. A significant fraction of the summer students do not have research opportunities at their institutions and might choose non-science careers due to lack of exposure to basic research. Of course not all students who participate in summer research programs in basic science choose careers in basic science, but experience shows that nearly all of the students to go on to post-graduate training in a graduate or professional school. The graduates of summer programs who do choose to go on to graduate school in science have a much better idea of what to expect, and they have a much greater chance of success.