Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

该奖项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。监督该项目学生的研究科学家也是奥尔巴尼大学公共卫生学院生物医学科学系的教员。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。十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，包括美国各地的小型大学和南方历史上的黑人大学。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。小组会议大约每周举行一次，以讨论与科学和职业有关的问题(包括科学的适当行为)，听取来访科学家的讲座，并监测学生的进步。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。该项目对从事学术风格研究的学生和沃兹沃斯中心的科学家都是互惠互利的，沃兹沃斯中心的科学家的研究明显受益于这些学生的努力。

This award is 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 University 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 across the U.S. and historically Black colleges 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 timeframe of the program, and allow for some degree of student development and independence. Group meetings are held on an approximately weekly basis to discuss science- and career-related issues (including the proper conduct of science), to hear lectures by visiting scientists, 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. The program mutually benefits both the students, who gain experience conducting academic style research, and the scientists at the Wadsworth Center, whose research measurably benefits from the efforts of these students.