REU Site: Summer Research in Molecular Biophysics

在普林斯顿大学，分子生物物理学领域的本科生研究培训可以在NSF REU站点计划下获得，分子生物物理学的夏季研究。分子生物物理学领域的特点是侧重于应用数学和物理科学的研究方法和智力方法，目的是促进对生物系统的分子水平的了解。人们普遍认识到，需要在这一领域接受培训的科学人员，这既是为了服务于国家的实际需要，也是为了促进该领域的学术研究。该计划旨在吸引希望从事生物学问题研究的物理和数学科学专业的学生。这个项目的一个目标是让学生接触当代的问题，我们对这些问题的认识正在通过跨学科的方法得到显着的提高。REU SITE项目建立在夏季少数民族研究项目的基础上，该项目通过在许多历史上属于少数民族的本科生院校的科学和数学系积极接触，成功地招募了学生。因此，该计划的目标是从合格的少数群体中吸引申请者，主要来自没有研究生课程的学校。此外，与瑞典斯德哥尔摩卡罗林斯卡学院的生物物理本科生交换国际安排为前一年在普林斯顿成功完成暑期研究项目的学生提供了一个可选的暑期海外研究机会。校园项目的主要特点是为期九周的暑期研究，个别教员是根据他们在有效指导方面的经验和奉献精神来挑选的。教师导师来自应用和计算数学、化学、化学工程、计算机科学、分子生物学和物理系。此外，生物物理学专业的学生在校园里参加暑期活动，旨在促进奖学金事业的发展。提供科学伦理方面的培训，以及有关应用科学方法、科学探究的性质和知识发展的基础教育，以及使用基于网络的信息学和结构分析工具的培训。成功完成该项目一个暑期并达到本科学位要求的学生可以申请提前录取普林斯顿大学相关的系研究生项目。该项目向完成二年级或三年级的学生开放。申请截止日期为每年的3月1日。电子应用程序可在该计划的网站上获得：http://www.princeton.edu/~chemdept/mbp/sumprog.html.招生联系人是化学系本科生管理员Kirsten Erwin，电话：(609)258-5015；电子邮件：kirsten@princeton.edu。

Undergraduate research training in the field of molecular biophysics is available at Princeton University under the NSF REU Site program, Summer Research in Molecular Biophysics. The field of molecular biophysics can be characterized by its focus on the application of research methods and intellectual approaches drawn from the mathematical and physical sciences aimed at advancing molecular-level understanding of biological systems. The need for scientific personnel trained in this area has been widely acknowledged, both to serve practical national needs and to advance scholarship in the field. The program aims to attract students majoring in physical and mathematical sciences who wish to work on problems of biology. A goal of this program is to expose students to contemporary problems for which our state of knowledge is being significantly advanced by cross-disciplinary approaches. The REU Site program builds on a summer minority research program with a track record of successful recruitment through active contacts in science and math departments at many historically-minority undergraduate institutions. Thus, the program aims to draw applicants from the qualified minority pool mainly from schools without graduate programs. As well, an international arrangement for exchange of undergraduate students in biophysical sciences with Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden offers an optional summer research abroad opportunity for students who successfully complete a summer research program at Princeton in the previous year. The central feature of the on-campus program is nine weeks of summer research with individual faculty selected for their experience in and dedication to effective mentoring. Faculty mentors are drawn from the participating departments of applied and computational mathematics, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, molecular biology, and physics. In addition, biophysics students participate in summer activities on campus aimed at promoting careers in scholarship. Training in scientific ethics is offered, as well as basic education in the application of the scientific method, the nature of scientific inquiry, and the development of knowledge, and training in the use of web-based informatics and structure analysis tools. Students who successfully complete a summer in the program and their undergraduate degree requirements can request to be reviewed for early admission into the relevant departmental graduate program at Princeton.The program is open to students completing the sophomore or junior year. The closing date for applications is March 1st each year. Electronic applications are available on the program's website: http://www.princeton.edu/~chemdept/mbp/sumprog.html. The point-of-contact for student recruitment is Kirsten Erwin, Undergraduate Administrator, Chemistry Department (609) 258-5015; kirsten@princeton.edu.