REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research in Cellular and Molecular Imaging

该奖项由化学部支持本科生研究经验（REU）网站在得克萨斯州奥斯汀大学的2006-2008年夏天。该计划的主任是詹妮弗布罗德贝尔特谁是协助共同PI丽莎布兰农佩帕斯。每年夏天将有8名学生参加。该计划的首要主题是开发用于在治疗前后检测体内分子和细胞标志物的工具，其长期目标是可视化活细胞和组织中疾病的生物标志物。有四个主要的研究基石，构成了CM成像计划：1）新型造影剂的开发，2）新型成像和光谱系统的开发，3）诊断和生命成像和光谱，以及4）成像监测治疗。团队为基础的创意项目将涉及对学生谁在两个四周的时间间隔一起工作，设计和捍卫两个具有挑战性的问题的解决方案。每个本科生将参加他/她的研究小组每周举行的定期小组会议。将提供每周一次的研讨会计划，以及每周一次的集体午餐，以促进专业发展。暑期课程将以两个决赛结束：一个研讨会，每个学生将对他/她的研究项目进行10分钟的口头陈述，以及一个海报会议。

This award by the Chemistry Division supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Texas Austin for the summers of 2006-2008. The program director is Jennifer Broadbelt who is assisted by co-PI Lisa Brannon-Peppas. Eight students will participate each summer. The overarching theme of the program is the development of tools for the detection of molecular and cellular markers in vivo before and after therapy, with the long-term goal of visualizing biomarkers of disease in living cells and tissue. There are four major research cornerstones that constitute the CM-Imaging program: 1) novel contrast agent development, 2) novel imaging and spectroscopy system development, 3) diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy, and 4) imaging to monitor therapeutics. Team-based creative projects will involve pairs of students who work together in two four-week intervals to design and defend solutions to two challenging problems. Each undergraduate will attend the regular group meetings held weekly by his/her research group. A weekly seminar program will be offered, as well as weekly group lunches, for professional development. The summer program will close with two finales: a symposium at which each student will give a ten minute oral presentation about his/her research project, and a poster session.