BBSI: Vascular Bioengineering Summer Institute

德克萨斯农工大学生物医学工程、生理学和药理学系将主办为期十周的NIBIB-NSF生物工程和生物信息学夏季学院(BBSI)项目，名为“BBSI：血管生物工程夏季学院”，该项目将在Debakey学院举行，由Christopher M.Quick博士指导。该学院将资助48名本科生和研究生，每年12名，为期四年。暑期学院的目标是：1)提供应用于复杂适应系统的生物工程知识基础，特别是哺乳动物血管的生物力学和机械生物学；2)提供真实的生物工程研究经验，使学生接触到跨学科合作；3)提供职业发展活动，从而导致持续的、多学科的科学社区鼓励学生过渡到研究生涯。暑期学院将通过德克萨斯少数群体参与联盟(AMP)的校园协调员和其他路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与联盟(LSAMP)的项目主任和全国校园协调员，促进招收代表不足的学生群体。此外，联合PIS将利用机会接触女性工程师协会(SWE)和全国黑人工程师协会(SWE)等组织，并通过与少数群体服务机构的广泛互动。该项目由工程局(ENG)/生物工程和环境系统司(BES)和国家卫生研究院(NIH)/国家生物医学成像和生物工程研究所(NIBIB)共同资助。

The Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Pharmacology at Texas A&M (TAMU) University will host a ten week NIBIB-NSF Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes (BBSI) Program entitled, "BBSI: Vascular Bioengineering Summer Institute," to be held at the Debakey Institue, under the direction of Dr. Christopher M. Quick. This Institute will support a total of 48 undergraduate and graduate students, 12 per year, for a total of four years. The students, will be divided between engineering and life sciences, and demnostrate an interest in exploring a career in vascular bioengineering research.The objectives of the Summer Institute are: 1) to provide a base of knowledge of bioengineering as applied to complex adaptive systems specifically in biomechanics and mechanobiology of the mammalian vasculature, 2) to provide authentic bioengineering research experiences that expose students to interdisciplinary collaboration, and 3) to provide the career development activities that lead to a persistent, multidisciplinary scientific community encouraging students to transition to a research career. The Summer Institute will promote the recruitment of underrepresented student populations through the Campus Coordinators of the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) and other Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Project Directors and Campus Coordinators nationally. In addition, the co-PIs will utilize opportunities to reach out to organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)and the National Society of Black Engineers and through extensive interactions with minority-serving institutions.This project is being co-funded by the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)/Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems (BES) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).