REU Site: Summer Research in Molecular Biophysics

REU 网站：分子生物物理学夏季研究

• 批准号: 1004830
• 负责人: Jannette Carey
• 金额: $ 36.06万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2015-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Molecular

This award, made to Princeton University, is supported by the NSF Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate of Biological Sciences, the Division of Chemistry (CHE) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). Princeton University will provide research training for nine weeks for ten students for summers 2010-2013. The scientific focus of the program is molecular biophysics, an interdisciplinary field in which conceptual approaches and experimental methods from the physical sciences and mathematics are applied to solve biological problems. Students with an interest in biology who are majoring in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or computer sciences are eligible during their freshman, sophomore, or junior year; applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, and those without access to research opportunities at their own institution are given preference. A one-week orientation is followed by eight weeks of laboratory research. Participants meet regularly as a group for directed discussions including laboratory safety, research ethics and responsible conduct, scientific method, the roles of science in society, the nature and value of scholarship, graduate education and research careers, and the mechanisms and benefits of interdisciplinary, international, and collaborative research. Research progress is reviewed weekly; at the end of summer participants present their results in a multi-program student conference styled like a scientific meeting. Successful completion qualifies participants to apply for a ten-week, collaborative international research opportunity in the subsequent summer at the Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Nove Hrady, South Bohemia, where participants conduct research and study in an international summer school that offers intensive practical training in specific areas of molecular biophysics, culminating in a two-day student research conference. All participants are tracked longitudinally beyond graduation to assess the program's impact on cross-disciplinary research careers, and a common assessment tool is used to evaluate achievement of the program's overall goals. For more information please contact: Dr. Istvan Pelczer, Dr. Jannette Carey, or Katherine D. Comstock at 609-258-3900 or [e-mail]. The program maintains a website through which all inquiries and applications are submitted (www.princeton.edu/reumolbiophysics).

该奖项授予普林斯顿大学，得到了NSF生物科学部生物基础设施部（DBI）、数学和物理科学部（MPS）化学部（CHE）和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）的支持。普林斯顿大学将在2010-2013年夏季为10名学生提供为期9周的研究培训。该计划的科学重点是分子生物物理学，这是一个跨学科领域，其中物理科学和数学的概念方法和实验方法被应用于解决生物学问题。对生物学感兴趣，主修物理、化学、数学、工程或计算机科学的学生，可以在大一、大二或大三学习；申请人必须是美国公民或永久居民，在自己的机构没有获得研究机会的人优先考虑。一周的培训之后是八周的实验室研究。参与者定期召开会议，直接讨论实验室安全、研究伦理和负责任的行为、科学方法、科学在社会中的作用、奖学金的性质和价值、研究生教育和研究事业，以及跨学科、国际和合作研究的机制和利益。每周回顾研究进展；在夏季结束时，参与者在一个类似科学会议的多项目学生会议上展示他们的成果。成功完成课程的参与者有资格在随后的夏季申请一个为期十周的国际合作研究机会，在南波希米亚Nove Hrady的捷克科学院系统生物学和生态学研究所，参与者在一个国际暑期学校进行研究和学习，该学校提供分子生物物理学特定领域的强化实践培训，并在为期两天的学生研究会议中达到高潮。所有参与者在毕业后都会被纵向跟踪，以评估该项目对跨学科研究事业的影响，并使用通用评估工具来评估该项目总体目标的实现情况。欲了解更多信息，请联系：Istvan Pelczer博士，Jannette Carey博士，或Katherine D. Comstock 609-258-3900或[e-mail]。该计划有一个网站，所有的查询和申请都可以通过该网站提交（www.princeton.edu/reumolbiophysics）。