REU Site: Regenerative Medicine Multi-Scale Bioengineering & Systems Biology

REU 网站：再生医学多尺度生物工程

• 批准号: 1062979
• 负责人: Melissa Kurtis Micou
• 金额: $ 36.44万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1062979&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Regenerative; Medicine; Multi

The intellectual merit of this three year REU Site program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be the generation of new bioengineering knowledge and devices through undergraduate research experiences. This program will give REU participants access to state-of-the-art facilities, the opportunity to work with accomplished faculty mentors, and to participate in highly collaborative, cutting-edge research projects. In addition to the training participants receive in the individual laboratories, extensive professional development opportunities will be provided through weekly research skills workshops, an undergraduate research conference, a REU journal club, and GRE preparation courses. All REU participants will also be given the opportunity to present their research at the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society.The broader impact of the work will be several-fold. There will be direct development of human resources in science and engineering through the education of a diverse population of undergraduate students. Recruitment efforts will be nationwide and will leverage past success recruiting students from non-Ph.D. granting institutions where research opportunities are limited. Participants will also be recruited from California community colleges with the goal of hosting two community college students each year. By working together on recruitment efforts, this program will establish a new educational partnership between UCSD Bioengineering and MiraCosta Community College. REU projects will be a component of larger, collaborative projects. As such, REU participants will work closely with graduate students or postdoctoral researchers. These researchers will participate in a mentoring workshop to help improve their mentoring skills. Together with the planned community building activities, this will make the REU program a positive and memorable experience, encouraging REU participants to pursue further training. There will also be future benefit to countless others whom the graduate student and postdoctoral mentors train throughout their careers.

加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）的这个为期三年的REU Site项目的智力价值将是通过本科生的研究经历产生新的生物工程知识和设备。该计划将使REU参与者获得最先进的设施，有机会与有成就的教师导师一起工作，并参与高度协作的前沿研究项目。除了参与者在个别实验室接受的培训外，还将通过每周的研究技能研讨会，本科生研究会议，REU期刊俱乐部和GRE准备课程提供广泛的专业发展机会。所有REU参与者也将有机会在生物医学工程学会年会上展示他们的研究。这项工作的广泛影响将是几倍的。通过对不同本科生的教育，将直接发展科学和工程方面的人力资源。招生工作将在全国范围内展开，并将借鉴以往在招收非博士学生方面的成功经验。资助研究机会有限的机构。参与者还将从加州社区大学招募，目标是每年接待两名社区大学学生。通过在招聘方面的共同努力，该项目将在加州大学圣地亚哥分校生物工程学院和米拉科斯塔社区学院之间建立新的教育伙伴关系。REU项目将成为更大的协作项目的组成部分。因此，REU参与者将与研究生或博士后研究人员密切合作。这些研究人员将参加一个指导研讨会，以帮助提高他们的指导技能。再加上计划中的社区建设活动，这将使REU项目成为一个积极而难忘的经历，鼓励REU参与者继续接受进一步的培训。研究生和博士后导师在他们的职业生涯中培养的无数人也将在未来受益。