REU Site: Research Opportunities in Biology

纽约市立大学下属的纽约市立学院获得了本科生研究体验(REU)奖。这笔赠款将在2013-2015年夏季期间为36名早期学生提供为期10周的研究培训。生物系有一个由22名积极从事研究的教员组成的充满活力的小组，他们将担任研究导师。他们的研究兴趣横跨生物学领域，从分子生物学到种群生物学；一些代表性的研究项目包括宿主与寄生虫的相互作用、调节行为的基因修饰、细菌分裂的潜在机制以及血细胞形成的分子途径。此外，学生将参加研究研讨会，在那里他们将接触到系内正在进行的各种研究项目，以及各种研讨会，在这些研讨会上，他们将接受在研究、科学写作和科学交流方面负责任的行为培训，并将在小组会议上向学生介绍在工业界和学术界的不同职业机会。学生们还将实地考察当地的行业，如生物技术公司，以及研究机构，如美国自然历史博物馆、冷泉港实验室和纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心，城市学院与该中心有合作协议。该计划在城市学院和城市大学社区学院之间的多阶段招聘工作将包括传统的“硬拷贝”形式、基于数字的广告和校园招聘。学生将根据学业成绩、研究表现、动机和在生物学方面的杰出研究潜力进行挑选。学生将被跟踪，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣，他们的职业道路，以及研究经验的持久影响。关于该方案的信息将通过各种手段进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.sor.ccny.cuny.edu/biology/rEU，或联系国际组织(Chris Li博士，电子邮件：cli@ccny.cuny.edu)或共同国际组织(Jonathan Levitt博士，电子邮件：jlevitt@ccny.cuny.edu)。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the City College of New York, which is part of the City University of New York. This grant will provide research training for 36 early-stage students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2013-2015. The Department of Biology has a dynamic group of 22 research-active faculty members who will serve as research mentors. Their research interests span the biological spectrum, ranging from molecular biology to population biology; some representative research projects include host-parasite interactions, modification of genes to modulate behavior, mechanisms underlying bacterial division, and molecular pathways in blood cell formation. In addition, students will attend research seminars, where they will be exposed to the diversity of research projects being conducted in the department, and various workshops, where training in responsible conduct in research, scientific writing, and scientific communication will occur and where panels will inform students about different career opportunities in industry and academia. Students will also take field trips to local industries, such as biotechnology companies, and research institutes, such as the American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, with which the City College has a partnership agreement. The program's multi-phase recruitment effort within City College and among City University community colleges will consist of traditional "hard copy" formats, digital-based advertising, and campus recruitments. Students will be selected based on academic record, research performance, motivation, and potential for outstanding research in biology. Students will be tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by various means, including use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/biology/REU or by contacting the PI (Dr. Chris Li at cli@ccny.cuny.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Jonathan Levitt at jlevitt@ccny.cuny.edu).