REU Site: Scripps' Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)

REU Site奖授予位于加利福尼亚州拉霍亚的斯克里普斯研究所，将在2015-2017年夏季期间支持为期十周的十名学生的培训。该计划为不同的参与者提供了一个将尖端研究与专业技能发展和教师指导相结合的学术结构。专业发展研讨会和研究经验将由几个要素共同组成，并提供一种循序渐进的脚手架方法，以提高实习生的批判性思维技能、科学准备技能、知识库和研究专业知识。学生们将有机会在全国会议上展示他们的成果。REU项目为其学生提供了他们在本国机构通常无法获得的体验。鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和代表不足的群体的学生申请。该项目的核心将是在我们150个探索大分子结构和功能的最先进实验室之一的实践研究体验。潜在的项目包括：确定先天和后天免疫系统中关键蛋白质的结构和功能；编制细胞分子成分目录的数据库；将计算方法与目前确定蛋白质结构的生物物理技术相结合；以及探索大脑功能。除了实验室研究，项目参与者还将参加每周专业发展专题研讨会和科学研讨会，在这些研讨会上，他们将阅读当前的科学文章，参与关于实验背后的理论基础的讨论，批判性地分析工作，并与同行进行科学讨论。该计划以口头和/或海报演示结束。通过提供这些经验，我们努力提高实习生的研究和沟通技能，并为最有才华的学生在生物医学研究领域的职业生涯做好准备。由生物基础设施部(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目将使用一个通用的基于网络的评估工具来确定培训计划的有效性。项目结束后，学生将受到监控，并必须回复斯克里普斯和NSF报告系统发送的电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问(http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html)，网站，或联系国际和平组织(杰米·威廉姆森博士，电子邮件：jrwill@scripps.edu)或共同国际组织(道恩·伊斯特蒙德博士，电子邮件：Eastmond@Scripps.edu)。

This REU Site award to The Scripps Research Institute, located in La Jolla, CA, will support the training of ten students in a ten-week program during the summers of 2015-2017. This program offers its diverse participants an academic structure that integrates cutting-edge research with professional skills development and faculty mentoring. Professional development workshops and research experiences will be made up of several elements that work together and provide a stepwise, scaffolding approach to improving interns' critical thinking skills, scientific preparation skills, knowledge base, and research expertise. Students will have an opportunity to present their results at a national conference. The REU program provides an experience to its students that is typically not available to them at their home institutions. Students from schools with limited opportunities for research and from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.The heart of the program will be the hands-on research experience in one of our 150 state-of-the-art laboratories that probe the structure and function of macromolecules. Potential projects include: defining the structure and function of key proteins in both the innate and acquired immune systems; production of databases cataloging the molecular components of the cell; integration of computational methods with the current arsenal of biophysical techniques to determine protein structure; and exploration of brain function. In addition to the lab research, program participants will attend themed weekly professional development workshops and scientific seminars where they will be expected to read current scientific articles and participate in discussions about the rationale behind the experiments, analyze the work critically, and engage in scientific discourse with their peers. The program culminates with oral and/or poster presentation. By providing this experience, we endeavor to improve interns' research and communication skills and prepare the most talented students to pursue careers in biomedical research.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be monitored after the program and must respond to emails sent by Scripps and the NSF reporting system. More information is available on the web (http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html), or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jamie Williamson at jrwill@scripps.edu) or co-PI (Dr. Dawn Eastmond at eastmond@scripps.edu).