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

REU网站授予位于加利福尼亚州拉霍亚的斯克里普斯研究所，该研究所将在2015-2017年夏季为期10周的项目中支持10名学生的培训。该计划为其多样化的参与者提供了一个学术结构，将前沿研究与专业技能发展和教师指导相结合。专业发展研讨会和研究经验将由几个要素组成，这些要素共同作用，并提供一个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、知识基础和研究专业知识。学生们将有机会在全国会议上展示他们的成果。REU项目为学生提供了一种体验，这是他们在自己的学校通常无法获得的。鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和代表性不足群体的学生申请。该计划的核心将是在我们150个最先进的实验室之一的实践研究经验，这些实验室探索大分子的结构和功能。潜在的项目包括：确定先天和获得性免疫系统中关键蛋白质的结构和功能；建立细胞分子组成的数据库；整合计算方法与当前的生物物理技术库，以确定蛋白质结构；以及对大脑功能的探索。除了实验室研究，项目参与者还将参加每周一次的主题专业发展研讨会和科学研讨会，在那里他们将被要求阅读当前的科学文章，参与关于实验背后的基本原理的讨论，批判性地分析工作，并与同龄人进行科学讨论。该计划以口头和/或海报展示结束。通过提供这些经验，我们努力提高实习生的研究和沟通能力，为最有才华的学生从事生物医学研究做好准备。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在项目结束后接受监控，并且必须回复由Scripps和NSF报告系统发送的电子邮件。更多信息可在网站（http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html）上获得，或与PI（杰米·威廉姆森博士jrwill@scripps.edu）或co-PI（道恩·伊斯特蒙德博士eastmond@scripps.edu）联系。

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).