REU Site: Convergence of Research at the Interface of the Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences

REU 网站：生物、物理和工程科学交叉领域的研究融合

• 批准号: 1458609
• 负责人: Corey O'Hern
• 金额: $ 26.02万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458609&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Convergence; Research; Interface

This REU Site award to Yale University, located in New Haven, CT, will support the training of eight students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. The program focuses on grand challenges in the life sciences using physical and quantitative approaches. The program includes more than twelve Yale faculty mentors from nine departments: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Pathology, and Physics. In consultation with the program leadership, students choose a mentor and research project from three areas: (A) mechanics of cellular processes, (B) protein function, design, and engineering, and (C) technology and method development for imaging biological systems and processes. Students also participate in workshops on laboratory methods, scientific presentations, ethics, STEM careers, and the graduate school admissions process. Students present their work at a research symposium coordinated with the NSF-funded CRISP REU program at Yale. Students are selected based on their academic performance, research interests that mesh with those of the REU program, and their interest in STEM careers. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and will be encouraged to present their results at scientific conferences. The program's professional development activities will include oral and poster presentation workshops, information sessions on the graduate application process, and outreach activities that involve communicating science to the general public. A significant goal of the program is that by year 3 at least two thirds of the participants will have decided to pursue a PhD or MD/PhD after graduation from college. Thus, this program will contribute directly to the development of a STEM workforce. Students that participate in this program are required to be tracked after completion of the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm, or by contacting the PI (Prof. Corey O'Hern at [e-mail]) or co-PI (Prof. Lynne Regan at [e-mail]).

该REU Site奖授予位于康涅狄格州纽黑文的耶鲁大学，将在2015-2017年夏季支持8名学生为期10周的培训。该计划重点关注生命科学中的重大挑战，使用物理和定量方法。该项目包括来自应用物理、生物医学工程、细胞生物学、化学与环境工程、机械工程与材料科学、分子生物物理与生物化学、分子、细胞和发育生物学、病理学和物理学等9个系的12名耶鲁大学教师导师。在与项目领导协商后，学生从三个领域选择导师和研究项目：(A)细胞过程的力学，(B)蛋白质功能、设计和工程，以及(C)成像生物系统和过程的技术和方法开发。学生还参加关于实验室方法、科学陈述、伦理、STEM职业和研究生院招生过程的研讨会。学生们在与美国国家科学基金会资助的耶鲁大学CRISP REU项目协调的研究研讨会上展示他们的工作。学生是根据他们的学习成绩、与REU项目相吻合的研究兴趣以及他们对STEM职业的兴趣来选择的。预计共有24名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，并将被鼓励在科学会议上展示他们的成果。该计划的职业发展活动将包括口头和海报演示讲习班，关于研究生申请过程的信息会议，以及涉及向公众传播科学的外联活动。该计划的一个重要目标是，到第三年，至少三分之二的参与者将决定在大学毕业后攻读博士或医学博士/博士学位。因此，该计划将直接促进STEM劳动力的发展。参加该计划的学生在完成该计划后需要被跟踪，并必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm，，或联系国际和平研究所(Corey O‘Hern教授，电子邮件：[e-mail])或联合国际组织(Lynne Regan教授，电子邮件：[e-mail])。