IRES: US-Denmark Collaboration to Create Next Generation Biosensors

IRES：美国-丹麦合作创建下一代生物传感器

• 批准号: 1559445
• 负责人: Caryn Heldt
• 金额: $ 24.45万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559445&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; Denmark; Collaboration; Create

IRES: US-Denmark Collaboration to Create Next Generation BiosensorsThere is a great need for the development of fast and simple detection devices for diseases ranging from cancer to malaria. Not only will this assist in diagnosing diseases, it will also help to monitor treatments and allow for a quick change in treatment options if required. A better way to tackle these challenges is to work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. The team will likely develop better solutions if they are not only diverse in training, but also diverse in culture. For this reason, we will take a diverse group of students, ranging from Michigan Tech graduate students, undergraduates from Michigan Tech and other universities, and community college students, and have them work for the summer in Denmark. Aarhus University is a world-class research institution working on health diagnostics for the future. The science and engineering students will be joined in this experience by a communications student. This student will assist the technical students in the creation of videos that describes their experience in the lab and the projects they contributed to. This is a shift is how scientific education is often taught. This project will break the cycle of engineers and scientists only speaking to one another and help open the lines of communication to show the public what is happening behind the laboratory doors. The technical students will greatly benefit from the exposure to technical communication while the communication student will learn more about working with technical researchers. The end product will be 18 highly trained students who will have increased opportunity to explore technical careers while producing videos that explain to the public the importance of the research they conducted. The technical students will also create and present posters at a local technical conference that highlight the research conducted. Today?s global health challenges require interdisciplinary knowledge, international research collaboration, and intercultural communication competencies. This project will provide international research experiences for an interdisciplinary cohort of students focused on early detection of malaria and cancer though an established collaboration with Michigan Tech and Aarhus University in Denmark. The goal is to create scientists and engineers who can creatively and collaboratively solve future problems in health diagnostics and beyond, and we strive to increase the students? perspective through this international experience. Our team consists of a biologist, pathologist, mechanical engineer and chemical engineers. This project will explore new disease biomarkers, determine the clinical relevance of the biomarkers and design new microdevices that will improve clinical adoption of the new technology. Over a three-year period, the proposed summer international research experiences will prepare, annually, a cohort of five diverse science and engineering students to engage in an eight-week global biosensor research experience and one technical communications student to document and disseminate the research efforts. A unique aspect of this project is the inclusion of a technical communications student. This will provide student researchers with an education in scientific communication, which is often lacking in current scientific education, but is extremely important for the future of scientific funding and public rapport in the U.S. The incorporation of a technical communications student will synergistically teach the scientific students the difficulties and importance of scientific communication to the public. It is expected that all the participants will return as more engaged students with an increased propensity for new ideas and collaboration. In addition, the students will engage other students through poster sessions of their experience and professionally produced online videos that will provide the motivation for others to seek out international research opportunities.

IRES：美国-丹麦合作开发下一代生物传感器非常需要开发快速简单的检测设备，用于从癌症到疟疾的疾病。这不仅有助于诊断疾病，还有助于监测治疗情况，并在需要时快速改变治疗方案。应对这些挑战的更好方法是与跨学科的科学家和工程师团队合作。如果团队不仅在培训方面多样化，而且在文化方面也多样化，那么他们可能会开发出更好的解决方案。出于这个原因，我们将采取不同的学生群体，从密歇根理工大学的研究生，从密歇根理工大学和其他大学的本科生，和社区大学的学生，并让他们在丹麦工作的夏天。 奥胡斯大学是一个世界级的研究机构，致力于未来的健康诊断。科学和工程专业的学生将加入这一经验的通信专业的学生。该学生将协助技术专业的学生制作视频，描述他们在实验室的经历和他们参与的项目。这是一个转变，是如何科学教育往往是教。该项目将打破工程师和科学家只相互交流的循环，并有助于打开沟通渠道，向公众展示实验室门后发生的事情。技术专业的学生将大大受益于接触技术通信，而通信专业的学生将更多地了解与技术研究人员合作。最终产品将是18名训练有素的学生，他们将有更多的机会探索技术职业，同时制作视频，向公众解释他们进行的研究的重要性。技术专业的学生还将在当地的技术会议上制作并展示海报，突出所进行的研究。今天吗？的全球健康挑战需要跨学科的知识，国际研究合作和跨文化交流能力。 该项目将通过与密歇根理工大学和丹麦奥胡斯大学的既定合作，为重点关注疟疾和癌症早期检测的跨学科学生群体提供国际研究经验。 我们的目标是创造科学家和工程师谁可以创造性地和协作解决未来的问题，在健康诊断和超越，我们努力增加学生？通过这种国际经验。 我们的团队由生物学家，病理学家，机械工程师和化学工程师组成。 该项目将探索新的疾病生物标志物，确定生物标志物的临床相关性，并设计新的微型设备，以提高新技术的临床应用。 在为期三年的时间里，拟议的夏季国际研究经验将每年准备一批五名不同的科学和工程专业的学生参加为期八周的全球生物传感器研究经验和一名技术交流学生记录和传播研究成果。 这个项目的一个独特的方面是包括一个技术通信的学生。 这将为学生研究人员提供科学传播教育，这在当前的科学教育中往往缺乏，但对于美国未来的科学资助和公共关系非常重要。 预计所有的参与者将返回更多的参与学生与新的想法和合作的倾向增加。 此外，学生将通过他们的经验和专业制作的在线视频海报会议，将为其他人提供寻求国际研究机会的动力，吸引其他学生。