REU Site: Chemical Research Addressing Biological Problems

REU 网站：解决生物学问题的化学研究

• 批准号: 1560152
• 负责人: John Snyder
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston 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 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Chemical; Research; Addressing

In this project funded by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program in the Chemistry Division at the National Science Foundation, Professors John K. Snyder and Linda H. Doerrer of Boston University (BU) are developing a strong, healthy pipeline of young researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, which is critical to our national well-being. The REU site at Boston University hosts ten students each summer for a ten-week, state-of-the-art research program in the chemical sciences as applied to the general areas of human health and quality of life. The focus is on providing research opportunities for students from four-year colleges, and especially, community colleges with little or no research opportunities. This REU program provides a full immersion laboratory experience that not only helps to train undergraduates in the research culture, but also stimulates young scientists to pursue research careers in STEM fields. Bringing this research opportunity to under-represented groups is a major emphasis.The focus of the REU program at Boston University is in the chemical sciences, with research projects addressing problems in biology at the molecular level. Participants work in newly renovated laboratories. They have access to the synthetic, analytical and computational resources of BU's leading research centers. The projects available to the participants cover the wide range of endeavors within the chemical sciences, including the design and synthesis of new nanomaterials for diagnostics and drug delivery, investigation of protein-protein interactions, design and synthesis of new drug candidates, spectroscopic detection and identification of human pathogens, computational modeling of protein aggregation, and many others. REU students choose from among 24 groups in BU's Departments of Chemistry, Biology, or Biomedical Engineering where they experience the breadth of chemistry-related research and are motivated to pursue careers in science.

在这个由美国国家科学基金会化学部本科生研究经验 (REU) 项目资助的项目中，波士顿大学 (BU) 的 John K. Snyder 和 Linda H. Doerrer 教授正在科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域培养一支强大、健康的年轻研究人员队伍，这对我们国家的福祉至关重要。波士顿大学的 REU 基地每年夏天都会接待 10 名学生，参加为期十周的最先进的化学科学研究项目，该项目应用于人类健康和生活质量的一般领域。 重点是为四年制大学的学生提供研究机会，特别是那些很少或根本没有研究机会的社区学院。 REU 项目提供了完全浸入式的实验室体验，不仅有助于培养本科生的研究文化，还激励年轻科学家在 STEM 领域追求研究事业。将这一研究机会带给代表性不足的群体是一个重点。波士顿大学 REU 项目的重点是化学科学，其研究项目在分子水平上解决生物学问题。参与者在新装修的实验室工作。 他们可以使用波士顿大学领先研究中心的合成、分析和计算资源。为参与者提供的项目涵盖了化学科学领域的广泛工作，包括用于诊断和药物输送的新型纳米材料的设计和合成、蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用的研究、新候选药物的设计和合成、人类病原体的光谱检测和识别、蛋白质聚集的计算模型等等。 REU 学生可以从 BU 化学系、生物学系或生物医学工程系的 24 个小组中进行选择，在那里他们可以体验化学相关研究的广度，并有动力追求科学事业。