REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONN

该REU Site奖授予康涅狄格大学，位于康涅狄格州斯托尔斯，将在2016-2018年夏季支持10名学生为期10周的培训。生理学和神经生物学系(PNB)将为非博士授予机构的本科生、大二和大三学生提供研究机会。这些学生将参与动物生理和神经系统的研究生水平研究项目。其目标是让学生从事科学研究，并增加学生对基础科学研究生课程的申请。学生的选择依据是他们的学业成绩、个人和专业目标(在必备的论文中)和推荐信。鼓励有兴趣的学生，特别是代表不足的少数民族、退伍军人、第一代大学生和研究机会有限的机构的残疾学生申请。REU的学生将成为校园多学科REU社区的一部分，该社区包括几个物理科学和工程学以及生理学和神经生物学的课程。学生们被安排在一起，并与教师导师一起进行他们自己的研究项目。计划开展专业发展和群体建设活动。研讨会向学生介绍实验室的安全实践、科学中的伦理问题、如何申请研究生院以及如何有效地展示研究成果等主题。计划结束后的研讨会以学生平台演讲和海报展示为特色。预计将有30名学生接受该计划的培训，他们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，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施部(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目都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，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多有关该计划的信息，请访问http://www.pnb.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu-program/，，或联系国际组织(陈新年博士，电子邮件：xinnian.chen@uConn.edu)或联合国际组织(Larry.renfro博士，电子邮件：larry.renfro@uConn.edu)

This REU Site award to the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, CT, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. The Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) will offer research opportunities to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from non-Ph.D. granting institutions. The students will participate in graduate level research projects on physiological and neural systems in animals. The goal is to expose students to a career in scientific research, and to increase student applications to graduate programs in basic science. Students are selected on the basis of their academic record, personal and professional goals described in a required essay, and letters of recommendation. Interested students, especially underrepresented minorities, veterans, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities from institutions with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply. REU students will be part of a campus multidisciplinary REU community consisting of several programs in the physical sciences and engineering as well as physiology and neurobiology. Students are housed together, and work with faculty mentors on their own research project. Professional development and cohort-building activities are planned. Seminars introduce students to topics such as safe practices in the laboratories, ethical issues in science, how to apply to graduate school, and how to present research results effectively. An end-of-program symposium features student platform talks and poster presentations.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.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 tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://www.pnb.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu-program/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Xinnian Chen at xinnian.chen@uconn.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Larry Renfro at larry.renfro@uconn.edu)