REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONN

这个REU网站奖康涅狄格大学，位于斯托尔斯，CT，将支持10名学生在2016年至2018年的夏天10周的培训。生理学和神经生物学（PNB）的部门将提供研究机会，本科生和大三学生从非博士。授予机构。学生将参加研究生水平的研究项目在动物的生理和神经系统。其目标是让学生接触到科学研究的职业生涯，并增加学生对基础科学研究生课程的申请。学生是根据他们的学习成绩，个人和职业目标所描述的必需的文章，以及推荐信的基础上选择的。鼓励有兴趣的学生，特别是代表性不足的少数民族，退伍军人，第一代大学生和来自研究机会有限的机构的残疾学生申请。REU学生将成为校园多学科REU社区的一部分，该社区由物理科学和工程以及生理学和神经生物学的几个项目组成。学生们住在一起，并与教师导师对自己的研究项目。规划了专业发展和群体建设活动。研讨会向学生介绍的主题，如在实验室的安全实践，在科学伦理问题，如何申请研究生院，以及如何有效地呈现研究成果。项目结束时的研讨会以学生平台演讲和海报展示为特色。预计共有30名学生将接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU计划使用的一种基于网络的通用评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http：//www.pnb.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu-program/，或联系PI（陈新年博士，xinnian. uconn.edu）或联合PI（Larry Renfro博士，larry. 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)