REU Site: Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering

REU 网站：多尺度系统生物工程

• 批准号: 1560282
• 负责人: Timothy Allen
• 金额: $ 36.19万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 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: 2016-12-01 至 2019-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560282&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Multi; Scale; Systems

The employment of biomedical engineers is projected to grow more than 20% over the period from 2014-2024, creating a critical need for those who can support the design, development and production of new devices, systems, and software used in healthcare. Advances in the biomedical sciences and medicine will increasingly depend upon the application of rigorous and quantitative engineering-based approaches to characterize and interrogate biological systems. This REU Site in Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering at the University of Virginia will train ten undergraduate participants per summer in state-of-the-art systems bioengineering research. While open to a broad national pool of top students in STEM, the Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering REU Site will specifically target talented UGs majoring in STEM fields at institutions with limited research opportunities in the field of systems bioengineering, with an emphasis on recruiting students from underrepresented groups. The research experience and mentorship these REU students will prepare them for work in this fast-growing and pioneering field that would otherwise be unavailable to them at their home institutions. Faculty mentors will maintain continuing relationships with the participants after completing the program, helping to improve the likelihood that the students will remain in STEM. The overarching goal is to train a diverse corps of young scientists from a variety of STEM backgrounds and provide them with the skills, confidence, and mentorship necessary for successful careers in the exciting area of systems bioengineering. Students will be matched with faculty mentors for a 10-week research project, culminating in a paper and public symposium. The students will participate in collaborative, hands-on, and closely mentored projects in the areas of: 1) Molecular Pathways and Cellular Modeling and 2) Tissue-/Organ-/Population-Level Modeling, which will immerse them in a combination of experimentation and computational analyses. Students will acquire the practical skills, knowledge, ethical grounding, and communication skills necessary to be productive in advanced graduate study and be successfully employed in the modern biotechnology industry. The program will also provide students with career advising, grounding in research ethics, training in scientific communication, and ongoing mentorship after completion of the program.

生物医学工程师的就业预计将在2014年至2024年期间增长20%以上，对那些能够支持医疗保健中使用的新设备，系统和软件的设计，开发和生产的人产生了迫切的需求。生物医学科学和医学的进步将越来越多地依赖于应用严格和定量工程为基础的方法来表征和询问生物系统。这个REU网站在弗吉尼亚大学的多尺度系统生物工程将培训十名本科生参与者，每年夏天在国家的最先进的系统生物工程研究。虽然向全国范围内的STEM顶尖学生开放，但多尺度系统生物工程REU网站将专门针对系统生物工程领域研究机会有限的机构中STEM领域的优秀UG，重点是从代表性不足的群体中招募学生。这些REU学生的研究经验和指导将为他们在这个快速发展和开拓性领域的工作做好准备，否则他们在家乡机构无法获得。教师导师将在完成课程后与参与者保持持续的关系，帮助提高学生留在STEM的可能性。总体目标是培养来自各种STEM背景的多元化青年科学家队伍，并为他们提供在系统生物工程领域取得成功所需的技能，信心和指导。学生将与教师导师进行为期10周的研究项目，最终在论文和公开研讨会。学生将参与以下领域的合作，动手和密切指导的项目：1）分子途径和细胞建模和2）组织/器官/群体水平建模，这将使他们沉浸在实验和计算分析的结合中。学生将获得必要的实践技能，知识，道德基础和沟通技巧，在先进的研究生学习中富有成效，并成功地在现代生物技术行业就业。该计划还将为学生提供职业咨询，研究道德接地，科学交流培训，并在计划完成后进行指导。