REU site: REU Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cell Signaling

REU Site奖授予位于纽约州伊萨卡的康奈尔大学，将在2017-2019年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。会议的主题是“细胞信号的分子生物学和遗传学”。虽然该项目设在分子生物学和遗传学（MBG）部门，但24名参与教师中约有三分之一是其他部门的成员。MBG REU项目与康奈尔大学生命科学暑期研究所（SILS）相结合，后者是一个涵盖约100名康奈尔大学生物学专业学生研究的总括单位。除了实验室研究本身，MBG REU项目还包括每周由教师就细胞信号传导的广泛方面进行讲座，每周举行会议讨论研究生院的期望，以及如何准备研究演讲和海报的非正式指导。在其他活动中，有一个关于负责任的研究行为的受欢迎的讲习班，约有100名本科生参加。MBG REU项目明确侧重于广义上的多样性。学生，最好是二年级或三年级的学生，可以直接在下面提供的网站链接申请这个项目。参与的学生将由一个教师委员会从申请池中选出，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。该计划的总体目标是让学生直接参与分子和细胞生物学，生物化学，生物物理学，发育生物学或遗传学和基因组学等广泛领域的前沿研究。许多学生将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果，所有学生都将在当地的海报会议和简短的演讲中发表演讲。由美国国家科学基金会生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://mbg.cornell.edu/undergraduate/summer-research-experience，或与PI （Volker M. Vogt博士vmv1@cornell.edu）或副PI （Kelly Liu博士jl53@cornell.edu）联系。

This REU Site award to Cornell University, located in Ithaca, NY, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during summers of 2017-2019. The broad theme is "Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cell Signaling". While the program is housed in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG), about a third of the 24 participating faculty are members of other departments. The MBG REU program is integrated with the Cornell Summer Institute for Life Science (SILS), the umbrella unit covering research for about 100 Cornell biology majors. In addition to laboratory research itself, the MBG REU program includes weekly talks by faculty on the broad aspects of cell signaling, weekly meetings to discuss what to expect in graduate school, and informal instruction on how to prepare research talks and posters. Among other activities is a popular workshop on responsible conduct of research, attended by some 100 undergrad students. The MBG REU program is explicitly focused on diversity in its broad sense. Students, preferably sophomores or juniors, can apply to the program directly at the website link provided below. Participating students, selected from the application pool by a faculty committee, will come primarily from schools with limited research opportunities. The overarching goal of the program is to allow students to participate directly in cutting edge research in the broad areas of molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, developmental biology, or genetics and genomics. Many of the students will present the results of their work at scientific conferences, and all will make presentations in a local poster session and a short talk. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the NSF Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their 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 https://mbg.cornell.edu/undergraduate/summer-research-experience, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Volker M. Vogt at vmv1@cornell.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Kelly Liu at jl53@cornell.edu).