REU Training Site: Molecular Biophysics

普林斯顿大学获得的REU Site奖将支持2017-2019年夏季在新泽西州普林斯顿校区培训10名学生9周，并支持2018-2020年夏季在捷克共和国新赫拉迪的捷克科学院培训10名学生10周。该奖项由生物基础设施部（BIO）和化学部（MPS）以及国际科学与工程办公室支持。该计划为具有化学，工程，计算机科学，数学或物理背景的学生提供跨学科的生物学研究经验。鼓励来自研究机会有限的大学（包括社区大学）的大一和大二学生申请。本科三年级或以上的学生不是该项目的优先考虑对象，生物学专业的学生应该充分证明他们在物理或数学科学方面的背景是如何为该项目做准备的。学生的兴趣与参与教师导师的可用研究项目相匹配。定期的午餐会探讨的主题包括科学伦理、演讲技巧和职业机会。参与者以期刊手稿的形式准备一份关于他们研究的书面报告，并在最后的研讨会上提出口头总结。在普林斯顿大学或类似REU项目完成暑期生物物理学研究的参与者有资格获得在捷克共和国的研究经验。参与者接受分子和计算生物物理学方面的培训，有时在他们的家乡机构继续进行计算研究项目。该项目将支持60名学生，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。旅行、住宿和津贴由该计划提供。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点项目都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，学生们被跟踪以确定他们的职业道路，并被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。更多信息和申请可访问http://chemists.princeton.edu/reumolbiophysics/或项目助理（Kuri Chacko chacko@princeton.edu）、项目主任（Jannette Carey教授jcarey@princeton.edu）或联合主任（Istvan Pelczer博士ipelczer@princeton.edu）。

This REU Site award to Princeton University will support the training of 10 students for 9 weeks at the Princeton, NJ, campus during summers of 2017-2019, and 10 students for 10 weeks at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Nové Hrady, Czech Republic, during summers of 2018-2020. The award is supported by the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (BIO) and Chemistry (MPS), and the Office of International Science and Engineering. The program offers cross-disciplinary research experience in biology to students with backgrounds in chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics. Freshmen and sophomores from colleges with limited research opportunities including community colleges are encouraged to apply. Students in or beyond their third undergraduate year are not the program's priority, and those majoring in biology should strongly justify how their background in physical or mathematical sciences prepares them for the program. Student interests are matched to available research projects of participating faculty mentors. Regular lunch meetings explore topics including scientific ethics, presentation skills, and career opportunities. Participants prepare a written report on their research in the style of a journal manuscript, and present an oral summary in a final symposium. Participants who complete a summer's research in biophysics at Princeton or at similar REU programs are eligible for the research experience in the Czech Republic. Participants are trained in molecular and computational biophysics, and sometimes continue computational research projects at their home institutions. A total of 60 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be supported in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Travel, housing, and stipend are provided by the program.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure is used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students are tracked after the program to determine their career paths and asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information and applications are available at http://chemists.princeton.edu/reumolbiophysics/ or from the program assistant (Kuri Chacko chacko@princeton.edu), the Program Director (Professor Jannette Carey jcarey@princeton.edu), or the co-Director (Dr. Istvan Pelczer ipelczer@princeton.edu).