REU Site: NSF REU in Molecular Biosciences

REU Site奖授予位于加利福尼亚州旧金山的加州大学旧金山分校(UCSF)，该奖项将支持2017-2019年夏季为期10周的10名学生的培训。加州大学旧金山分校REU计划的重点是识别、招聘和准备优秀的本科生，以便在基础科学方面进行博士培训。学生从事分子生物学、生物化学、遗传学和发育生物学领域的研究，以及研究生申请准备，以及职业和职业发展规划。一个经验丰富的教师委员会根据优异的学术表现和对基础研究的浓厚兴趣来挑选学生，重点是来自弱势背景的学生。预计共有30名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些学生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。加州大学S分校的绝大多数校友都在国内竞争最激烈、要求最高的机构接受研究生教育，每年都有几名学生参加加州大学分校的项目。由生物基础设施部资助的所有分校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，以确定他们的职业道路。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://graduate.ucsf.edu/srtp，，或联系国际和平组织(Carol Gross博士，电子邮件：cgrossusf@gmail.com)或联合国际组织(Hana El-Samad博士，电子邮件：helsamad@gmail.com)。

This REU Site award to the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), located in San Francisco, CA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. The focus of the UCSF REU program is the identification, recruitment and preparation of exceptional undergraduates for doctoral training in the Basic Sciences. Students undertake research in the fields of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Developmental Biology, along with graduate application preparation, and career and professional development programming. An experienced faculty committee selects students based on exceptional academic performance and keen interest in basic research, with a focus on students from disadvantaged backgrounds. 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. The vast majority of UCSF?s REU alumni pursue graduate education at institutions that are among the most highly competitive and demanding in the country, and every year several students join UCSF programs.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order 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 http://graduate.ucsf.edu/srtp, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Carol Gross at cgrossucsf@gmail.com) or the co-PI (Dr. Hana El-Samad at Helsamad@gmail.com).