REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Training Across Biology, Physics, and Engineering

REU 网站：跨生物学、物理学和工程学的跨学科研究培训

• 批准号: 1755494
• 负责人: Corey O'Hern
• 金额: $ 29.54万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1755494&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research; Training

This REU Site award to Yale University, located in New Haven, CT, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. The REU Site focuses on several interdisciplinary research areas, including: A) the physical properties of cellular processes, B) the development of new experimental methods at the interface of physics, engineering, and biology, C) molecular engineering, and D) systems biology. By conducting research in one of these focus areas, and being exposed to the other three, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how interdisciplinary research is conducted and how wet-lab experiments, computer simulations, and theory are combined to make rapid progress in answering grand challenges in biology. Participants will receive mentorship from REU faculty, as well as graduate students and postdocs. In addition to conducting interdisciplinary research in Yale laboratories, undergraduates will also participate in a variety of enrichment activities, such as workships aimed at identifying ethical conflicts faced by scientists and at clarifying the PhD admissions process. This REU Site seeks students with majors in several disciplines, including but not limited to biology, biochemistry, computer science, biomedical engineering, physics, and mathematics.It is anticipated that a total of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Participants will develop their communication skills and will present their research to a wide range of audiences, learning valuable networking skills, and also participating in science outreach activities to middle and high school students. 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 this 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 this REU Site program is available by visiting https://sackler.yale.edu/sackler-nsf-reu-site, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Corey O?Hern at [e-mail]) or the program administrator (Dr. Dorottya Noble at [e-mail]). This award is supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DBI Division) and the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该REU网站奖授予位于康涅狄格州纽黑文的耶鲁大学，将在2018-2020年夏季为9名学生提供为期10周的培训。REU网站专注于几个跨学科的研究领域，包括：A)细胞过程的物理特性，B)在物理，工程和生物学的界面开发新的实验方法，C)分子工程和D)系统生物学。通过在其中一个重点领域进行研究，并接触其他三个重点领域，参与者将更深入地了解跨学科研究是如何进行的，以及如何将湿实验室实验、计算机模拟和理论结合起来，在回答生物学的重大挑战方面取得快速进展。参与者将接受REU教师、研究生和博士后的指导。除了在耶鲁实验室进行跨学科研究外，本科生还将参加各种丰富的活动，例如旨在识别科学家面临的伦理冲突和澄清博士招生过程的研讨会。这个REU网站寻找的是几个学科专业的学生，包括但不限于生物学、生物化学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、物理学和数学。预计总共将有27名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。参与者将发展他们的沟通技巧，向广泛的观众展示他们的研究，学习宝贵的网络技能，并参加面向初高中学生的科学推广活动。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定该培训计划的有效性。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REU网站计划的更多信息，请访问https://sackler.yale.edu/sackler-nsf-reu-site，或与PI (Corey O？Hern （[e-mail]）或项目管理员（Dorottya Noble博士，[e-mail]）。该奖项由生物科学理事会（DBI分部）和国防部与NSF REU项目合作支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Author Correction: Evolution of placental invasion and cancer metastasis are causally linked.

作者更正：胎盘侵袭的演变和癌症转移之间存在因果关系。

• DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1100-2
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Nature ecology & evolution
• 影响因子: 16.8
• 作者: Kshitiz;Afzal,Junaid;Maziarz,JamieD;Hamidzadeh,Archer;Liang,Cong;Erkenbrack,EricM;Kim,HongNam;Haeger,Jan-Dirk;Pfarrer,Christiane;Hoang,Thomas;Ott,Troy;Spencer,Thomas;Pavličev,Mihaela;Antczak,DouglasF;Levchenko,Andre;Wagner
• 通讯作者: Wagner

Evolution of placental invasion and cancer metastasis are causally linked

• DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-1046-4
• 发表时间: 2019-12-01
• 期刊: NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
• 影响因子: 16.8
• 作者: Kshitiz;Afzal, Junaid;Wagner, Gunter P.
• 通讯作者: Wagner, Gunter P.