REU Site: Program in Molecular Biosciences

位于科罗拉多州柯林斯堡的科罗拉多州立大学获得REU Site奖，将在2018-2020年夏季支持10名学生为期10周的培训。该计划的科学重点是分子生命科学领域。参与者以口头、海报和书面期末报告的形式介绍他们的研究成果。体验式挑战补充了对政府实验室和生物技术公司的教育访问，以及参与科学交流小组、伦理和专业发展研讨会。该计划的成功通过调查、焦点小组讨论和CIMER REU共同评估工具进行评估。参与者应该已经完成了一年级的生物和化学。参与者必须是美国公民或永久居民，并登记为本科生。强烈鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生或那些研究机会有限的大学学生申请。申请由项目主任、副主任和教师导师进行评估。学生的申请将根据GPA、完成的课程、个人陈述和推荐信进行综合评估。预计将有30名学生接受该计划的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。REU网站的目标是培训本科生进行研究，同时促进发现和理解。该REU网站努力扩大代表不足群体的成员(少数族裔学生，特别是来自研究机会有限的四年制大学的学生)的参与。社会将受益于更多训练有素的分子生物科学研究人员和教育工作者榜样，特别是来自代表性不足的群体。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结果。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU网站项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。参加该项目后，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://www.bmb.colostate.edu/undergraduates/reu/program-description/，，或联系该协会(保罗·莱伯恩博士，电子邮件：paul.laybourn@colstate.edu)或该协会(Thomas Santangelo博士，电子邮件：thomas.santangelo@colstate.edu)。

This REU Site award to Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. The program scientific focus is in the area of molecular life sciences. Participants present their research findings orally, by poster, and in a written final report. Experiential challenges supplement educational visits to government labs and biotech companies and participation in science communication panels, ethics and professional development workshops. The success of the program is assessed through surveys, focus group discussions and the CIMER REU Common Assessment tool. Participants should have completed freshman biology and chemistry. Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and registered as undergraduate students. Students from underrepresented groups or those attending colleges with limited research opportunities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications are evaluated by the Program Director, the Co-Director and faculty mentors. Student application is evaluated holistically based on GPA, courses completed, personal statement, and letters of reference.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. The REU site goal is to train undergraduates in research while advancing discovery and understanding. This REU site strives to broaden the participation of members of underrepresented groups (minority students, particularly from four year colleges with limited research opportunities). Society will benefit from a greater number of better-trained molecular bioscience researchers and educator role models, particularly from underrepresented groups. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.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 participation in 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 http://www.bmb.colostate.edu/undergraduates/reu/program-description/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Paul Laybourn at paul.laybourn@colostate.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Thomas Santangelo at Thomas.santangelo@colostate.edu).