REU Site: Scripps' Structure and Function Summer Institute

REU 网站：斯克里普斯结构与功能暑期学院

• 批准号: 1759544
• 负责人: Dawn Eastmond
• 金额: $ 35.98万
• 依托单位: The Scripps Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-15 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1759544&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Scripps; Structure; Function

This REU Site award to the Scripps Research Institute, located in La Jolla, CA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during each of the summers of 2018-2020. This program integrates cutting-edge research with professional skills development and cohort building activities. Student research focuses on the structure and function of macromolecules (e.g., defining proteins in innate and acquired immune systems, developing databases cataloguing the molecular components of the cell, integrating computational methods with biophysical techniques to determine protein structure, developing chemical tools to probe biological questions, and exploring brain function). In addition to lab research, students will participate in a bootcamp at the beginning of the program and attend weekly professional development workshops on topics such as ethics and responsible conduct of research, and scientific seminars where they will read current scientific articles, discuss the rationale behind the experiments, analyze the work critically, and engage in scientific discourse with their peers. The program will culminate with each student presenting a poster during campus-wide poster presentations. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and/or from underrepresented populations, will be trained in the program. Several factors will be considered for participant selection, including academic record, letters of reference, student interest in obtaining an advanced career in science, and diversity. Given the importance of undergraduate research experience in graduate studies, this program will provide students with critical opportunities to improve research and communication skills and prepare to pursue careers in research. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences or as peer-reviewed publications. 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 the program is available by visiting https://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Dawn Eastmond at [e-mail]) and the co-PI (Dr. Philip Dawson at [e-mail]).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.

REU Site奖授予位于加利福尼亚州拉霍亚的斯克里普斯研究所，在2018-2020年的每个暑假期间，为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。该计划将尖端研究与专业技能发展和队列建设活动相结合。学生的研究重点是大分子的结构和功能(例如，定义先天和后天免疫系统中的蛋白质，开发对细胞分子成分进行编目的数据库，将计算方法与生物物理技术相结合来确定蛋白质结构，开发化学工具来探索生物学问题，以及探索大脑功能)。除了实验室研究，学生们还将在项目开始时参加训练营，并参加每周一次的职业发展研讨会，主题包括道德和负责任的研究行为，以及科学研讨会，在这些研讨会上，他们将阅读当前的科学文章，讨论实验背后的原理，批判性地分析工作，并与同龄人进行科学讨论。该计划的高潮将是每个学生在校园海报展示期间展示一张海报。预计共有30名学生将在该方案中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校和/或来自代表性不足的人群。参与者的选择将考虑几个因素，包括学业记录、推荐信、学生对在科学领域获得更高职业的兴趣以及多样性。鉴于本科生研究经验在研究生学习中的重要性，该项目将为学生提供关键的机会来提高研究和沟通技能，并为从事研究工作做准备。学生们将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上或作为同行评议的出版物展示他们的工作结果。由生物基础设施司资助的所有REU站点方案使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定该培训方案的有效性。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。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html，网站，或联系国际和平组织(Dawn Eastmond博士，电子邮件：[e-mail])和共同国际组织(菲利普·道森博士，电子邮件：[e-mail])。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智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。