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REU Site: Practices and Perspectives in Nanoscience and Chemical Biology

REU 网站：纳米科学和化学生物学的实践和观点

基本信息

批准号：
1851916
负责人：
Indika Arachchige
金额：
$ 31.23万
依托单位：
Virginia Commonwealth University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-04-01 至 2023-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1851916&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Practices Perspectives Nanoscience

项目摘要

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates site award to Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, VA, supports the training of 8 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate, Professors Indika Arachchige and Suzanne Ruder and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry host an REU site with a focus on nanoscience and chemical biology. The undergraduate participants engage in practical training in research techniques (practices) with career preparation and scientific awareness activities (perspectives) in chemistry. The participants take part in research projects ranging from catalysis to the study of protein-protein interactions to biomolecule design. Alongside research, training in professionalism, ethics, and career planning continues throughout the summer with weekly lunch meetings, seminars, and workshops. Participants also have the opportunity to tour a local pharmaceutical facility (Pfizer) and participate in mock interviews and panel discussions with industrial scientists, introducing them to varied aspects of real-world positions in the chemistry profession. With existing faculty contacts from participants' institutions and use of social media, participants establish mentoring relationships which also help to gauge the impact of the REU on each participants' career path. The research projects available for participants include development of novel inorganic materials for catalysis, sensing and imaging; single molecule techniques to understand protein-protein interactions; novel chemical gradients for separation science; redox-active covalent organic frameworks for energy storage; and rationally designed biomolecules for therapeutics. Participants are introduced to the fundamentals of highly interdisciplinary nanoscience and chemical biology concepts through first-hand experience conducting research, providing them a unique training and specific technical expertise not generally obtained in undergraduate labs. Participants are particularly recruited from primarily undergraduate institutions and historically black colleges and universities, providing research experiences to participants who may not otherwise have access. The broader impacts of these endeavors are that the participants will have a unique opportunity to learn nanoscience and chemical biology concepts and take the new knowledge back to their institutions, while promoting a diverse scientific workforce.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.

这项本科生研究经验奖授予位于弗吉尼亚州里士满的弗吉尼亚联邦大学，该大学在2019-2021年夏季为8名学生提供为期11周的培训。在这个项目中，由数学和物理科学理事会化学学部资助，化学系的Indika Arachchige教授和Suzanne Ruder教授及其同事主持了一个REU网站，重点研究纳米科学和化学生物学。本科学生参与研究技术（实践）与职业生涯准备和科学意识活动（观点）在化学的实践训练。参与者参与的研究项目范围从催化到蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用的研究到生物分子设计。除了研究之外，整个夏天，每周的午餐会议、研讨会和讲习班都将继续进行专业、道德和职业规划方面的培训。参与者还有机会参观当地的制药设施（辉瑞），并参加模拟面试和与工业科学家的小组讨论，向他们介绍化学专业中现实世界职位的各个方面。通过与参与者所在机构的现有教师联系和社交媒体的使用，参与者建立了师徒关系，这也有助于衡量REU对每个参与者职业道路的影响。可供参与者参与的研究项目包括开发用于催化、传感和成像的新型无机材料；单分子技术理解蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用；用于分离科学的新型化学梯度用于储能的氧化还原活性共价有机框架；合理设计用于治疗的生物分子。通过第一手的研究经验，向参与者介绍高度跨学科的纳米科学和化学生物学概念的基础知识，为他们提供在本科实验室通常无法获得的独特培训和特定的技术专长。参与者主要是从本科院校和历史上的黑人学院和大学中招募的，为那些可能无法进入的参与者提供研究经验。这些努力的更广泛的影响是，参与者将有一个独特的机会学习纳米科学和化学生物学概念，并将新知识带回他们的机构，同时促进多样化的科学劳动力。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。