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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弗吉尼亚州里士满的弗吉尼亚联邦大学，支持2019-2021年夏季为期11周的8名学生的培训。在这个由数学和物理科学局化学司资助的项目中，Indika Arachchige教授和Suzanne Ruder教授以及化学系的同事主持了一个REU网站，重点是纳米科学和化学生物学。本科生参加研究技术(实践)的实践培训，为职业生涯做准备，并参加化学领域的科学意识活动(观点)。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，再到生物分子设计。除了研究，职业精神、道德和职业规划方面的培训在整个夏天都在继续，每周都会举行午餐会、研讨会和研讨会。参与者还有机会参观当地的制药设施(辉瑞)，并参与与工业科学家的模拟访谈和小组讨论，向他们介绍化学专业中现实世界职位的各个方面。通过与学员所在机构的现有教职员工联系，并使用社交媒体，学员建立了指导关系，这也有助于衡量REU对每位学员职业道路的影响。参与者可进行的研究项目包括：开发用于催化、传感和成像的新型无机材料；用于了解蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用的单分子技术；用于分离科学的新型化学梯度；用于能量存储的氧化还原活性共价有机骨架；以及用于治疗学的合理设计的生物分子。通过进行研究的第一手经验，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本原理，为他们提供独特的培训和本科实验室通常无法获得的特定技术专长。参与者主要从本科院校和历史上的黑人学院和大学招募，为原本可能无法接触到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工作。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。