REU SITE: Summer Undergraduate Program for Experiential Research (SUPER) in Molecular Biosciences.

该REU网站奖授予德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，支持在2020 - 2022年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。在生命科学领域，来自弱势群体的二年级、三年级和四年级新生将每年接受培训。学生将进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上发言。该计划将使用SALG URSSA工具进行评估，之后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。超级REU网站专注于分子生物科学，以细胞和发育生物学为主题。项目涵盖支持细胞和发育的子学科，包括：成像、分子克隆、生物化学、系统和合成生物学、大数据、遗传学、遗传转化等。学生项目的例子可能包括：基因组编辑实验，以测试已识别蛋白质在胚胎发生过程中的作用；测试重组蛋白对合成脂质体形状的影响，以模拟囊泡形成和运输；或分析转基因蝇或植物，以确定特定蛋白质在决定细胞命运中的作用。该计划的总部是细胞和分子生物学研究所（ICMB）。主办实验室在多个部门：分子生物科学，综合生物学，神经科学，生物医学工程和物理。该项目将在许多方面培养强烈的社区意识：与超级学生和其他暑期项目的学生住在一起；经常参加专业发展会议和社交活动；多次学生报告，包括夏季研究研讨会。SUPER包括伦理、负责任的研究行为和生物安全方面的培训。学生可以通过SUPER网站申请。申请材料包括成绩单，目前的简历，一封推荐信和简短的论文陈述。一个由4名教师和2名前超级导师组成的委员会将根据学生对研究事业的兴趣、项目的多样性需求和申请的整体实力来选择学生。详细的计划可通过访问https://icmb.utexas.edu/about/summer-undergraduate-research或联系PI (Alan Lloyd博士，amlloyd@utexas.edu)，联合PI （Antonio Gonzalez博士，antonio.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu）或超级协调员（Justine Mecchio, justine.meccio@austin.utexas.edu）获得。该奖项反映了NSF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，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to The University of Texas at Austin supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020 - 2022. Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors from underrepresented groups majoring in life-science fields will be trained each year. Students will conduct research, and many will present at scientific conferences. The program will be assessed using the SALG URSSA tool and students will be tracked afterwards to determine their career paths.The SUPER REU Site focuses on molecular biosciences with a theme of Cell and Developmental Biology. Projects encompass work in subdisciplines that support Cell and Development including: Imaging, Molecular Cloning, Biochemistry, Systems and Synthetic Biology, Big Data, Genetics, Genetic Transformation, and others. Examples of student projects could include: genome editing experiments to test the role of identified proteins during embryogenesis; testing the impact of recombinant proteins on synthetic liposome shapes to model vesicle formation and trafficking; or the analysis of transgenic flies or plants to determine the role of specific proteins in cell fate determination. The program’s home is the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ICMB). Host labs are in multiple departments: Molecular Biosciences, Integrative Biology, Neurosciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics. The program will foster a strong sense of community in many ways: dorm housing with SUPER students and students from other summer programs in close proximity; frequent meetings for professional development and social activities; multiple student presentations, including the Summer Research Symposium. SUPER includes training in ethics, responsible conduct of research, and biosafety. Students can apply through the SUPER web site. Application materials consist of a transcript, a current CV, one letter of reference, and short essay statements. A committee consisting of 4 faculty members and 2 former SUPER mentors will select students based on student interest in a research career, diversity needs of the program, and the holistic strength of the application. Detailed program is available by visiting https://icmb.utexas.edu/about/summer-undergraduate-research or by contacting the PI (Dr. Alan Lloyd, amlloyd@utexas.edu), the co-PI (Dr. Antonio Gonzalez, antonio.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu), or the SUPER coordinator (Justine Mecchio, justine.meccio@austin.utexas.edu).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.