REU Site: Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Biological Problems

该奖项是根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）的全部或部分资助。这个REU网站奖给约翰霍普金斯大学，位于马里兰州巴尔的摩，将支持10名学生在2022年至2024年的夏天10周的培训。预计共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体，将在该方案中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，如何传播结果，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划将提供一个至关重要的垫脚石，使弱势学生在学术和商业部门的科学职业道路上。 该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具来促进，学生将在计划结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。该REU网站计划侧重于使用分子和成像技术获得重要的生物信息。 这些技术包括广泛的荧光和光学显微镜，透射电子显微镜，NMR光谱，单分子光谱和无数的技术，包括高通量测序。 T.C.生物学系教师詹金斯生物物理系，克里格心灵/大脑研究所和卡内基研究所胚胎学系，在各自领域的最前沿寻求生物学问题的答案。学生通过直接参与利用一种或多种技术的实验室实验进行教育，并通过其他参与者的口头和海报演示学习其他项目。学生还将接受实验室安全培训，笔记本保存，负责任的研究行为，口头和海报沟通技巧以及GRE准备的指导。 有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https：//bio.jhu.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-research/jhu-bioru/，或联系PI（Vincent J Hilser博士，hilser@jhu.edu）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This REU Site award to Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, MD, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022- 2024. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, how the results are dissemintated, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. This program will provide a vital stepping stone to place disadvantaged students on scientific career paths in both the academic and commercial sectors. Assessment of the program will be facilitated through the online SALG URSSA tool, and students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.This REU site program focuses on the use of molecular and imaging techniques in obtaining important biological information. These techniques include a wide range of fluorescence and light microscopies, transmission electron microscopy, NMR spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy and myriad techniques incorporating high-throughput sequencing. Faculty from the Department of Biology, T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and the Carnegie Institution Department of Embryology, pursue answers to biological questions at the forefront of their fields. Students are educated through direct involvement in laboratory experimentation that utilizes one or more of the techniques, and learn other projects thru oral and poster presentations by their fellow participants. Students also receive instruction on lab safety training, notebook keeping, responsible conduct in research, verbal and poster communication skills, and GRE preparation. More information about the program is available by visiting https://bio.jhu.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-research/jhu-bioreu/, or by contacting the PI (Dr Vincent J Hilser at hilser@jhu.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.