REU Site: Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Biological Problems

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。该REU网站授予位于马里兰州巴尔的摩的约翰霍普金斯大学，将在2022年至2024年的夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。预计总共有30名学生将接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。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。该项目将为弱势学生在学术和商业领域的科学职业道路上提供重要的垫脚石。课程评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行，课程结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。这个REU站点计划侧重于使用分子和成像技术来获取重要的生物信息。这些技术包括广泛的荧光和光学显微镜、透射电子显微镜、核磁共振波谱、单分子波谱和结合高通量测序的无数技术。来自生物系、T.C.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的教师，在各自领域的前沿寻求生物学问题的答案。学生通过直接参与使用一种或多种技术的实验室实验来接受教育，并通过其他参与者的口头和海报展示来学习其他项目。学生还将接受实验室安全培训、笔记本保管、负责任的研究行为、口头和海报沟通技巧以及GRE准备方面的指导。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://bio.jhu.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-research/jhu-bioreu/或与PI联系（Vincent J Hilser博士在hilser@jhu.edu）。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行了评估，认为值得支持。

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.