POST DOCTORAL EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING

描述(摘自申请表)：昆虫科学中心(CIS) 亚利桑那大学提出了一个机构研究和职业 发展奖(IRCDA)计划，称为“博士后卓越研究” 我们的少数民族服务机构(MSI)合作伙伴是PIMA 社区学院，亚利桑那大学与其合作的一所多校区学校 已经有很长的合作历史，以少数民族学生为中心 协作。CIS包括来自九个学术部门的教师，他们的工作 在基础和应用研究中利用昆虫。在独联体教职员工中有三人 美国国家科学院院士。昆虫，如果蝇， Manduca和蚊子一直是贡献最重要的类群 基础生物医学研究。CIS教师在培训方面有很好的记录 研究生和博士后研究员。其中一些教职员工还 参与以昆虫为学习工具的课程开发。虫类 在教学上取得了巨大的成功，因为它们很便宜，可以 大量获得，并很容易整合到实验室单元中 从遗传和发育到神经生物学和 行为。 PERT计划的七个组成部分是：(1)优秀的博士后 研究性培训；(2)卓越的教学培训；(3)辅导性培训 课堂教学体验；(4)改进的发展和交付 实验室练习，利用活体昆虫进行的探究活动 在PCC开设生物入门课程；(5)在五年内开发一种 PCC生物技术课程顺序；(6)专业发展 为PCC教职员工举办的活动，如与加州大学教职员工的合作研究， 生物技术研讨会和其他课程；(7)有指导的研究经验 对于UA的PCC少数民族本科生来说，这将有助于他们转学到 大学环境，并通过新的UA使他们在支持方面具有竞争力 MARC计划或本科生生物学研究计划(UBRP)。

DESCRIPTION (Taken from Application): The Center for Insect Science (CIS) at the University of Arizona proposes an Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRCDA) program called "Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching" or PERT. Our Minority Serving Institution (MSI) partner is Pima Community College, a multi-campus school with which the University of Arizona already has a long history of cooperative, minority student centered collaboration. CIS includes faculty from nine academic departments whose work utilizes insects in basic and applied research. Among CIS faculty are three members of the National Academy of Sciences. Insects such as Drosophila, Manduca and mosquitoes have been among the most important taxa contributing to basic biomedical research. CIS faculty have a strong record in training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. A number of these faculty have also participated in curriculum development using insects as learning tools. Insects have been hugely successful in instruction because they are inexpensive, can be obtained in large numbers, and are easily incorporated into laboratory units dealing with everything from genetics and development to neurobiology and behavior. Seven components of the PERT program are (1) Excellence in postdoctoral research training; (2) Excellence in pedagogical training; (3) Mentored classroom teaching experiences; (4) Development and delivery of improved laboratory exercises, using inquiry approach activities with live insects for introductory biology courses at PCC; (5) Development, over five years, of a course sequence at PCC in biotechnology; (6) Professional development activities for PCC faculty, such as collaborative research with UA faculty, biotechnology workshops, and other courses; (7) Mentored research experience for PCC minority undergraduates at UA that will facilitate their transfer to the university setting and make them competitive for support through the new UA MARC program or the Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP).