BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR NON-BIOLOGY MAJORS

非生物专业的生物医学研究经验

• 批准号: 6233056
• 负责人: BRUCE J NICHOLSON
• 金额: $ 6.66万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6233056
• 关键词: Internet; biochemistry; biophysics; health science research support; interdisciplinary collaboration; neurobiology; role model; science education; structural biology; tissue engineering; university student

This application is in response to an RFA for providing Summer Research Experiences in Biomedical Science for undergraduates who come from distinct, non-biological backgrounds. With the increasing need for interdisciplinary approaches to solving biological problems, it is imperative that we modify the way in which the researchers of tomorrow are trained. Particularly, it would be a great asset to attract students with greater quantitative skills. While graduate programs in interdisciplinary areas, such as that run at SUNY at Buffalo by CAMBI, are often available, for many students this occurs too late at a time in which their career track has been set. The current program seeks to intervene during the undergraduate years to expose students, who are currently in more physical science tracks, to the wealth of opportunities provided in the biomedical sciences. An integrated 10 week summer program is proposed that would provide 10 students each year with a research experience in one of several areas, combined with a series of short courses in current topics in the biomedical sciences, a seminar series geared towards career opportunities, and field trips to local research facilities. Research areas represented among the mentors of the program include: tissue bioengineering; mechanisms of pathogenic; molecular analysis of neurological disorders and development; cell biology of inter- and intra- cellular signaling mechanisms; biophysics of ion channels, and; structural analysis of macromolecules. Students in the program would be given an initial orientation to lab techniques, and to the research opportunities available within the program in their first week. At the close of the program, the students will present their work at a meeting of all of the CAMBI labs as part of a research retreat scheduled prior to the beginning of Fall classes. Extensive efforts through a dedicated web page will be used to publicize the results of the student research, and as a means of tracking students who leave the program to assess its effectiveness.

本申请是为了响应RFA为来自不同的非生物学背景的本科生提供生物医学科学暑期研究经验。随着对解决生物学问题的跨学科方法的需求日益增加，我们必须改变培训未来研究人员的方式。特别是，吸引具有更强定量分析能力的学生将是一笔巨大的财富。虽然跨学科领域的研究生课程，比如CAMBI在纽约州立大学布法罗分校开设的研究生课程，通常是可以获得的，但对许多学生来说，这在他们的职业轨迹已经确定的时候发生得太晚了。目前的项目试图在本科阶段进行干预，让目前在物理科学领域学习的学生接触到生物医学科学提供的丰富机会。一个为期10周的综合暑期项目将每年为10名学生提供几个领域之一的研究经验，结合生物医学科学当前主题的一系列短期课程，面向就业机会的一系列研讨会，以及对当地研究机构的实地考察。该计划的导师所代表的研究领域包括：组织生物工程；致病机制；神经系统疾病与发育的分子分析；细胞间和细胞内信号机制的细胞生物学研究；离子通道的生物物理学；大分子结构分析。该项目的学生将在第一周接受实验室技术的初步指导，并了解项目内的研究机会。在项目结束时，学生们将在所有CAMBI实验室的会议上展示他们的工作，作为秋季课程开始前安排的研究静修的一部分。通过一个专门的网页进行广泛的努力，将用于公布学生研究的结果，并作为跟踪离开该项目的学生以评估其有效性的一种手段。