Vanderbilt Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求为范德比尔特大学本科生建立夏季研究体验项目提供资金。该项目将是跨机构的，医学院和文理学院的研究人员将参与其中。28名研究人员被选为导师，他们有积极的研究项目，涉及生物系统的定量研究，并有兴趣为本科生提供研究经验。该小组的研究兴趣的广度，确保将有丰富的夏季研究机会，本科生从定量和物理科学参与当代生物医学研究项目。学生将通过已建立的生物医学研究、教育和培训办公室（BRET）在全国范围内招募。项目主任和咨询委员会将从申请人中选出10名参与者，该委员会由三名具有长期学生培训历史的知名调查员组成。参与者将在导师的实验室进行为期十周的研究项目。夏季研讨会系列将要求在当代生物医学研究领域的每周研讨会之前，有一个介绍研究主题和该领域背景的讲座。学生将参加一个专门的课程，每周两天，提供辅助技能指导和生物化学和分子生物学的介绍。项目主管将每两周与参与者举行一次会议，以跟踪研究进展，并提供一个讨论项目有效性和职业机会的论坛。这个项目的导师们，他们自己已经从定量科学过渡到生物医学科学的研究，他们将参加这些会议，描述他们的职业道路。在十周结束时，学生们将提交一份描述他们项目的摘要，并向其他参与者和项目导师展示他们的发现。参与者将被要求每年在项目网站上更新他们的职业道路，以便评估这种培训经历的长期影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to establish a Summer Research Experiences Program for Undergraduates at Vanderbilt University. The program will be trans-institutional with investigators from the School of Medicine and from the College of Arts and Science participating. Twenty-eight investigators that have active research programs involving quantitative studies on biological systems and having an interest in providing a research experience for undergraduate students have been chosen as preceptors. The breadth of research interests of this group ensures that there will be a wealth of summer research opportunities for undergraduate students from the quantitative and physical sciences to participate in contemporary biomedical research projects. Students will be recruited nationally through the established office of Biomedical Research, Education, and Training (BRET). Ten participants will be selected from the applicant pool by the Program Director and the advisory committee composed of three established investigators all of whom have a long history of student training. Participants will carry out research projects in the laboratory of one of the mentors for a ten-week period. A Summer Seminar Series will be required in which weekly seminars in contemporary areas of biomedical research are preceded by a lecture that introduces the research topic and the background to the area. Students will enroll in a specialized class that meets two days per week that provides instruction on ancillary skills and an introduction to biochemistry and molecular biology. The program director will have biweekly meetings with the participants in order to keep track of research progress and to provide a forum for discussion of program effectiveness and career opportunities. Mentors from this Program, who themselves have made a transition from the quantitative sciences to research in the biomedical sciences, will attend these meetings to provide a description of their career paths. Near the end of the ten-week period, students will submit an abstract describing their projects and present their findings to the other participants and the Program mentors. Participants will be asked to annually update their career paths on a Program web site so that long-term impact of this training experience can be evaluated.