Vanderbilt Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

申请者描述(由申请者提供)：本申请申请资助范德比尔特大学为本科生设立暑期研究体验项目。该项目将是跨机构的，来自医学院和艺术与科学学院的研究人员将参与其中。28名研究人员被选为导师，他们拥有涉及生物系统定量研究的积极研究计划，并有兴趣为本科生提供研究经验。这一群体研究兴趣的广度确保了来自定量和物理科学的本科生将有丰富的暑期研究机会参与当代生物医学研究项目。学生将通过成立的生物医学研究、教育和培训办公室(BRET)在全国范围内招生。方案主任和咨询委员会将从申请者人才库中选出10名参与者，该委员会由三名资深调查人员组成，他们都有很长的学生培训历史。参与者将在其中一位导师的实验室进行为期十周的研究项目。将需要一个夏季研讨会系列，在每周一次的当代生物医学研究领域的研讨会之前，先进行一次讲座，介绍研究主题和该领域的背景。学生将参加一个每周两天的专门课程，提供辅助技能指导和生物化学和分子生物学入门。项目主任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。该计划的导师本身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，提供他们的职业道路描述。在为期十周的课程接近尾声时，学生将提交一份摘要，描述他们的项目，并将他们的发现展示给其他参与者和项目导师。参与者将被要求每年在计划网站上更新他们的职业道路，以便评估这种培训经验的长期影响。

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.