MBRS SCORE Program at SUNY Old Westbury

描述(由申请者提供)：这是纽约州立大学老韦斯特伯里分校MBRS分数计划的竞争性续签申请。拟议中的计划将显著增强学院的生物医学研究能力和教育活动。有机/药物化学中的一个持续项目涉及生物活性类固醇类似物的设计和合成。由于目前的生物医学研究活动集中在相对有限的神经科学领域，拟议的计划将扩大和多样化学院的生物医学研究活动的范围。由于41%的入学学生是代表不足的少数族裔，学院研究能力的增强及其对整体教育氛围的积极影响将有助于创造一个更好地鼓励这些学生在生物医学研究领域寻求职业的环境。通过参与建议的项目，学生将有很好的机会通过实验室调查有意义的当代生物医学问题来获得第一手的科学研究经验。因此，这些项目将显著提高我们为NIH少数民族计划的主要目标做出贡献的能力，即增加参与生物医学和行为研究的人数不足的少数民族的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competing continuation application for the MBRS SCORE Program at SUNY Old Westbury. The proposed program will significantly enhance the college's biomedical research capabilities and educational activities. One continuing project in organic/medicinal chemistry concerns the design and synthesis of biologically active steroid analogs. Since current biomedical research activities are focused in the relatively limited area of the neurosciences, the proposed program will broaden and diversify the range of biomedical research activities at the college. Since 41% of the students enrolled are underrepresented minorities, the enhancement of the college's research capabilities and its positive effects on the overall educational atmosphere will serve to create an environment which will better encourage these students to seek careers in biomedical research. Through participation in the proposed projects students will have an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand experience in scientific research through laboratory investigations of meaningful contemporary biomedical problems. Thus, these projects will significantly improve our ability to contribute to the major objective of the NIH Minority Programs which is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities participating in biomedical and behavioral research.