Quantitative & Physical Sciences Summer Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本资助的总体目标是为具有定量科学背景的本科生提供基本的生物医学研究经验。今年的暑期培训项目将在全国范围内招募物理、计算机科学、数学、定量化学和分析化学专业的本科生。在申请和接受后，受训者将与24名参与研究生研究的教员中的一名配对。在导师的帮助下，每位学员将设计一个为期十周的暑期研究项目，该项目涉及定量科学和基础生物医学研究。学员将在积极参与基础生物医学研究的同时，贡献与其本科学习领域相关的专业知识。目标是让物理科学家接触到生物学的主题和方法，以促进未来科学家的跨学科培训。除了研究之外，学员还将参加每周一次的讲座/期刊俱乐部，这将使他们接触到德克萨斯大学西南医学中心校园内的尖端生物医学研究。这些讲座的目的是教育学员基本的生物学主题，同时向他们展示定量科学专业知识的应用和需要。夏季项目将以海报会议结束，每位学员将以书面和口头形式展示他们的作品。私家侦探有五年的经验，运行一个成功的夏季项目，并准备好启动这个新的夏季研究倡议。此外，德克萨斯大学西南生物医学科学研究生院最近启动了计算生物学和化学生物学的博士培训计划。这个夏季培训计划将很好地补充我们的生物物理学家，计算生物学家和化学家的研究工作。经过这个夏天的研究经验，学员将准备进入博士学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of this grant is to provide a basic biomedical research experience to undergraduate students with quantitative science backgrounds. Undergraduate students pursuing degrees in physics, computer science, mathematics, quantitative chemistry, and analytical chemistry will be recruited to this summer training program through nationwide recruiting efforts. Upon application and acceptance, trainees will be matched with one of twenty-four participating graduate research faculty members. With the help of their mentor, each trainee will devise a ten week summer research project that is at the interface of quantitative science and basic biomedical research. Trainees will contribute expertise relating to their undergraduate field of study while actively participating in basic biomedical research. The goal is to expose physical scientists to biological topics and approaches in an effort to promote cross-discipline training in future scientists. In addition to research, trainees will attend a weekly lecture/journal club which will expose them to cutting-edge biomedical research on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus. The goal of these lectures is to educate the trainees on basic biological topics while, at the same time, demonstrating to them the application of and need for expertise in quantitative sciences. The summer program will culminate with a poster session where each trainee will present their work in both written and oral form. The P.I. has five years of experience running a successful summer program and is well-equipped to launch this new summer research initiative. Additionally, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has recently launched doctoral training initiatives in computational biology and chemical biology. This summer training program will nicely complement the research efforts of our biophysicists, computational biologists, and chemists. Following this summer research experience, trainees will be prepared to enter Ph.D. programs with a focus on integrating quantitative and biomedical science.