The Biophysical Society Summer Course of Biophysics

描述(申请人提供)：生物物理学会生物物理学暑期课程的目标是让未被充分代表的少数族裔学生接触生物物理学领域，向他们介绍从事生物物理学职业的可能性，与他们的同龄人和公认的科学家建立专业信心和沟通技能，并建立一个少数族裔生物物理学家网络，他们可以在生物物理学领域和少数族裔社区中担任特使。夏季课程将由北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校分子和细胞生物物理学项目的教员主持和讲授，NIH支持的分子生物物理项目将主持未来的课程。欢迎来自物理、计算机科学、化学、生物或生物化学等涉及定量分析的各种科学背景和专业的大三和大四本科生参加。合格的学生必须完成两个学期的微积分水平的物理课程，并在科学课程中至少有3.0的累积GPA。每门课程的注册人数限制为12人。暑期课程将包括11周的课程，每门课程将包括31次讲座(每节课1.25小时)，在11周中的5周内进行。讲座将辅以由著名生物物理学家举办的研讨会和讨论。学生将被要求利用课外时间参加3-4人的学习小组，完成作业，并在指定的实验室进行生物物理学研究。每个学生将根据1)他们成功完成指定问题和项目的能力以及2)他们在课程最后一天关于生物物理研究的研讨会报告来进行评估。研讨会的设计和演示以及个人辅导将使学生为研讨会要求做好准备。学生将被要求使用课程前和课程后的问卷以及个人访谈来评估暑期课程(即讲座、研讨会、工作坊、学习小组和实践研究)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Biophysical Society Summer Course in Biophysics is to expose underrepresented minority students-to the field of biophysics by-introducing them to the possibility of a career in biophysics, to build professional confidence and communication skills with their peers and recognized scientists, and to establish a network of minority biophysicists who can serve as emissaries within the field of Biophysics and minority communities. The summer course will be hosted and taught by faculty members of the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and NIH-supported Molecular Biophysics Programs will be hosting future courses. Junior and senior undergraduate students from various scientific backgrounds and majors such as physics, computer science, chemistry, biology, or biochemistry that involve quantitative analysis are welcome to participate. Qualified students must have completed two semesters of calculus-level physics and have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA in science courses. Registration is limited to 12 students per course. The summer course will consist of an 11 week program and each course will consist of 31 lectures (1.25 hours each) held during five of the 11 weeks. Lectures will be supplemented by seminars and discussions presented by leading biophysicists. Students will be required to use time outside of the lectures to participate in study groups of 3-4 students, complete assignments, and perform biophysics research in assigned laboratories. Each student will be evaluated based 1) on their ability to successfully complete assigned problems and projects, and 2) on their seminar presentation on biophysical research on the final day of the course. A Workshop on seminar design and presentation along with individual mentoring will prepare students for the seminar requirement. Students will be asked to evaluate the summer course (i.e. lectures, seminars, workshops, study groups, and practical research) using pre- and post- course questionnaires and through personal interviews.