Summer Research Experience for Minority Undergraduates

少数民族本科生暑期研究经历

• 批准号: 8462274
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER A BRADFIELD
• 金额: $ 5.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-08 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8462274
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Summer Research Program (MET-SRP) will provide an intense learning and research training experience in cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxicity for undergraduates who are members of underrepresented ethnic/racial minorities. This proposal seeks support of six undergraduate trainees each summer. The proposed program will have 21 faculty trainers, most of whom also are trainers on the investigators' NIEHS pre- and postdoctoral T32 Training Grant. The trainers have recognized expertise in molecular and cellular approaches to carcinogenesis, developmental biology and immunology, and are particularly interested in the mechanistic effects of toxicants on these biological processes. At the beginning of the program, the trainees will meet with the principal investigator, Christopher Bradfield, for a general orientation to the program. Each week, Dr. Bradfield will conduct a tutorial session featuring an interactive overview of environmental health sciences and a discussion of weekly reading assignments. In addition, the investigators will provide an advisory session on graduate study and careers in environmental health sciences. Each trainee will have a Molecular and Environmental Toxicology graduate student mentor, and trainees will meet with other graduate students at various scheduled events. At the end of the program, trainees will give a 20-minute scientific research presentation at a symposium open to participants in the various campus summer programs in the biomedical sciences. The MET-SRP will partner with the Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP), which coordinates seven summer research programs serving 40-46 students in various biological sciences disciplines at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Overall, the IBS-SRP is one of twelve Summer Research Opportunity Programs (SROP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which served a total of 110 students in the summer of 2010. The trainees will participate in a variety of joint events as part of the IBS-SRP and SROP communities. These will include a Welcome Dinner hosted by the Graduate School, a movie night and ethics discussions. These activities will provide a chance for the trainees to interact with many other trainees from underrepresented groups with an interest in a scientific career.

描述（由申请人提供）： 分子和环境毒理学夏季研究计划（MET-SRP）将为代表性不足的少数族裔/种族的本科生提供细胞和分子毒性机制方面的密集学习和研究培训经验。该提案每年夏天都会寻求六名本科生的支持。拟议的项目将有 21 名教员培训师，其中大多数也是研究人员 NIEHS 博士前和博士后 T32 培训补助金的培训师。培训师在致癌的分子和细胞方法、发育生物学和免疫学方面拥有公认的专业知识，并且对毒物对这些生物过程的机械效应特别感兴趣。 在项目开始时，学员将与首席研究员 Christopher Bradfield 会面，了解该项目的总体情况。 布拉德菲尔德博士每周都会举办一次辅导课程，其中包括环境健康科学的交互式概述和每周阅读作业的讨论。此外，研究人员还将提供有关环境健康科学研究生学习和职业的咨询会议。每位学员都会有一名分子与环境毒理学研究生导师，学员将在各种预定活动中与其他研究生见面。 课程结束时，学员将在向生物医学科学各校园暑期课程参与者开放的研讨会上进行 20 分钟的科学研究演示。 MET-SRP 将与综合生物科学夏季研究计划 (IBS-SRP) 合作，该计划协调七个夏季研究计划，为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校各个生物科学学科的 40-46 名学生提供服务。总体而言，IBS-SRP 是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 12 个夏季研究机会计划 (SROP) 之一，该计划在 2010 年夏季为总共 110 名学生提供服务。学员将作为 IBS-SRP 和 SROP 社区的一部分参加各种联合活动。其中包括研究生院主办的欢迎晚宴、电影之夜和道德讨论。这些活动将为学员提供与来自代表性不足群体、对科学职业感兴趣的许多其他学员互动的机会。