Summer Research Experience in Neurobiology

简介（由申请人提供）：位于缅因州巴尔港的杰克逊实验室（JAX）为六名高中生和本科生提供暑期研究经历，在七名JAX科学家的指导下进行神经生物学的基础研究，并获得NINDS的资助。这些经验丰富的导师正在引领神经发育、神经肌肉疾病和神经变性领域的前沿合作研究项目。为期9至11周的住宿实习将为现有的JAX暑期学生计划增加对神经科学的强烈关注，这是一个国际公认的大学和高中学生的研究机会，每年欢迎30-40名参与者。每周津贴、生活津贴和旅行补助提供给每个实习生，使经济困难的学生放弃暑期工作，参加这种改变生活的教育经历。该计划将提供神经生物学方面的密集研究实习，重点是将实验室小鼠作为研究工具来探索人类生物学和疾病的基本机制。作为赞助科学家实验室团队的一员，每个学生将使用先进的分析方法和工具以及JAX现有的优秀遗传资源，设计和实施一个独立的、假设驱动的项目。重点将放在伦理教育上，包括强制性的关于研究伦理行为和人道对待实验动物的讲习班。JAX的机构承诺包括学生获得智力和研究资源，如校园课程和会议，最先进的仪器和生物信息学数据库，教育办公室专门的项目指导，以及JAX拥有的由专业人员监督的宿舍。该暑期项目由机构基金、私人基金会和联邦拨款支持，在招聘和选拔、导师指导、项目设计、管理和评估方面有完善的管理程序。参与者将通过竞争性的全国性申请程序选出，并将强烈鼓励代表性不足的群体成员申请，并通过有针对性的外展积极招募。JAX提供了一个激励的环境，在这里，来自不同背景的有动力、有才华的学生可以学习科学探究的基础知识，为真正的研究进步做出贡献，并在智力和个人成长方面取得巨大进步，这将指导他们的职业选择和终身学习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) in Bar Harbor, Maine, proposes a summer research experience for six high school students and undergraduates to pursue basic research in neurobiology, under the mentorship of seven JAX scientists with NINDS grant funding. These experienced mentors are leading cutting-edge, collaborative research programs into neurodevelopment, neuromuscular diseases, and neurodegeneration. The 9-to-11 week residential internship will add a strong focus on neuroscience to the existing JAX Summer Student Program, an internationally recognized research opportunity for college and high school students that annually welcomes 30-40 participants. A weekly stipend, subsistence allotment and travel assistance provided to each intern enables economically disadvantaged students to forgo summer jobs and participate in this life-changing educational experience. The proposed program will offer an intense research internship in neurobiology with a focus on the laboratory mouse as an investigative tool to probe the basic mechanisms of human biology and disease. As a member of a sponsoring scientist's laboratory team, each student will design and conduct an independent, hypothesis-driven project using advanced analysis methods and tools and the outstanding genetic resources available at JAX. A strong emphasis will be placed on ethics education, including mandatory workshops on the ethical conduct of research and the humane treatment of lab animals. The JAX institutional commitment includes student access to intellectual and research resources such as on-campus courses and conferences, state-of-the-art instrumentation and bioinformatics databases, dedicated program direction by the Education Office, and housing in a JAX-owned dormitory overseen by professional staff. The summer program--supported by institutional funds, private foundations, and federal grants--has well-established administrative procedures for recruitment and selection, mentor guidance, and program design, management, and evaluation. The participants will be chosen through a competitive, nationwide application process, and members of underrepresented groups will be strongly encouraged to apply and actively recruited through targeted outreach. JAX offers a stimulating environment in which motivated, talented students from diverse backgrounds can learn the fundamentals of scientific inquiry, contribute to real research progress, and make great strides in intellectual and personal growth that will guide them in career choices and lifelong learning.