Summer Research Experience for Minority Undergraduates

描述(由申请人提供)： 分子和环境毒理学暑期研究计划(MET-SRP)将为那些未被充分代表的少数族裔的本科生提供细胞和分子毒性机制方面的强化学习和研究培训经验。这项提议寻求每年夏天6名本科生的支持。拟议的计划将有21名教员培训师，其中大多数人也是研究人员NIEHS博士后和博士后T32培训补助金的培训师。培训人员在致癌、发育生物学和免疫学的分子和细胞方法方面具有公认的专业知识，并对毒物对这些生物过程的机制影响特别感兴趣。在项目开始时，受训人员将与首席调查员克里斯托弗·布拉德菲尔德会面，了解项目的总体情况。每周，布拉德菲尔德博士都会主持一次辅导课程，内容包括环境健康科学的互动概述和每周阅读作业的讨论。此外，研究人员将提供关于环境健康科学研究生学习和职业生涯的咨询会议。每名学员将有一名分子和环境毒理学研究生导师，学员将在各种预定的活动中与其他研究生见面。在项目结束时，学员将在一个研讨会上发表20分钟的科学研究报告，研讨会对各种校园生物医学暑期项目的参与者开放。MET-SRP将与综合生物科学暑期研究计划(IBS-SRP)合作，该计划协调7个暑期研究计划，为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校不同生物科学学科的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的12个暑期研究机会计划(SROP)之一，2010年夏天总共为110名学生提供了服务。受训人员将参加各种联合活动，作为IBS-SRP和SROP社区的一部分。这些活动将包括由研究生院举办的欢迎晚宴、电影之夜和道德讨论。这些活动将使受训人员有机会与许多其他对科学事业感兴趣的代表不足群体的受训人员进行交流。

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.