REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biological Sciences

卫尔斯理学院生物科学系和女性本科学院的暑期本科生研究机会将在1988年夏季向10名学生提供。参与者将从生物学、生物化学或心理生物学专业的大三学生中挑选出来，他们对独立工作有严肃的目标和明确的兴趣，有充分的课程准备，并表现出想象力和独立思考的能力。参与者将由项目主任和教师委员会在评估为特定项目招收最合格的学生而设计的申请表后选出。学生将参与调查的所有方面，从进行文献回顾到进行实验程序和观察，继续到数据分析和结论确定。她将与她的导师正式和非正式地讨论这项工作，还将准备与所有其他参与者，包括学生和教职员工，为每周的小组研讨会进行几次讨论。这将既鼓励口头陈述的经验，也鼓励对参与研究的其他人的建议和批评。项目结束时的研究报告将包括撰写一篇论文，为海报会议准备一张海报，以及在下一学年向学生和教职员工进行口头陈述。在整个暑期计划中，研讨会将由在学术界、工业界和医学界从事研究工作的女科学家举办；至少将对一家生物技术公司进行一次实地考察。

Summer undergraduate research opportunities in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, and undergraduate college for women, will be offered to ten students for the summer of 1988. Participants will be selected from junior Biology, Biological Chemistry or Psychobiology majors who have serious purpose and definite interest in independent work, have sufficient course preparation and have shown ability to think imaginatively and independently. Participants will be selected by the project director and faculty committee after evaluation of application forms designed to recruit the best qualified students for particular projects. The student will participate in all aspects of the investigation, from pursuing a literature review to carrying out experimental procedures and observations, continuing to analysis of data and determination of conclusions. She will formally and informally discuss the work with her advisor, and also will prepare several discussions with all fellow participants, both student and faculty, for weekly group seminars. This will encourage both experience with oral presentations and exposure to suggestions and criticism of others involved in research. Research reports at the end of the program will involve the writing of a paper, preparation of a poster for a poster session and also colloquia presentations to students and faculty during the next academic year. Throughout the summer program seminars will be presented by women scientists in research careers in academia, industry and medicine; at least one field trip to a biotechnology company will be taken.