REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biosciences

该奖项将支持本科生参加由科罗拉多州立大学生物化学和分子生物学提供的本科生研究经验计划。生物化学/分子生物学运用化学、物理学、细胞生物学、微生物学和遗传操作的方法，研究复杂生物分子的结构和功能，这些分子是如何产生我们所说的生命现象的，以及这些分子中的变化如何扰乱活着的有机体。由于生物化学/分子生物学的广泛性，它将在许多基础科学课程中学到的教学材料和实验材料结合起来。分子生物科学方面的REU现场计划将使合格的本科生能够在一系列领域和使用各种实验方法进行独立的研究项目。该计划的目的是：(A)为参与者提供广泛的研究领域，供他们选择独立研究项目；(B)提供对学生有意义和令人兴奋的项目领域；(C)教会学生如何制定和测试假设；(D)帮助培养遇到意外情况时解决问题和解决问题的能力；(E)指导参与者使用最先进的生物化学/分子生物学技术和仪器；(F)培养与同行就正在进行的研究工作进行交流的能力，以及对完成的研究项目进行更正式的陈述的能力；(G)在我们的教职员工和应邀向REU学生演讲的外部科学家中提供适当的榜样，以加强科学职业的智力兴奋；(H)向所有参与者强调影响科学研究职业生涯的性别和多样性问题；以及(I)帮助参与者申请研究生课程和研究金。该奖项将促进对个人的持续教育和培训，这些人将成为生物化学和分子生物学各方面的下一代基础研究人员的一部分。

This award will support the participation of undergraduate students in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program offered by the Colorado State University in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Biochemistry/molecular biology employs the methods of chemistry, physics, cellular biology, microbiology and genetic manipulation to study the structure and function of complex biomolecules, how these molecules generate the phenomenon we call life, and how alterations in these molecules perturb the living organism. Because of its breadth, biochemistry/molecular biology serves to integrate didactic and experimental material learned in a multitude of basic science courses. This REU site program in Molecular Biosciences will enable qualified undergraduates to do independent research projects in a range of areas and using a variety of experimental approaches. The program is designed to (a) offer the participants a wide variety of research areas from which to choose an independent studies project; (b) offer project areas that are meaningful and exciting to the student; (c) teach the student how to formulate and test hypotheses; (d) help develop the ability to trouble-shoot and problem solve when confronted with the unexpected; (e) instruct the participant in state-of-the-art techniques and instrumentation of biochemistry/molecular biology; (f) develop the ability to communicate with one's peers concerning ongoing research efforts as well as more formal presentations of completed research projects; (g) provide, in our faculty and in outside scientists invited to speak to the REU students, appropriate role models that will reinforce the intellectual excitement of a scientific career; (h) emphasize to all participants gender and diversity issues that impact research careers in science; and (I) render assistance to participants in applying for graduate studies and fellowships. This award will foster the continued education and training of individuals who will be part of the next generation of basic researchers in the diverse aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology.