Summer Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biology

每年夏天，将从600-700名申请者中选出10名本科生，在为期三周的强化实验课程中学习基本的分子生物学技术。课程结束后，每个学生将花七周的时间完成一个独立的研究项目，该项目涉及到在课程中学到的许多技术的应用。该研究项目是在80多名隶属于该计划的教员之一的指导下进行的。导师是对研究有共同兴趣的基础科学家，研究涉及到重组DNA技术的使用。在十周的时间里，学生们还将参加互动研讨会，重点是在快速变化的研究环境中负责任的研究行为和伦理问题。补充活动包括每周的学生研讨会和夜间讲习班，旨在加强未来的研究生学习申请。所有学生将在项目结束时参加全校范围的研究会议，他们将通过科学海报和/或科学论文展示他们的研究项目结果。至少有一半的参与者将来自代表性不足的群体女性、有色人种学生和残疾学生，并且将来自明尼苏达大学以外的机构。

Each summer, 10 undergraduates will be selected from a pool of 600-700 applicants to spend three weeks learning basic molecular biology techniques in an intensive laboratory course. Following the course, each student will spend seven weeks completing an independent research project, which involves the application of many of the techniques, learned in the course. The research project is conducted under the direction of one of the more than 80 faculty members affiliated with the program. The mentors are basic scientists who have a common interest in research, which involves the use of recombinant DNA technology. During the ten-week period, students also will participate in interactive seminars which focus on responsible conduct of research and ethical issues in the rapidly changing research environment. Supplemental activities include weekly student seminars and evening workshops designed to strengthen future applications for postgraduate studies. All students will attend a campus-wide research conference at the end of the program where they will present the results of their research project through a scientific poster and/or a scientific paper. At least one-half of the participants will be from underrepresented groups women, students of color, and students with disabilities and will be from institutions other than the University of Minnesota.