Summer Student Program (Undergraduates)

暑期学生计划是一个为期11周的研究学徒计划，学生将在杰克逊实验室科学家的实验室进行哺乳动物遗传学的独立基础研究。从全国范围内的250份申请中挑选出来的10名本科生，承担并学习科学研究实践中的基本步骤：如何提出生物学问题；如何提出和检验假设；如何对数据形成合理的解释；如何口头和书面交流结果；以及如何接收反馈并将其纳入前瞻性思考。每个学生的研究将集中在以下一个或多个领域：癌症；计算生物学/生物信息学；发育生物学与衰老；基因组学；免疫学/血液学；新陈代谢疾病；神经生物学与感觉缺陷。他们的导师是实验室研究人员的成员，由37名科学家组成，进行全职调查人员发起的研究。学生们将大部分精力投入到各自的研究项目中，但该项目也提供了对实验室遗传学研究广度的正式接触，以及通向科学职业生涯的不同途径，以及关于研究的伦理行为。

The Summer Student Program is an 11-week research apprenticeship program in which students will conduct independent, basic research in mammalian genetics in the laboratory of a Jackson Laboratory scientist. Ten undergraduate students, selected from a nationwide pool of 250 applications, undertake and learn the fundamental steps in the practice of scientific research: How to ask a biological question; how to make and test an hypothesis; how to form a defensible interpretation of data; how to communicate results orally and in writing; and how to receive feedback and incorporate it into forward thinking. The overall theme is to expose the students to the professional life and habits of mind of a scientist.Each student's research will focus on one or more of the following areas: Cancer; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Developmental Biology and Aging; Genomics; Immunology/Hematology; Metabolic Diseases; Neurobiology and Sensory Deficits. Their mentors are members of the Laboratory's Research Staff, consisting of 37 scientists conducting full-time investigator-initiated research. The students devote most of their effort to their individual research projects, but the program also provides formal exposure to the breadth of genetics research at the Laboratory, to different paths leading to careers in science, and about the ethical conduct of research.