REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research in Cellular and Molecular Imaging

该奖项由化学部门颁发，支持德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校2006-2008年夏季本科生研究经验（REU）项目。项目主管詹妮弗·布罗德贝尔特（Jennifer Broadbelt）由副主任丽莎·布兰农-佩帕斯（Lisa Brannon-Peppas）协助。每年夏天将有8名学生参加。该项目的首要主题是开发用于检测治疗前后体内分子和细胞标记物的工具，其长期目标是可视化活细胞和组织中疾病的生物标记物。构成cm成像计划的四个主要研究基石是：1)新型造影剂开发，2)新型成像和光谱系统开发，3)诊断和生命成像和光谱，以及4)成像监测治疗。以团队为基础的创意项目将包括两组学生，他们在两个为期四周的间隔中一起工作，为两个具有挑战性的问题设计和辩护解决方案。每个本科生将参加他/她的研究小组每周举行的定期小组会议。每周一次的研讨会，以及每周一次的小组午餐，以促进专业发展。暑期课程将以两种形式结束：一种是研讨会，每位学生将在研讨会上就他/她的研究项目做十分钟的口头报告，另一种是海报会议。

This award by the Chemistry Division supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Texas Austin for the summers of 2006-2008. The program director is Jennifer Broadbelt who is assisted by co-PI Lisa Brannon-Peppas. Eight students will participate each summer. The overarching theme of the program is the development of tools for the detection of molecular and cellular markers in vivo before and after therapy, with the long-term goal of visualizing biomarkers of disease in living cells and tissue. There are four major research cornerstones that constitute the CM-Imaging program: 1) novel contrast agent development, 2) novel imaging and spectroscopy system development, 3) diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy, and 4) imaging to monitor therapeutics. Team-based creative projects will involve pairs of students who work together in two four-week intervals to design and defend solutions to two challenging problems. Each undergraduate will attend the regular group meetings held weekly by his/her research group. A weekly seminar program will be offered, as well as weekly group lunches, for professional development. The summer program will close with two finales: a symposium at which each student will give a ten minute oral presentation about his/her research project, and a poster session.