REU site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

EEC-0552962 Angelika B。Niemz这个REU奖的生物技术和生物工程网站支持10名本科生，每年在凯克研究生院为期10周的夏季研究经验，为期三年。 REU参与者将参与以下领域的前沿研究项目：（1）微流体和微制造，（2）纳米生物技术，（3）重组蛋白生产的优化，（4）生物网络的计算分析，和（5）模式生物体的系统生物学。 学生的活动包括一系列的科学研讨会，由来自工业界，学术界和政府实验室的演讲者和实地考察当地的生物技术公司。 该计划将为学生提供练习书面和口头沟通技巧的机会，并了解职业规划，研究生院的选择以及所涉及的申请过程。参与者将在一个支持性的气氛中工作，并有能力满足成功的榜样。此外，该计划将利用现有的合作互动与REU网站计划在该地区的其他机构，为学生提供更多的资源，专业知识和社交网络。招聘工作将专门针对希望在生物技术部门从事职业的妇女和代表性不足的族裔群体的学生。 此外，该计划将促进科学和工程教育在初中和高中一级，每年整合两名教师和少数高中学生实习到正在进行的研究和选定的REU计划活动。

EEC-0552962Angelika B. NiemzThis REU award for a Site on biotechnology and bioengineering supports 10 undergraduate students each year for three years in a 10- week summer research experience at the Keck Graduate Institute. REU participants will be involved in cutting-edge research projects in the areas of: (1) Microfluidics and Microfabrication, (2) Nanobiotechnology, (3) Optimization of Recombinant Protein Production, (4) Computational Analysis of Biological Networks, and (5) Systems Biology in Model Organisms. Student activities include a series of scientific seminars by speakers from industry, academia, and government laboratories and field trips to local biotech companies. The program will provide opportunities for students to practice written and oral communication skills, and to learn about career planning, graduate school options, and the involved application process. The participants will work in a supportive atmosphere and have the ability to meet successful role models. Also, the program will capitalize upon existing collaborative interactions with REU site programs at other institutions in the area, to provide students access to greater resources, expertise, and social networks. Recruiting efforts will specifically target women who wish to pursue a career in the biotechnology sector and students from underrepresented ethnic groups. Additionally, the program will promote science and engineering education at the middle and high school level, by integrating two teachers each year and a small number of high school student interns into ongoing research and selected REU program activities.