REU Site: Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Biomaterials

该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。它还得到了数学和物理科学（MPS），计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE），社会，行为和经济科学（SBE）以及生物科学局的支持。分子生物学的未来发展关键取决于从物理科学和计算科学交叉的技术和思想。 在纳米尺度上探测材料的实验技术提供了有前途的生命系统的新观点，基于纯理论和计算方法的建模方法提供了对生物系统的新见解。 我们的计划提供为期一周的动手介绍分子生物学技术，然后在实验室进行为期九周的指导研究实习。 该研究旨在解决生物学中的基本问题，这些问题跨越了人类学，生物学，计算机科学，材料物理学和材料化学等学科。 学生将通过与参与教师讨论他们正在进行的研究，科学职业选择和道德，进一步参与跨学科的想法。 在这种情况下，REU计划将寻求激发学生从事科学研究的兴趣，并让学生参与跨学科的生物学研究，特别强调定量方法。 学生将有机会享受丰富多彩的华盛顿特区。的文化和科学场所。 九名学生，谁渴望追求在生命，计算和物理科学的研究事业将被选为这个为期十周的计划。 欲了解更多信息，请联系罗伯特P.唐纳森或马克E。里夫斯202-994-4039，robdon@gwu.edu，并访问http://bioinformatics.gwu.edu/reu。

This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. It is also supported by the Directorates of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), in addition to the Directorate for Biological Sciences. Future advances in molecular biology depend critically on technology and ideas crossing over from the physical sciences and the computational sciences. Experimental techniques that probe materials at the nanoscale-level offer promising new views of living systems and modeling approaches based on pure theoretical and computational approaches offer new insights into biological systems. Our program provides a week-long hands-on introduction to molecular biology techniques and then a nine-week mentored research internship in laboratories. The research is aimed at fundamental questions in Biology that cut across the disciplines of Anthropology, Biology, Computer Science, Materials Physics and Materials Chemistry. Students will be further engaged in interdisciplinary ideas through discussions with participating faculty about their on-going research, scientific career options and ethics. In this context the REU program will seek to stimulate student interest in pursuing scientific research and to engage students in cross-disciplinary biological research, with particular emphasis on quantitative approaches. Students will be provided opportunities to enjoy the rich variety of Washington D.C.'s cultural and scientific venues. Nine students, who aspire to pursue research careers in the life, computational, and physical sciences will be selected for this ten week program. For more information contact Robert P. Donaldson or Mark E. Reeves 202-994-4039, robdon@gwu.edu, and visit http://bioinformatics.gwu.edu/reu.