REU Site: UC Berkeley Summer BioChIP (Biology on a Chip Internship Program)

这一名为“芯片上的生物学实习计划”的REU现场项目将由加州大学伯克利分校生物工程系和生物分子纳米技术中心(BNC)主办。生物芯片的任务是为临床和研究环境中使用的新型定量生物诊断设备的设计、模拟、制造和表征奠定科学和工程基础。学生的研究体验将通过各种教育活动得到提升。他们将参加每周一次的研讨会，重点是如何设计实验，如何组织合理的口头报告和书面报告，以及如何成功地准备研究生入学。与生物诊断领域相关的期刊文章也将在这次每周会议上发表。在为期10周的课程中，每位参与者将被要求阅读并发表一篇期刊文章。REU网站计划将以最后的海报研讨会结束，每个参与者将在研讨会上展示一张海报，总结他或她的暑期研究项目。这个REU项目的一个有趣的特点是教师研究经验(RET)部分。在这个项目中，两名旧金山湾区的高中教师将在BNC的生物芯片实验室花一周的时间学习适合高中的微流体实验室练习。在该计划结束时，每位高中教师将获得津贴和用品支持，以便与他们的学生在高中开展微流体实验室练习。首席调查员(PI)将集中招聘来自代表性不足的少数族裔成员的学生和来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。目标是75%的参与者来自代表性不足的群体，50%的参与者是女性。此外，通过将RET部分包括在高中教师的微流体实验室练习中，PI希望接触到不同类型的高中生，否则他们可能不会考虑从事科学或工程职业。

This REU site program entitled "Biology on a Chip Internship Program (BioChiP)" will be hosted by the Department of Bioengineering and the Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center (BNC) at the University of California at Berkeley. The BioChIP mission is to lay the scientific and engineering foundations for the design, simulation, fabrication and characterization of novel quantitative biological diagnostic devices for use in clinical and research settings. The students' research experience will be enhanced by a variety of educational activities. They will attend a weekly workshop that will be focused on how to design experiments, how to structure logical oral presentations and written reports as well as how to successfully prepare for graduate school admissions. Journal articles relevant to the field of biological diagnostics will also be presented at this weekly meeting. Each participant will be required to read and present one journal article over the course of the 10-week program. The REU site program will culminate with a final Poster Symposium at which each participant will present a poster that summarizes his or her summer research project.An interesting feature of this REU program is the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) component. During this program 2 San Francisco Bay Area high school teachers will spend 1-week in the BioChip laboratory at the BNC learning a high-school appropriate microfluidics lab exercise. At the end of the program each high school teacher will receive a stipend and support for supplies to run the microfluidics lab exercise with their students at the high schools.The Principal Investigator (PI) will focus recruitment efforts towards students from members of underrepresented minorities and students from schools where research opportunities are limited. The goal is to have 75% of the participants come from underrepresented groups and 50% of the participants be women. Also, by including the RET component to teach high school teachers a microfluidics lab exercise, the PI hopes to reach a diverse pool of high school students who otherwise might not have considered careers in science or engineering.