REU Site: Regenerative Medicine Multi-Scale Bioengineering & Systems Biology

这个为期三年的REU网站计划在加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）的智力价值将是通过本科生的研究经验，新的生物工程知识和设备的一代。该计划将使REU参与者获得最先进的设施，有机会与有成就的教师导师合作，并参与高度协作的尖端研究项目。除了参与者在各个实验室接受培训外，还将通过每周的研究技能研讨会，本科生研究会议，REU期刊俱乐部和GRE准备课程提供广泛的专业发展机会。所有REU的参与者也将有机会在生物医学工程学会的年会上展示他们的研究成果。这项工作的广泛影响将是多重的。将通过对不同人口的本科生的教育，直接发展科学和工程方面的人力资源。招聘工作将在全国范围内进行，并将利用过去的成功招聘非博士生。授予研究机会有限的机构。参与者还将从加州社区大学招募，目标是每年接待两名社区大学生。通过共同努力的招聘工作，该计划将建立UCSD生物工程和米拉科斯塔社区学院之间的新的教育伙伴关系。REU项目将成为更大的协作项目的一个组成部分。因此，REU参与者将与研究生或博士后研究人员密切合作。这些研究人员将参加辅导研讨会，以帮助提高他们的辅导技能。再加上计划中的社区建设活动，这将使REU计划成为一个积极和难忘的经历，鼓励REU参与者继续接受培训。也将有未来受益于无数其他人的研究生和博士后导师在整个职业生涯中的培训。

The intellectual merit of this three year REU Site program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be the generation of new bioengineering knowledge and devices through undergraduate research experiences. This program will give REU participants access to state-of-the-art facilities, the opportunity to work with accomplished faculty mentors, and to participate in highly collaborative, cutting-edge research projects. In addition to the training participants receive in the individual laboratories, extensive professional development opportunities will be provided through weekly research skills workshops, an undergraduate research conference, a REU journal club, and GRE preparation courses. All REU participants will also be given the opportunity to present their research at the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society.The broader impact of the work will be several-fold. There will be direct development of human resources in science and engineering through the education of a diverse population of undergraduate students. Recruitment efforts will be nationwide and will leverage past success recruiting students from non-Ph.D. granting institutions where research opportunities are limited. Participants will also be recruited from California community colleges with the goal of hosting two community college students each year. By working together on recruitment efforts, this program will establish a new educational partnership between UCSD Bioengineering and MiraCosta Community College. REU projects will be a component of larger, collaborative projects. As such, REU participants will work closely with graduate students or postdoctoral researchers. These researchers will participate in a mentoring workshop to help improve their mentoring skills. Together with the planned community building activities, this will make the REU program a positive and memorable experience, encouraging REU participants to pursue further training. There will also be future benefit to countless others whom the graduate student and postdoctoral mentors train throughout their careers.