REU Site: Channeling Bio-Majors into Research Careers in Bio-Molecular Sciences and Informatics

波多黎各-里约热内卢大学设立了本科生研究体验(REU)站点奖，将在2012-2014年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。该计划的重点是分子生物科学--分子生物学和生物信息学在分子遗传学、微生物学、神经科学和进化论等生物学主要领域的应用。生物系教师将担任导师，为学生提供广泛的有趣和令人兴奋的项目。在研究工作的同时，学生还将参加一系列的工作坊和研讨会，例如研究中的负责任的行为、专业沟通技能、职业机会和研究生院的申请过程。REU的学生可以接触到丰富的个人导师的设施，以及许多跨部门的实验室和中心，核心设施包括电子和共聚焦显微镜、测序、微阵列分析、蛋白质组分析等。此外，学生将就他们的研究项目撰写一份科学报告，并在项目结束的研讨会上展示他们的工作。该项目的多阶段招聘工作既包括传统的硬拷贝形式，也包括基于数字的广告。学生是根据学业成绩、研究表现和在生物分子科学方面杰出研究的潜力来挑选的。对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣、他们的职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响。关于该方案的信息将通过各种手段进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://biology.uprrp.edu/undergraduate/ur_research_oportunities.htm，，或联系国际和平组织(Migdalisel Colon博士，电子邮件：lisycanberlingeri@yahoo.com)或联合国际组织(何塞·E·加西亚博士，电子邮件：jegarcia@hpcf.upr.edu)。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras that will provide training for 10 students for ten weeks, during the summers of 2012-2014. The program focuses on molecular biosciences -- the application of molecular biology and bioinformatics to major areas of biology like molecular genetics, microbiology, neuroscience and evolution. The Department of Biology faculty will serve as mentors, who will offer a wide range of interesting and exciting projects for the students. Parallel to the research work, students will participate in a series of workshops and seminars, such as the responsible conduct in research, professional communication skills, career opportunities, and the graduate school application process. The REU students have access to a rich array of individual mentor's facilities as well as many interdepartmental labs and centers with core facilities such as electron and confocal microscopy, sequencing, microarray analysis, proteomic analysis, etc. In addition, students will write a scientific report on their research project and present their work at an end-of-program symposium. The program's multi-phase recruitment effort consists of both traditional "hard copy" formats as well as digital-based advertising. Students are selected based on academic record, research performance, and potential for outstanding research in biomolecular sciences. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by various means, including use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://biology.uprrp.edu/undergraduate/ur_research_oportunities.htm, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Migdalisel Colon at lisycolonberlingeri@yahoo.com) or the co-PI (Dr. Jose E Garcia at jegarcia@hpcf.upr.edu).