REU Site: Summer program in the biochemical sciences

位于肯塔基州列克星敦的肯塔基大学REU SITE奖将支持8名学生在2014-2017年夏季进行为期10周的培训。该网站的目标是鼓励主要从阿巴拉契亚地区招募的参与者从事生化科学事业。八名学生将与分子和细胞生物化学系的导师一起工作。该系设备齐全，设施齐全，允许学生参与者开展尖端研究，每个学生都将有自己的独立研究项目。他们将参与假设的制定、实验的设计和执行以及结果的分析和展示。此外，学生还将接受几个方面的专业发展培训，包括实验室安全、道德、生化科学的职业机会和科学交流。该计划将以学生以简短的口头报告形式展示他们的数据而告终。学生们将与各级研究人员进行广泛的互动。该部门在让本科生参与研究方面有着长期和成功的记录。这些学生中的许多人继续从事科学事业，成为研究人员和教师。参赛者将由PI和Co-PI选出。这个项目的成功将通过使用由NSF BIO REU开发的通用评估工具和由该REU网站开发的调查来确定。该REU网站的目标是鼓励来自贫困的阿巴拉契亚地区的学生从事生化科学事业。重点将放在从研究机会很少的机构和代表性不足的群体中招收学生。RU参与者将在项目结束后被跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路，每个学生都必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解包括申请材料在内的更多信息，请访问https://biochemistry.med.uky.edu/nsf-reu-site-summer-program-biochemical-sciences，，或联系公关(Trevor.Creamer@uky.edu特雷弗·克雷默博士)或合作公关(丽贝卡·荷兰博士(Rdutc2@uky.edu))。

This REU Site award to the University of Kentucky, located in Lexington, KY, will support the training of eight students for ten weeks during the summers of 2014-2017. The goal of the site is to encourage participants recruited mainly from Appalachia to pursue careers in the biochemical sciences. Eight students will work with mentors from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. The Department is well equipped and has the facilities to allow student participants to carry out cutting edge research and students will each have their own independent research project. They will be expected to participate in formulation of hypotheses, design and execution of experiments, and the analysis and presentation of the results. In addition, students will receive training in several aspects of professional development including laboratory safety, ethics, career opportunities in the biochemical sciences, and scientific communication. The program will culminate with the students presenting their data in short oral presentations. The students will interact extensively with research personnel of all levels. The Department has a long and successful track record of involving undergraduates in research. Many of these students have continued on to careers in science, as researchers and teachers. Participants will be selected by the PI and Co-PI. Success of this program will be determined by using a common assessment tool developed by the NSF BIO REU and by surveys developed by this REU Site.The goal of this REU Site is to encourage students from the impoverished Appalachia region to pursue careers in the biochemical sciences. Emphasis will be put on recruiting students from institutions with few research opportunities and from underrepresented groups. REU participants will be tracked after the program to determine their career path and each student must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information including the application materials can be found by visiting https://biochemistry.med.uky.edu/nsf-reu-site-summer-program-biochemical-sciences, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Trevor Creamer at Trevor.Creamer@uky.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Rebecca Dutch at rdutc2@uky.edu).