REU Site: Convergence of Research at the Interface of the Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences

这个REU网站奖耶鲁大学，位于纽黑文，CT，将支持在2015年至2017年夏天的10周的八名学生的培训。该计划侧重于使用物理和定量方法在生命科学的重大挑战。该计划包括来自九个部门的十二多名耶鲁大学教师导师：应用物理学，生物医学工程，细胞生物学，化学环境工程，机械工程材料科学，分子生物物理学生物化学，分子，细胞和发育生物学，病理学和物理学。在与程序领导协商，学生选择导师和研究项目从三个领域：（A）细胞过程的力学，（B）蛋白质功能，设计和工程，和（C）成像生物系统和过程的技术和方法开发。 学生还参加实验室方法，科学演示，道德，STEM职业和研究生院招生过程的研讨会。学生们在耶鲁大学与NSF资助的CRISP REU项目协调的研究研讨会上展示他们的工作。学生是根据他们的学习成绩，研究兴趣与REU计划的啮合，以及他们对STEM职业的兴趣来选择的。预计共有24名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该方案中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，并将被鼓励在科学会议上展示他们的成果。该计划的专业发展活动将包括口头和海报演示研讨会，研究生申请过程的信息会议，以及涉及向公众传播科学的外联活动。该计划的一个重要目标是，到第三年，至少三分之二的参与者将决定在大学毕业后攻读博士学位或MD/PhD。因此，该计划将直接有助于STEM劳动力的发展。参加该计划的学生需要在完成该计划后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统发送自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm，或联系PI（Corey O 'Hern教授，电子邮件：corey. yale.edu）或共同PI（Lynne Regan教授，电子邮件：lynne. yale.edu）。

This REU Site award to Yale University, located in New Haven, CT, will support the training of eight students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. The program focuses on grand challenges in the life sciences using physical and quantitative approaches. The program includes more than twelve Yale faculty mentors from nine departments: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Pathology, and Physics. In consultation with the program leadership, students choose a mentor and research project from three areas: (A) mechanics of cellular processes, (B) protein function, design, and engineering, and (C) technology and method development for imaging biological systems and processes. Students also participate in workshops on laboratory methods, scientific presentations, ethics, STEM careers, and the graduate school admissions process. Students present their work at a research symposium coordinated with the NSF-funded CRISP REU program at Yale. Students are selected based on their academic performance, research interests that mesh with those of the REU program, and their interest in STEM careers. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and will be encouraged to present their results at scientific conferences. The program's professional development activities will include oral and poster presentation workshops, information sessions on the graduate application process, and outreach activities that involve communicating science to the general public. A significant goal of the program is that by year 3 at least two thirds of the participants will have decided to pursue a PhD or MD/PhD after graduation from college. Thus, this program will contribute directly to the development of a STEM workforce. Students that participate in this program are required to be tracked after completion of the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm, or by contacting the PI (Prof. Corey O'Hern at corey.ohern@yale.edu) or co-PI (Prof. Lynne Regan at lynne.regan@yale.edu).