REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONN

REU网站授予位于康涅狄格州斯托斯的康涅狄格大学，将在2016-2018年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。生理与神经生物学系（PNB）将为本科二年级学生和非博士三年级学生提供研究机会。授予机构。学生将参与动物生理和神经系统的研究生水平的研究项目。目标是让学生有机会从事科学研究工作，并增加学生申请基础科学研究生课程。学生的选择是基于他们的学习成绩，在要求的文章中描述的个人和职业目标，以及推荐信。我们鼓励有兴趣的学生，特别是少数族裔、退伍军人、第一代大学生和来自研究机会有限的机构的残疾学生申请。REU的学生将成为校园多学科REU社区的一部分，该社区包括物理科学和工程以及生理学和神经生物学的几个项目。学生们住在一起，并与教师导师一起进行自己的研究项目。计划了专业发展和队伍建设活动。研讨会向学生介绍诸如实验室的安全操作、科学中的伦理问题、如何申请研究生院以及如何有效地展示研究成果等主题。课程结束后的研讨会以学生平台演讲和海报展示为特色。预计总共将有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关该项目的更多信息，请访问http://www.pnb.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu-program/，或与PI（陈新春博士xinnian.chen@uconn.edu）或副PI（拉里·伦弗洛博士larry.renfro@uconn.edu）联系。

This REU Site award to the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, CT, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. The Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) will offer research opportunities to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from non-Ph.D. granting institutions. The students will participate in graduate level research projects on physiological and neural systems in animals. The goal is to expose students to a career in scientific research, and to increase student applications to graduate programs in basic science. Students are selected on the basis of their academic record, personal and professional goals described in a required essay, and letters of recommendation. Interested students, especially underrepresented minorities, veterans, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities from institutions with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply. REU students will be part of a campus multidisciplinary REU community consisting of several programs in the physical sciences and engineering as well as physiology and neurobiology. Students are housed together, and work with faculty mentors on their own research project. Professional development and cohort-building activities are planned. Seminars introduce students to topics such as safe practices in the laboratories, ethical issues in science, how to apply to graduate school, and how to present research results effectively. An end-of-program symposium features student platform talks and poster presentations.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://www.pnb.uconn.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu-program/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Xinnian Chen at xinnian.chen@uconn.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Larry Renfro at larry.renfro@uconn.edu)