REU Site: Research by Undergraduates using Molecular Biology Applications (RUMBA)

这个REU网站奖给圣何塞大学，位于圣何塞，CA，将支持10名学生在2017年至2019年的夏天10周的培训。REU计划将专注于生物研究中的分子生物学应用主题。九名教师在神经科学，遗传学，分子环境微生物学，生物化学和细胞分子生物学领域的专业知识将指导REU学生。除了研究项目，学生将参加：（1）专业发展活动，（2）个人发展计划（IDP）的创建，（3）期刊俱乐部讨论该领域的相关论文，（4）道德和研究培训的负责任行为，以及（5）每周研究会议，整个队列及其教师导师会面讨论研究进展。 伦理培训是与位于旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学和位于伯克利的加州大学的BIO REU站点共享的经验。 网上申请将于3月的第一个星期五截止。 每年将根据申请和电话面试选出10名学生。入围者的通知发生在3月的第三周。 预计共有30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。鼓励大二和大三的学生申请。 在课程结束时，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。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU研究中心项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训项目的有效性。 除了最后的研究论文，学生将做海报和口头报告，介绍他们的研究成果。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http：//www.biology.sjsu.edu/rumba/NSF-REU_RUMBA/Welcome.html，或联系主要研究者（Dr. Soto，电子邮件：julio. sjsu.edu）或共同主要研究者（Dr. Miri VanHoven，电子邮件：miri. sjsu.edu）。

This REU Site award to San Jose University, located in San Jose, CA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. The REU program will focus on the theme of molecular biology applications in biological research. Nine faculty members with expertise in the areas of neuroscience, genetics, molecular environmental microbiology, biochemistry, and cell & molecular biology will mentor REU students. Aside from the research projects, students will participate in: (1) professional development activities, (2) the creation of individual development plans (IDP), (3) journal clubs to discuss relevant papers in the field, (4) ethics and the responsible conduct of research training, and (5) weekly research meetings where the entire cohort and their faculty mentors meet to discuss research progress. The ethics training is a shared experience with the BIO REU sites at San Francisco State University and the University of California at Berkeley. An on-line application is due the first Friday of March. Ten students will be selected each year based on their application and a phone interview. Notification of finalists happens on the third week of March. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Rising sophomore and junior students are encouraged to apply. At the end of 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 Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition to a final research paper, students will do poster and oral presentations to present the results of their research. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their 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.biology.sjsu.edu/rumba/NSF-REU_RUMBA/Welcome.html, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Soto at julio.soto@sjsu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Miri VanHoven at miri.vanhoven@sjsu.edu).