REU Site: REU Chemical Biology Site at New York University

Paramjit Arora教授、Daniela Buccella教授和纽约大学（NYU）的同事主持了REU网站：纽约大学的REU化学生物学网站，向年轻科学家介绍一个快速发展和技术重要的研究领域。该网站由化学部的REU网站计划资助。该教育计划的主要目标是将本科科学专业的学生引入化学-生物学界面的前沿研究，以吸引他们对科学和工程职业的兴趣。 这些项目还旨在为学生提供基本的专业技能，使他们在研究生院及以后取得成功，并提高他们对科学和工程领域各种职业机会的认识。 该网站创造了一个合作的环境，本科生参与者接触到一个不同的同龄人群体在科学和从事教师在学生的家庭机构的研究在化学和生物学的接口。教育目标是通过一个暑期实习计划，结合研究，专业发展培训，以及旨在培养学生参与者和导师之间的社区意识的社交活动。研究部分与纽约大学的主题相关工作相结合，包括化学系的新大学计划，如生物医学化学研究所（BCI），分子识别与合成实验室（LMRS）和计算化学中心（C3）。这些研究所设有开放的实验室空间，专门用于促进具有互补专业知识的研究小组之间的交流和合作。该网站利用该部门独特的基础设施和协作性质，为参与者提供跨学科的体验。 每个学生都有机会与至少两个正在进行合作和联合学生的团体进行互动。REU网站鼓励教师从学生的家庭学校在REU的参与，包括在该计划的导师学生团队的研究活动。通过包括来自学生机构的教师，该网站进一步促进了纽约三州地区目前缺乏此类项目的大学的化学生物学研究。

Professors Paramjit Arora, Daniela Buccella, and colleagues of New York University (NYU) host the REU Site: REU Chemical Biology Site at New York University, to introduce young scientists to a rapidly growing and technologically important research field. The site is funded by the REU Sites Program of the Division of Chemistry. The main objectives of the educational program are to introduce undergraduate science majors to cutting-edge research at the chemistry-biology interface that captured their interest in science and engineering careers. The projects also seek to provide students with basic professional skills to succeed in graduate school and beyond and to increase their awareness of various career opportunities in science and engineering fields. The site creates a collaborative environment in which the undergraduate participants are exposed to a diverse peer group in science and engages faculty at the students' home institutions in research at the interface of chemistry and biology.The educational objectives are attained through a summer internship program that combines research, professional development training, and social activities designed to foster a sense of community among student participants and mentors. The research component is integrated with thematically related efforts at NYU, including new university initiatives in the Department of Chemistry such as the Biomedical Chemistry Institute (BCI), the Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Synthesis (LMRS), and the Center for Computational Chemistry (C3). These institutes feature open lab spaces specifically designed to foster communication and collaboration between research groups with complementary expertise. The Site utilizes the unique infrastructure and collaborative nature of the department to provide an interdisciplinary experience to the participants. Each student has the opportunity to interact with at least two groups that have ongoing collaborations and joint students. The REU Site encourages the participation of faculty from students' home schools in the REU by including research activities for mentor-student teams in the program. By including faculty from students' institutions, the Site further promotes chemical biology research at colleges within the NY Tristate area that are currently lacking such programs.