REU Site: Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Biological Problems

这个REU网站奖给约翰霍普金斯大学，位于马里兰州巴尔的摩，将支持10名学生在2018年至2020年的夏天10周的培训。参与的学生将从事研究项目，涉及使用成像或其他分子技术来回答重要的生物学问题。参与的教师和实验室来自生物学，生物物理学和化学系，以及卡内基机构胚胎学系。除了实验室研究，学生将参与旨在改善科学交流的活动，介绍负责任的研究行为的概念，为GRE提供实践，并为参与者成功申请研究生课程做好准备。申请通过该计划的网页提交，包括简短的论文，成绩单和推荐信。特别鼓励研究经验有限或研究机会有限的学生申请。预计共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，包括两年制大学，将在该计划中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究和沟通，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学生将参加由来自全国各地的本科生组成的暑期研究人员社区，他们正在从事许多学科之一的调查。由生物基础设施部门资助的所有REU网站计划使用的共同基于网络的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。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.bio.jhu.edu/BioREU，或联系PI（Joel Schildbach，joel@jhu.edu）或co-PI（Michael McCaffery，jmccaffery@jhu.edu）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This REU Site award to Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, MD, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. Participating students will pursue research projects that involve the use of imaging or other molecular techniques to answer important biological questions. Participating faculty and labs are drawn from the Departments of Biology, Biophysics and Chemistry, and the Carnegie Institution Department of Embryology. In addition to lab research, students will engage in activities designed to improve scientific communication, to introduce concepts in responsible conduct of research, to provide practice for the GRE and to prepare participants for successful application to graduate programs. Applications are submitted through the program web page and comprise brief essays, transcripts and letters of recommendation. Students with limited research experience or limited research opportunities are especially encouraged to apply.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, including two-year colleges, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted and communicated, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Students will participate in a community of summer researchers composed of undergraduates drawn from across the country who are engaging in inquiry in one of many disciplines.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. 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.bio.jhu.edu/BioREU, or by contacting the PI (Joel Schildbach at joel@jhu.edu) or the co-PI (Michael McCaffery at jmccaffery@jhu.edu).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.