REU SITE: UC Irvine Summer Institute in Neuroscience

这份授予加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的REU站点奖是由国防部ASSURE计划通过与NSF REU计划的合作伙伴关系提供支持的。该REU将在2021年至2023年的夏季为10名学生提供为期8周的培训。预计总共有30名学生将接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校和代表性不足的群体。学生将从学习、记忆和认知领域的神经科学家那里学习进行高水平的神经科学研究。一些学生将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果，如学习与记忆的年度春季会议或神经科学学会。学生项目将跨越不同的尺度：从神经递质到系统级神经科学。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具完成。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。暑期神经科学研究所REU网站位于UCI学习与记忆神经生物学中心（CNLM），项目涵盖神经科学研究领域，从神经递质到细胞，行为和系统级研究。例如，学生可以：(1)收集和分析人类受试者的神经心理学和多模态神经成像数据，以了解人类大脑如何存储和检索信息；(2)对水生动物进行最先进的胚胎学操作、药物治疗和体内显微镜成像，以了解大脑如何发育；(3)在转基因小鼠模型中评估基因表达和染色质修饰，以了解早期运动如何影响记忆功能。其他项目的描述在REU网站上（见下面的链接）。学生活动包括入门新兵训练营，每周期刊俱乐部和专业发展研讨会，网络活动，以及每两周一次的神经科学方法研讨会。学生们将在课程结束时的研讨会上展示他们的研究成果。我们鼓励对神经科学研究感兴趣的学生，特别是来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体的学生申请。学生在线申请，并将由CNLM科学家、PI和co-PI组成的委员会选出。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://cnlm.uci.edu/REU，或联系PI （Colon-Perez博士lcolonpe@uci.edu）或联合PI （Yassa女士manuella.yassa@uci.edu）。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE program thru a partnership with the NSF REU program. This REU will support the training of ten students for eight weeks during the summers of 2021- 2023. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and who are from under-represented groups will be trained in the program. Students will learn to conduct high-level neuroscience research from neuroscientists in the field of learning, memory and cognition. Several students will present the results of their work at scientific conferences such as the Annual Spring Meeting on Learning and Memory or the Society for Neuroscience. Student projects will span various scales: from neurotransmitters to systems-level neuroscience. Assessment of the program will be done thru the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths.The Summer Institute in Neuroscience REU Site is housed at UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) where projects cover areas of neuroscience research ranging from neurotransmitters to cellular, behavior, and systems level studies. For example, students might: (1) collect and analyze neuropsychological and multimodal neuroimaging data in human subjects to understand how the human brain store and retrieve information, (2) perform state-of-the-art embryologic manipulations, pharmacologic treatments, and in vivo microscopy imaging in aquatic animals to understand how the brain develops, (3) evaluate gene expression and chromatin modifications in transgenic mouse models to understand how early-life exercise impacts memory function. Others projects are described in the REU website (see link below). Student activities include an introductory boot camp, weekly journal clubs and professional development workshops, networking activities, and biweekly neuroscience methods workshops. Students present their research at a symposium at the end of the program. Students interested in neuroscience research, especially those from schools with limited research opportunities or members of underrepresented groups, are encouraged to apply. Students apply online and will be selected by a committee composed of CNLM scientists, the PI and co-PI. More information about the program is available by visiting https://cnlm.uci.edu/REU, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Colon-Perez at lcolonpe@uci.edu) or the co-PI (Mrs. Yassa at manuella.yassa@uci.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.