REU Site: Research Opportunities in Systems Biology

位于华盛顿州西雅图的系统生物学研究所(ISB)获得REU SITE奖，将支持在2022-2024年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计至少有30名学生将接受该计划的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表不足的群体。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。对该计划的评估将使用在线仪器进行。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。该计划旨在支持本科生培养兴趣，建立信心，并产生知识，以追求在科学研究，特别是系统生物学的职业生涯。所有学生将参与在导师的指导下开发的研究项目；被纳入ISB的所有活动，包括实验室会议和务虚会；参加正在进行的专业发展课程，包括深化研究技能、学习系统生物学特定技能，以及探索负责任的研究行为；在他们的导师和ISB其他工作人员的支持下完成一张海报，并在ISB范围内的小型研讨会上分享。潜在的项目包括各种以湿实验室为重点、以计算为重点、混合以湿和计算为重点的研究。潜在的研究项目包括：量化硅藻在变化的海洋中的适应能力，使用微生物群落来表征反硝化作用，在硅病原体入侵分析中，开发分析细胞外小泡的新技术，以及随机激活的细菌代谢路径的网络分析。对系统生物学、计算机科学、信息科学、应用数学和/或工程等领域表现出兴趣的学生都非常适合现有的研究项目类型。学生是根据他们的兴趣和他们为追求这些兴趣而采取的步骤来选择的，包括所学的课程、发展的技能和其他活动。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://isbscience.org/about/careers/internships/summer-undergraduate-research-experiences-program/或联系珍·埃克伦德博士，电子邮件：jen.eklund@isbScience ence.org。这一奖项由国防部保证计划与NSF REU计划合作支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), located in Seattle, WA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. It is anticipated that at least 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, 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. Assessment of the program will be done using an online instrument. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. The program aims to support undergraduate students to develop interest, build confidence, and generate the knowledge to pursue careers in scientific research, specifically systems biology. All students will participate in a research project developed with the guidance of a mentor; be included in all events at ISB, including lab meetings and retreats; participate in ongoing professional development course that includes deepening research skills, learning systems biology specific skills, and exploration of the responsible conduct of research; and complete a poster with the support of their mentor and other ISB staff to be shared at an ISB-wide mini-symposium. Potential projects include a variety of wet lab focused, computationally focused, and mixed wet and computational focused research. Potential research projects include: quantifying diatom resilience in changing oceans, using microbial communities to characterize denitrification, in silico pathogen invasion assays, developing new technologies for analyzing extracellular vesicles, and network analysis of a stochastically activated bacterial metabolic pathways. Students with a demonstrated interest in fields such as systems biology, computer science, information science, applied mathematics, and/or engineering are all good fits for the types of research projects available. Students are selected based on their interests and the steps they’ve taken to pursue those interests, including courses taken, skills developed, and other activities. More information about the program is available by visiting https://isbscience.org/about/careers/internships/summer-undergraduate-research-experiences-program/ or contacting Dr. Jen Eklund at jen.eklund@isbscience.org. This award is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE Program in partnership with the NSF REU Program.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.