CONFERENCE AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN CELL BIOLOGY

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的长期目标是通过为代表性不足的少数民族科学学生和科学家提供更多机会，以成功地谈判科学职业阶梯，从而提高少数民族科学家的比例。美国细胞生物学学会（ASCB）少数民族事务委员会（MAC）认识到，少数民族研究人员更有可能研究不成比例地影响少数民族的疾病。因此，MAC寻求通过实现以下目标来应对这一挑战：1）为少数民族学生提供获得细胞、分子和发育生物学方面最新知识和研究技能的机会; 2）为少数民族学生和年轻教师提供与领先的生物医学科学家交流思想的机会; 3）促进少数民族科学家和研究生网络的发展; 4）激励少数民族理科本科生从事研究工作。 这些目标将通过执行下列项目来实现： .旅行奖将提供给学生和教职员工参加ASCB年会，他们将与其他少数民族科学家参加MAC赞助的海报会议，联合MAC/教育委员会信息亭，E. E。由一位主要的少数民族科学家进行公正的颁奖，并举行关于指导和职业的卫星会议; .将向被接纳参加华盛顿州星期五港和马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋实验室夏季课程的代表性不足的少数民族学生提供学费、实验室费用、住房和旅行支助;将向少数民族服务机构的教员提供支助，以便在ASCB成员的实验室进行研究; .将为学生和青年教职员参加组织化学学会主办的讲习班提供支助; .将与更多为少数群体服务的机构建立联系关系;向联系机构提供的服务旨在提高教师和学生在主流科学活动中的竞争力; .将建立一个初级教员学者计划，以协助有前途的代表性不足的少数细胞生物学家谁是初级教员的职业发展;。将与ABRCMS、SACNAS、AISES和Leadership Alliance建立合作关系，指导和招募学生从事细胞生物学职业; . 将举行特别会议和电子调查，以分享和讨论与代表性不足的科学家有关的问题，这些问题将产生同行评审的出版物。 每个项目都将得到仔细评估，以确定其成功与否，并在必要时进行调整，并将实施一个跟踪系统，以评估项目活动对参与者的长期影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long range goal of this proposal is to increase the percentage of minority scientists by providing increased opportunities for underrepresented minority science students and scientists to successfully negotiate the science career ladder. The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) recognizes that minority researchers are far more likely to study diseases that disproportionately affect minorities. The MAC, therefore, seeks to address the challenge by meeting the following objectives: 1) to provide minority students with the opportunity to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge and research skills in cell, molecular and developmental biology; 2) to provide opportunities for minority students and young faculty to exchange ideas with leading biomedical scientists; 3) to foster development of a network of minority scientists and graduate students; 4) to motivate minority undergraduate science students to pursue research careers. These objectives will be accomplished by implementing the following projects: . Travel awards will be provided to students and faculty members to attend the ASCB Annual Meeting where they will participate with other minority scientists in a MAC sponsored Poster Session, joint MAC/Education Committees Information Booth, E.E. Just Award Presentation by a leading minority scientist, and a Satellite Meeting on Mentoring and Careers; . Tuition, laboratory fees, housing and travel support will be provided to underrepresented minority students who are accepted into summer courses at the marine laboratories at Friday Harbor, WA and Woods Hole, MA; Support will be provided for faculty members from minority-serving institutions to perform research in the laboratories of ASCB members; . Support will be provided for students and young faculty members to participate in workshops sponsored by the Histochemical Society; . Linkage relationships will be established with additional minority-serving institutions; services to Linkage Institutions aim to increase the competitiveness of faculty and students in mainstream science activities; . A Junior Faculty Scholars Program will be established to assist in the career development of promising underrepresented minority cell biologists who are junior faculty members; . Collaborations with ABRCMS, SACNAS, AISES and Leadership Alliance will be established to mentor and recruit students for careers in ceil biology; . Special meetings and electronic surveys will be conducted to share and discuss issues relating to underrepresented scientists that will generate peer reviewed publications. Each of the projects will be carefully evaluated to determine its success and adjustments made where warranted, and a tracking system will be implemented to assess the long-term impact of program activities on participants.