Summer Program for Under Represented Students (SPURS)

描述（由申请人提供）：哥伦比亚大学的暑期课程为代表性不足的学生（SPURS）计划提供了一个激烈的本科生的研究经验，在哥伦比亚的内科医生和外科医生学院的校园有才华的学生，从传统上是在生物和化学领域的代表性不足的背景。SPURS的参与者主要来自纽约（CUNY）的高级学院，包括亨特学院、布鲁克林学院、皇后学院和城市学院。SPURS在生物医学研究方面提供了有意义的培训，并提高了学生通过攻读高级学位（博士学位）来实现科学事业的可能性。为了扩大少数民族本科生参与神经科学高质量，集中和持续的研究经验的机会，Steven Siegelbaum博士（P.I.），P&S神经科学系主任，与哥伦比亚大学SPURS项目的创始人安德鲁·马克斯博士联手。通过NIH的夏季研究体验计划征集（PAR-11-050，CFDA 93.853）选择支持的学生将在NINDS支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家的指导下进行为期十周的夏季实践研究（目前有86名哥伦比亚大学教师接受NINDS的支持）。除了神经科学方面的具体培训外，学生还将接受研究方法方面的深入培训，包括：（a）实验的设计和分析;（B）通过期刊俱乐部和科学伦理讨论对科学文献进行批判性阅读;（c）在实验室会议上介绍科学成果;（d）在海报会议上介绍他们的研究;（e）在实验室会议上介绍他们的研究成果。（e）向科学家听众口头介绍他们的研究;（f）职业咨询。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Columbia University's Summer Program for Underrepresented Students (SPURS) program provides an intense undergraduate research experience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons for talented students from backgrounds that are traditionally under- represented in the biology and chemistry fields. SPURS participants are accepted primarily from the City University of New York (CUNY) senior colleges, including Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City Colleges. SPURS provides meaningful training in biomedical research, and enhances the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for minority undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the neurosciences, Dr. Steven Siegelbaum (P.I.), Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at P&S, has joined forces with Dr. Andrew Marks, founder of Columbia University's SPURS program. Students selected for support through NIH's Summer Research Experience Programs solicitation (PAR-11-050, CFDA 93.853) will perform hands-on research for ten summer weeks under the mentorship of NINDS-supported Columbia University neuroscientists (currently 86 Columbia University faculty receive NINDS support). In addition to specific training in neuroscience, the students will receive in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of the scientific literature through journal clubs and discussions of ethics in science; (c) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (d) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (e) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (f) career counseling.