Summer Research Experience in Neurobiology

描述(由申请人提供)：位于缅因州巴尔港的杰克逊实验室(JAX)建议为六名高中生和本科生提供暑期研究体验，在七名JAX科学家的指导下进行神经生物学的基础研究，并获得NINDS拨款。这些经验丰富的导师在神经发育、神经肌肉疾病和神经退行性变方面领导着尖端的合作研究项目。为期9至11周的住宿实习将在现有的JAX暑期学生计划中增加对神经科学的强烈关注，该计划是国际公认的大学生和高中生研究机会，每年欢迎30-40名参与者。向每个实习生提供每周津贴、最低生活津贴和旅行援助，使经济困难的学生能够放弃暑期工作，参与这一改变人生的教育体验。拟议的项目将提供神经生物学方面的密集研究实习机会，重点是将实验室小鼠作为探索人类生物学和疾病基本机制的研究工具。作为赞助科学家实验室团队的一员，每个学生将使用先进的分析方法和工具以及日本宇宙航空研究开发机构现有的杰出遗传资源来设计和实施一个独立的、以假设为导向的项目。将高度重视道德教育，包括关于研究道德行为和人道对待实验室动物的强制性讲习班。JAX的机构承诺包括学生获得智力和研究资源，如校园课程和会议、最先进的仪器和生物信息学数据库、教育办公室专门的项目指导，以及由专业人员监督的JAX拥有的宿舍。暑期项目由机构基金、私人基金会和联邦拨款支持，在招聘和遴选、导师指导以及项目设计、管理和评估方面有完善的行政程序。参与者将通过竞争性的全国申请程序选出，并将大力鼓励代表性不足群体的成员申请，并通过有针对性的外联活动积极招募。JAX提供了一个激动人心的环境，在这个环境中，来自不同背景、有动力、有才华的学生可以学习科学探究的基础知识，为真正的研究进步做出贡献，并在智力和个人成长方面取得长足进步，这将指导他们进行职业选择和终身学习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) in Bar Harbor, Maine, proposes a summer research experience for six high school students and undergraduates to pursue basic research in neurobiology, under the mentorship of seven JAX scientists with NINDS grant funding. These experienced mentors are leading cutting-edge, collaborative research programs into neurodevelopment, neuromuscular diseases, and neurodegeneration. The 9-to-11 week residential internship will add a strong focus on neuroscience to the existing JAX Summer Student Program, an internationally recognized research opportunity for college and high school students that annually welcomes 30-40 participants. A weekly stipend, subsistence allotment and travel assistance provided to each intern enables economically disadvantaged students to forgo summer jobs and participate in this life-changing educational experience. The proposed program will offer an intense research internship in neurobiology with a focus on the laboratory mouse as an investigative tool to probe the basic mechanisms of human biology and disease. As a member of a sponsoring scientist's laboratory team, each student will design and conduct an independent, hypothesis-driven project using advanced analysis methods and tools and the outstanding genetic resources available at JAX. A strong emphasis will be placed on ethics education, including mandatory workshops on the ethical conduct of research and the humane treatment of lab animals. The JAX institutional commitment includes student access to intellectual and research resources such as on-campus courses and conferences, state-of-the-art instrumentation and bioinformatics databases, dedicated program direction by the Education Office, and housing in a JAX-owned dormitory overseen by professional staff. The summer program--supported by institutional funds, private foundations, and federal grants--has well-established administrative procedures for recruitment and selection, mentor guidance, and program design, management, and evaluation. The participants will be chosen through a competitive, nationwide application process, and members of underrepresented groups will be strongly encouraged to apply and actively recruited through targeted outreach. JAX offers a stimulating environment in which motivated, talented students from diverse backgrounds can learn the fundamentals of scientific inquiry, contribute to real research progress, and make great strides in intellectual and personal growth that will guide them in career choices and lifelong learning.