Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology

梅奥诊所在肾脏和泌尿外科的基础科学和临床科学研究方面有着丰富的历史，并有活跃的博士、医学博士和医学博士-博士培养项目。每年，梅奥研究生院收到来自本科生的1000份申请，与梅奥诊所调查员一起工作。梅奥诊所是奥布莱恩泌尿学研究中心和转化性多囊肾病（PKD）中心的所在地。梅奥中心都是美国国立卫生研究院资助的四个中心之一。在过去的几年里，两个中心都获得了补充资金，分别支持与肾结石和PKD相关的夏季本科生研究。根据RFA-DK-13-005 （R25）的要求，本提案将这两个成功的暑期本科项目合并为一个更广泛的梅奥诊所肾脏学和泌尿学暑期本科研究项目。梅奥项目的一些学生已经进入了博士、医学博士或医学博士学位课程，或者共同撰写了肾病学或泌尿学方向的同行评议论文。在接下来的5年里，我们计划资助14名学生/暑期（共70名学生）与梅奥研究人员一起从事肾脏学和泌尿学的基础或转化研究。这个为期5年的项目将允许本科生在领先的梅奥诊所研究实验室进行创新性的肾脏病和泌尿学研究。学生还将参加各种教育项目（如每周研讨会和迷你课程），以提高他们的研究经验。他们为期10周的暑期体验将以(1)10分钟的工作口头报告结束，(2)梅奥大学范围内的暑期本科生海报展示（bbbb120名学生/年）和(3)每年在马里兰州Bethesda举行的NIDDK暑期研究海报研讨会。在暑期项目之后，学生将被学术跟踪，以确定梅奥大学肾脏学和泌尿学暑期本科生研究经验的有效性。我们的目标是通过这次培训经验增加基础和临床肾脏病和泌尿学研究人员的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology The Mayo Clinic has a rich history in both basic science and clinic science research in Nephrology & Urology, and has active PhD, MD and MD-PhD training programs. Annually, the Mayo Graduate School receives >1000 applications from Undergraduates to work with Mayo Clinic Investigators. The Mayo Clinic is home to both an O'Brien Urology Research Center as well as a Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center. Both Mayo Centers are one of four NIH funded Centers in the US. For the past several years, both Centers have received supplemental funds to support summer undergraduate research related to kidney stones and PKD, respectively. This proposal, in response to RFA-DK-13-005 (R25) merges these two successful summer undergraduate programs into a more generalized Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology. Several students from Mayo's programs have entered PhD, MD, or MD- PhD programs, or have co-authored Nephrology or Urology-oriented peer-reviewed papers. Over the next 5 years, we proposed to fund 14 students/summer (70 students total) to work specifically with Mayo Investigators engaged in basic or translational research in Nephrology & Urology. This 5 year period will allow undergraduates in the program to perform innovative Nephrology & Urology research with leading Mayo Clinic research laboratories. Students will also participate in various educational programs (e.g., weekly seminars and mini-courses) to enhance their research experience. Their 10-week summer experience will culminate with (1) a 10-minute oral presentation of their work, (2) a Mayo-wide Summer Undergraduate poster presentation (> 120 student/yr) and (3) a NIDDK Summer Research Poster Symposium to be held annually in Bethesda, MD. Following the Summer Program, students will be academically tracked to determine the effectiveness of the Mayo Summer Undergraduate Research experience in Nephrology & Urology. Our goal is to increase the number of basic and clinical Nephrology & Urology researchers as a result of this training experience.