REU Site: Cellular Bioengineering -- From Biomaterials to Stem Cells

REU 网站：细胞生物工程——从生物材料到干细胞

• 批准号: 0851831
• 负责人: Charles Roth
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851831&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Cellular; Bioengineering; Biomaterials

Proposal: 0851831PI Name: Charles M. Roth"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."This 3-year REU site program at Rutgers University will engage 10 undergraduate students each year in cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary research in the field of Cellular Bioengineering. Cellular Bioengineering encompasses a number of cutting edge research fields and articulates with nanotechnology, advanced materials, systems biology and stem cells. The research focus on Cellular Bioengineering From Biomaterials to Stem Cells will integrate these areas towards the establishment of a strong engineering base for the development of cell-based devices and therapeutics. An emphasis on stem cells is a relatively unique opportunity for an REU site. The REU program will continue and expand upon an existing seed program called ISURF (Integrated Summer Undergraduate Research Frontiers). Students will receive training in fundamental laboratory techniques in a Cellular Bioengineering Boot Camp, will meet weekly for community building and exercises designed to develop their research communication skills, and will present their research results to their peers, faculty and visitors at a Summer Symposium. Another unique feature of this program is the Buddy System which will be employed to provide REU participants with near-peer mentors outside of their own laboratories, and participants across various years of the program will be linked via an E-Pals system and via an online blog and community called The Human Cell. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to students from underrepresented groups and those from colleges without substantial graduate research and training. This REU program will train undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds in Cellular Bioengineering and motivate them to pursue graduate studies which will lead to a better trained workforce in this rapidly expanding field.

提案：0851831PI名称：查尔斯·罗斯（Charles M.细胞生物工程包括许多尖端研究领域，并使用纳米技术，高级材料，系统生物学和干细胞进行表达。该研究重点是从生物材料到干细胞的细胞生物工程，将使这些区域融入建立强大的工程基础，以开发基于细胞的设备和疗法。 对干细胞的强调是REU站点的相对独特的机会。 REU计划将继续并扩展一项名为ISURF的种子计划（综合夏季本科研究前沿）。 学生将在蜂窝工程训练营中接受基本实验室技术的培训，每周开会，以供旨在发展其研究沟通技巧的社区建设和练习，并将在夏季研讨会上向同龄人，教职员工和访客提供他们的研究结果。 该计划的另一个独特功能是Buddy系统，该系统将被用来为REU参与者提供自己的实验室以外的近乎共同的导师，并且该计划的各个年份的参与者将通过E-PALS系统和在线博客和称为“人类细胞”的在线博客和社区链接。 招聘工作将针对来自代表性不足的群体的学生，以及来自大学的学生，而没有大量的研究生研究和培训。 该REU计划将培训来自各种蜂窝生物工程背景的本科生，并激励他们从事研究生学习，这将导致在这个迅速扩展的领域中获得更好的培训。