REU Site: Interdisciplinary Program in Multi-scale Biological Networks

REU 站点：多尺度生物网络跨学科项目

• 批准号: 1262296
• 负责人: George Bennett
• 金额: $ 30.53万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-15 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1262296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Program; Multi

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to Rice University that will provide research training for 10 students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2013-2015. The program focuses on biological networks, complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature. Students will work on research projects under faculty mentors that draw from a range of approaches (classical biochemical and genetic to non-trivial theoretical models that require computation) to study naturally-occurring genetic networks, artificial genetic and metabolic networks, and biomolecular structure, function, and evolution. Faculty with biological interests in diverse departments will serve as mentors, including professors within the Departments of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Bioengineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Students are expected to do full-time lab research as well as participate in seminars and workshops that focus on responsible conduct in research, professional communication skills, career opportunities, and the graduate school application process. Students are also provided a creative opportunity to develop innovative biotechnological ideas and a capstone research poster symposium. Students will be recruited nationwide, with particular emphasis on students enrolled at proximal minority-serving two- and four-year institutions. Selection of students will be done based on the faculty steering committee?s evaluation of each applicant?s transcript and recommendation letters. Rice?s Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) administers this NSF REU Program and maintains a database of all the alumni for this program with tracking information on their career progression. Assessment of this program is done via pre- and post-questionnaires as well by using the common assessment tool available to BIO-funded REU PIs. Each year, IBB publishes a ?Class Notes? newsletter of the NSF REU alumni and features news on their current academic or professional status and accomplishments. More information is available by visiting the IBB website (http://ibb.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=563) or by contacting the PI (Dr. George Bennett at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Joff Silberg at [e-mail]).

莱斯大学获得了本科生研究体验 (REU) 站点奖，该奖项将在 2013 年至 2015 年夏季为 10 名学生提供为期 10 周的研究培训。该项目重点关注生物网络，即生物分子之间复杂的相互作用，这些相互作用产生了自然界中观察到的多种生物表型。学生将在教师导师的指导下开展研究项目，利用一系列方法（经典的生化和遗传学到需要计算的重要理论模型）来研究自然发生的遗传网络、人工遗传和代谢网络以及生物分子结构、功能和进化。对不同院系的生物学感兴趣的教师将担任导师，包括生物化学与细胞生物学、生物工程、化学与生物分子工程、化学、计算机科学以及生态学与进化生物学系的教授。学生应进行全职实验室研究，并参加研讨会和讲习班，重点关注负责任的研究行为、专业沟通技巧、职业机会和研究生院申请流程。还为学生提供了发展创新生物技术理念的创造性机会和顶点研究海报研讨会。学生将在全国范围内招生，特别是在邻近少数民族服务的两年制和四年制院校就读的学生。学生的选拔将根据教师指导委员会对每位申请人的成绩单和推荐信的评估来进行。莱斯大学生物科学与生物工程研究所 (IBB) 负责管理该 NSF REU 项目，并维护该项目所有校友的数据库，跟踪他们的职业发展信息。该计划的评估是通过事前和事后调查问卷以及使用 BIO 资助的 REU PI 可用的通用评估工具来完成的。每年，IBB 都会发布“课堂笔记” NSF REU 校友的时事通讯，以有关他们当前学术或专业状态和成就的新闻为特色。如需了解更多信息，请访问 IBB 网站 (http://ibb.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=563) 或联系 PI（George Bennett 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI （乔夫·西尔伯格博士，[e-mail]）。