REU Site: Scripps' Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)

REU 网站：斯克里普斯结构与功能暑期学院 (SFSI)

• 批准号: 1359160
• 负责人: Philip Dawson
• 金额: $ 29.8万
• 依托单位: The Scripps Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359160&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Scripps; Structure; Function

This REU Site award to The Scripps Research Institute, located in La Jolla, CA, will support the training of ten students in a ten-week program during the summers of 2015-2017. This program offers its diverse participants an academic structure that integrates cutting-edge research with professional skills development and faculty mentoring. Professional development workshops and research experiences will be made up of several elements that work together and provide a stepwise, scaffolding approach to improving interns' critical thinking skills, scientific preparation skills, knowledge base, and research expertise. Students will have an opportunity to present their results at a national conference. The REU program provides an experience to its students that is typically not available to them at their home institutions. Students from schools with limited opportunities for research and from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.The heart of the program will be the hands-on research experience in one of our 150 state-of-the-art laboratories that probe the structure and function of macromolecules. Potential projects include: defining the structure and function of key proteins in both the innate and acquired immune systems; production of databases cataloging the molecular components of the cell; integration of computational methods with the current arsenal of biophysical techniques to determine protein structure; and exploration of brain function. In addition to the lab research, program participants will attend themed weekly professional development workshops and scientific seminars where they will be expected to read current scientific articles and participate in discussions about the rationale behind the experiments, analyze the work critically, and engage in scientific discourse with their peers. The program culminates with oral and/or poster presentation. By providing this experience, we endeavor to improve interns' research and communication skills and prepare the most talented students to pursue careers in biomedical research.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be monitored after the program and must respond to emails sent by Scripps and the NSF reporting system. More information is available on the web (http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html), or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jamie Williamson at [e-mail]) or co-PI (Dr. Dawn Eastmond at [e-mail]).

这项授予位于加利福尼亚州拉霍亚的Scripps研究所的REU网站奖将在2015 - 2017年夏季为十周的计划中的十名学生培训。该计划为其多样化的参与者提供了一种学术结构，该结构将尖端研究与专业技能发展和教师指导相结合。专业发展研讨会和研究经验将由几个要素组成，它们共同起作用，并为提高实习生的批判性思维技能，科学准备技能，知识基础和研究专业知识提供了逐步，脚手架的方法。学生将有机会在全国会议上呈现结果。 REU计划为学生提供了一种经验，通常在其家庭机构无法使用。鼓励来自研究机会和代表性不足的学校的学校的学生。该计划的核心将是我们150个最先进的实验室之一的动手研究经验，可探究大分子的结构和功能。潜在项目包括：定义与先天和获得的免疫系统中关键蛋白质的结构和功能；生产数据库分类细胞的分子成分；将计算方法与当前生物物理技术的武库整合，以确定蛋白质结构；和大脑功能的探索。除了实验室研究外，计划参与者还将参加主题的每周专业发展研讨会和科学研讨会，他们将期望他们阅读当前的科学文章，并参与有关实验背后的基本原理，批判性分析工作，并与同龄人进行科学论述的讨论。该程序以口头和/或海报演示结束。通过提供这一经验，我们努力提高实习生的研究和沟通技巧，并准备最有才华的学生从事生物医学研究的职业。所有由生物基础设施（生物学科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的常见基于Web的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。该计划后将对学生进行监控，并且必须响应Scripps和NSF报告系统发送的电子邮件。有关更多信息，请访问Web（http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/careu/index.html），或通过与PI（[e-mail]）或Co-pi（dawn eastmond [e-mail]）联系PI（[e-mail]）或与Pi（Jamie Williamson博士）联系。