REU Site: Convergence of Research at the Interface of the Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences

REU 网站：生物、物理和工程科学交叉领域的研究融合

• 批准号: 1458609
• 负责人: Corey O'Hern
• 金额: $ 26.02万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458609&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Convergence; Research; Interface

This REU Site award to Yale University, located in New Haven, CT, will support the training of eight students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. The program focuses on grand challenges in the life sciences using physical and quantitative approaches. The program includes more than twelve Yale faculty mentors from nine departments: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Pathology, and Physics. In consultation with the program leadership, students choose a mentor and research project from three areas: (A) mechanics of cellular processes, (B) protein function, design, and engineering, and (C) technology and method development for imaging biological systems and processes. Students also participate in workshops on laboratory methods, scientific presentations, ethics, STEM careers, and the graduate school admissions process. Students present their work at a research symposium coordinated with the NSF-funded CRISP REU program at Yale. Students are selected based on their academic performance, research interests that mesh with those of the REU program, and their interest in STEM careers. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and will be encouraged to present their results at scientific conferences. The program's professional development activities will include oral and poster presentation workshops, information sessions on the graduate application process, and outreach activities that involve communicating science to the general public. A significant goal of the program is that by year 3 at least two thirds of the participants will have decided to pursue a PhD or MD/PhD after graduation from college. Thus, this program will contribute directly to the development of a STEM workforce. Students that participate in this program are required to be tracked after completion of the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm, or by contacting the PI (Prof. Corey O'Hern at [e-mail]) or co-PI (Prof. Lynne Regan at [e-mail]).

塞尔大学（REU）网站奖授予位于康涅狄格州纽黑文市的耶鲁大学，将在2015年至2017年的夏季支持八名学生的培训10周。该计划着重于使用身体和定量方法的生命科学挑战。该计划包括来自九个部门的十二多名耶鲁大学教师导师：应用物理学，生物医学工程，细胞生物学，化学与环境工程，机械工程与材料科学，分子生物物理学与生物化学，分子，细胞，细胞，发育生物学，病理和物理学和物理学。在与计划领导层协商的情况下，学生从三个领域选择一个导师和研究项目：（a）细胞过程的机制，（b）蛋白质功能，设计和工程，以及（c）成像生物系统和过程的技术和方法开发。 学生还参加有关实验室方法，科学演示，道德，STEM职业和研究生院招生过程的研讨会。学生们在与耶鲁大学NSF资助的Crisp REU计划协调的研究研讨会上介绍他们的作品。根据他们的学业表现，与REU计划的研究兴趣以及对STEM职业的兴趣相结合的研究兴趣。预计总共有24名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将接受该计划的培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，并鼓励在科学会议上呈现其结果。该计划的专业发展活动将包括口头和海报演示研讨会，有关研究生申请流程的信息会议以及涉及向公众传达科学的外展活动。该计划的一个重要目标是，到第三年，至少三分之二的参与者将决定从大学毕业后攻读博士学位或MD/博士学位。因此，该计划将直接有助于STEM劳动力的发展。参加该计划的学生必须在计划完成后进行跟踪，并且必须响应通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。请访问http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm，或通过与PI联系（[e-mail]）或co-pi（lynne regan at [e-mail]）。