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]).

REU 授予位于康涅狄格州纽黑文市的耶鲁大学的这一场地奖将支持 8 名学生在 2015 年至 2017 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。该计划侧重于使用物理和定量方法应对生命科学领域的重大挑战。该项目包括来自九个系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、细胞和发育生物学、病理学和物理学。与项目领导协商后，学生从三个领域选择导师和研究项目：(A) 细胞过程力学，(B) 蛋白质功能、设计和工程，以及 (C) 成像生物系统和技术的技术和方法开发。流程。 学生还参加有关实验室方法、科学演示、伦理、STEM 职业和研究生院招生流程的研讨会。学生们在耶鲁大学 NSF 资助的 CRISP REU 项目协调的研究研讨会上展示他们的作品。学生的选择是基于他们的学术表现、与 REU 项目相一致的研究兴趣以及他们对 STEM 职业的兴趣。预计共有 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。学生将了解如何进行研究，并被鼓励在科学会议上展示他们的结果。该项目的专业发展活动将包括口头和海报展示研讨会、研究生申请流程信息发布会以及涉及向公众传播科学的外展活动。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在大学毕业后攻读博士学位或医学博士/博士学位。因此，该计划将直接促进 STEM 劳动力的发展。参加该计划的学生需要在完成计划后进行跟踪，并且必须回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息请访问 http://www.sackler.yale.edu/summer.htm，或联系 PI（Corey O'Hern 教授，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（Lynne 教授）里根（[e-mail]）。