REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Training Across Biology, Physics, and Engineering

REU 网站：跨生物学、物理学和工程学的跨学科研究培训

基本信息

批准号：
1755494
负责人：
Corey O'Hern
金额：
$ 29.54万
依托单位：
Yale University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-03-01 至 2022-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1755494&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Interdisciplinary Research Training

项目摘要

This REU Site award to Yale University, located in New Haven, CT, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. The REU Site focuses on several interdisciplinary research areas, including: A) the physical properties of cellular processes, B) the development of new experimental methods at the interface of physics, engineering, and biology, C) molecular engineering, and D) systems biology. By conducting research in one of these focus areas, and being exposed to the other three, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how interdisciplinary research is conducted and how wet-lab experiments, computer simulations, and theory are combined to make rapid progress in answering grand challenges in biology. Participants will receive mentorship from REU faculty, as well as graduate students and postdocs. In addition to conducting interdisciplinary research in Yale laboratories, undergraduates will also participate in a variety of enrichment activities, such as workships aimed at identifying ethical conflicts faced by scientists and at clarifying the PhD admissions process. This REU Site seeks students with majors in several disciplines, including but not limited to biology, biochemistry, computer science, biomedical engineering, physics, and mathematics.It is anticipated that a total of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Participants will develop their communication skills and will present their research to a wide range of audiences, learning valuable networking skills, and also participating in science outreach activities to middle and high school students. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of this training program. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about this REU Site program is available by visiting https://sackler.yale.edu/sackler-nsf-reu-site, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Corey O?Hern at corey.ohern@yale.edu) or the program administrator (Dr. Dorottya Noble at dorottya.noble@yale.edu). This award is supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DBI Division) and the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

REU 授予位于康涅狄格州纽黑文市的耶鲁大学的场地奖将支持 9 名学生在 2018 年至 2020 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。 REU 站点专注于多个跨学科研究领域，包括：A) 细胞过程的物理特性，B) 物理、工程和生物学交叉领域新实验方法的开发，C) 分子工程，以及 D) 系统生物学。通过在这些重点领域之一进行研究，并接触其他三个领域，参与者将更深入地了解如何进行跨学科研究，以及如何将湿实验室实验、计算机模拟和理论相结合，以在回答问题方面取得快速进展生物学领域的巨大挑战。参与者将获得 REU 教师、研究生和博士后的指导。除了在耶鲁大学实验室进行跨学科研究外，本科生还将参加各种丰富活动，例如旨在识别科学家面临的道德冲突和澄清博士招生流程的研讨会。该 REU 网站寻求多个学科专业的学生，包括但不限于生物学、生物化学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、物理和数学。预计共有 27 名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。接受该计划的培训。参与者将培养他们的沟通技巧，并向广泛的受众展示他们的研究成果，学习有价值的网络技能，并参与面向中学生和高中生的科学推广活动。由生物基础设施司资助的所有 REU 站点计划所使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定该培训计划的有效性。项目结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关此 REU 站点计划的更多信息，请访问 https://sackler.yale.edu/sackler-nsf-reu-site，或联系 PI（Corey O?Hern 博士，corey.ohern@yale.edu）或项目管理员（Dorottya Noble 博士，dorottya.noble@yale.edu）。该奖项由生物科学理事会（DBI 部门）和国防部与 NSF REU 计划合作支持。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。