REU Site: Engineered Materials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

REU 网站：用于组织工程和药物输送的工程材料

• 批准号: 1852609
• 负责人: Adam Engler
• 金额: $ 35.16万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852609&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Engineered; Materials; Tissue; REU; Site; Engineered; Materials; Tissue

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focuses on the expanding research opportunities in biomaterials as the community discovers new applications of and regulation by biomaterials. Hosted by the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California-San Diego, this site will provide research opportunities and professional development for a diverse cohort of talented undergraduates from traditionally under-represented backgrounds for whom research and further graduate training is not often obtainable. Participants will make contributions to our fundamental understanding of the interactions between cells and tissues and their surrounding natural or synthetic environment or between drug carriers and their target cells. This Site will specifically investigate the benefit of this training for rising junior undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented groups with limited research opportunities. The Site will assess the impact of hands-on biomaterials research, faculty and near-peer mentoring, research presentations at local and national meetings, and professional development activities on continued training in biomaterials at the graduate level. Over a three-year period, this REU Site will focus on providing research experiences at the interface of materials science, biological science, and bioengineering via 2 themes: (1) building and testing how bio-inspired niche influence cell behaviors and (2) fabrication of novel drug delivery vehicles to improve delivery of a wide class of drugs. Through a combination of research, biomaterials "boot camp," weekly research skills workshops, professional activities, state-of-the-art facilities, and social functions, the participant cohort will be exposed to graduate education and the ethos of the biotechnology sector present in San Diego. Participants will be matched with one of a dozen participating faculty members and tracked via Individualized Development Plans tailored for each participant to ensure the best possible outcomes for their training and development. Given the breadth and depth of Site faculty, research will appeal to a wide range of students, particularly those entering their junior year who are beginning the in-depth portion of their academic engineering training. Attendance and participation in research conferences and professional meetings will serve as capstone activities of this REU Site to improve awareness of career paths and the value of graduate education. As a result of this Site, we aim to show that the activities listed above, especially when targeted at juniors, can result in higher academic performance in subsequent years in school and in higher entry into graduate training.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.

这项针对本科生（REU）网站的研究经验着重于生物材料的扩大研究机会，因为社区发现了生物材料的新应用和调节。该网站由加州大学迭戈分校的雅各布斯工程学院主持，该网站将为传统上代表性不足的背景提供多种有才华的本科生提供研究机会和专业发展，他们的研究和进一步的研究生培训通常无法获得。参与者将为我们对细胞与组织之间的相互作用及其周围的天然或合成环境或药物载体及其靶细胞之间的相互作用做出贡献。该网站将专门研究该培训的好处，从传统上代表性不足的群体的初级本科生培训的好处，研究机会有限。该网站将评估动手生物材料研究，教职员工和亲密指导的影响，在本地和国家会议上的研究演讲以及专业发展活动对研究生层面的生物材料持续培训。 在三年的时间里，该REU站点将着重于通过2个主题在材料科学，生物科学和生物工程的界面上提供研究经验：（1）建筑和测试生物启发的利基市场如何影响细胞行为，以及（2）（2）新型药物递送工具以改善广泛药物的递送。通过研究，生物材料的“新兵训练营”，每周的研究技能讲习班，专业活动，最先进的设施和社会功能，参与者队列将暴露于圣地亚哥存在的研究生教育和生物技术部门的精神。参与者将与十几位参与的教职员工中的一位匹配，并通过针对每个参与者量身定制的个性化开发计划进行跟踪，以确保其培训和发展的最佳成果。鉴于现场教师的广度和深度，研究将吸引各种各样的学生，尤其是那些进入大三的学生，他们开始在学术工程培训的深度中。参加和参加研究会议和专业会议将作为REU网站的顶峰活动，以提高对职业道路的认识和研究生教育的价值。由于本网站的结果，我们的目的是表明，上面列出的活动，尤其是针对大三学生的活动，可能会在学校的后期和更高的研究生培训中提高学业表现。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和广泛影响的评估来通过评估来支持的，这是值得的。