REU SITE: Program in Molecular Biosciences

REU 站点：分子生物科学项目

• 批准号: 2149830
• 负责人: Paul Laybourn
• 金额: $ 38.08万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Program; Molecular; Biosciences

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This REU Site award to Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, CO, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022- 2024. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. A primary goal of this REU site is to broaden the participation of members of underrepresented groups (minority students, particularly from four year colleges with limited research opportunities). Society will benefit from a greater number of better-trained molecular bioscience researchers and educator role models, particularly from underrepresented groups. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.This REU program exposes undergraduates to the broad range of research areas and approaches that constitute the modern discipline of molecular life sciences. Participants work with faculty from a range of life science, physical science, agriculture science and engineering departments. Potential research projects include HIV-1 protease autoprocessing, aging, renewable energy, protein misfolding, crab molting control, plant-bacteria interactions, thermophilic microbe DNA-dependent processes, complex macroscopic material engineering. The program provides workshops on science communication (oral, written, poster) and responsible conduct of research (ethical theory, misconduct, notebook keeping, mentor/mentee relationships, the importance of diversity in science, etc.) and on the nature of graduate education, selecting and applying to graduate programs, fellowship opportunities, etc. The Program Director, the Co-Director and a committee of participating faculty members critically review both the substance and the operation of the program based on assessments of student gains, as well as participant quantitative and qualitative feedback. An online application requests demographic information, an unofficial transcript, two letters of nomination, and preferred research projects. Applications are evaluated according to student project choice. The program directors make a final ranking of the finalists. Offers are extended via email to the top ranked candidates until the 10 positions are filled. More information about the program is available by visiting https://www.bmb.colostate.edu/reu-program-description/ , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Paul Laybourn at [e-mail] ) or the co-PI (Dr. Lubna Tahtamouni at [e-mail] ).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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金根据《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）提供。该 REU 站点奖项授予位于科罗拉多州柯林斯堡的科罗拉多州立大学，将支持 10 名学生的 10 名培训2022 年至 2024 年夏季期间的几周。预计共有 30 名学生（主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体）将接受该计划的培训。学生将了解如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该 REU 网站的主要目标是扩大代表性不足群体成员（少数民族学生，特别是来自研究机会有限的四年制大学的学生）的参与。社会将受益于更多训练有素的分子生物科学研究人员和教育榜样，特别是来自代表性不足的群体。该计划的评估将通过在线 SALG URSSA 工具进行。项目结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。REU 项目让本科生接触构成分子生命科学现代学科的广泛研究领域和方法。参与者与来自生命科学、物理科学、农业科学和工程系的教师一起工作。潜在的研究项目包括 HIV-1 蛋白酶自动加工、衰老、可再生能源、蛋白质错误折叠、螃蟹蜕皮控制、植物-细菌相互作用、嗜热微生物 DNA 依赖性过程、复杂的宏观材料工程。该计划提供关于科学传播（口头、书面、海报）和负责任的研究行为（道德理论、不当行为、笔记本保存、导师/受训者关系、科学多样性的重要性等）以及研究生教育性质的研讨会、选择和申请研究生课程、奖学金机会等。项目主任、联合主任和参与教师委员会根据对学生收益的评估以及参与者对项目的实质内容和运作进行严格审查定量和定性反馈。在线申请需要人口统计信息、非正式成绩单、两封提名信和首选研究项目。申请根据学生项目选择进行评估。项目总监对决赛入围者进行最终排名。录取通知书将通过电子邮件发送给排名靠前的候选人，直至 10 个职位被填补。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问 https://www.bmb.colostate.edu/reu-program-description/ ，或联系 PI（Paul Laybourn 博士，[e-mail]）或 co -PI（Lubna Tahtamouni 博士，邮箱：[e-mail]）。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持：使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。