Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

生物医学暑期本科生研究经历

• 批准号: 7020068
• 负责人: BRUCE J NICHOLSON
• 金额: $ 9.14万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7020068
• 关键词: career; curriculum; health science manpower; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; mentoring /mentor; training; university student; workshop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to an RFA for providing Summer Research Experiences in Biomedical Science for undergraduates from distinct, non-biological backgrounds. With the increasing need for interdisciplinary approaches to solving biological problems, it is imperative that we modify the way in which the researchers of tomorrow are trained, particularly incorporating quantitative skills to meet the demands of the new age of bioinformatics, signaling networks, and biophysics. The current program seeks to intervene during the undergraduate years to expose students, who are currently in more physical science, computer and engineering tracks, to the wealth of opportunities provided in the biomedical sciences. An integrated 10 week summer program is proposed that would provide 10 students each year with a research experience entailing a semi-independent project within the lab of their choice (selected from over 40 mentors). The research experience will be enriched through a series of short courses and seminars in current topics in the biomedical sciences (including guest speakers who will present a variety of career opportunities for quantitative biologists), field trips to local research facilities (University centers, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies, etc.), and weekly social interactions among the students. Research areas represented among the mentors range from highly biophysical approaches to structure and function of proteins and DNA, to much more direct medical approaches to research. Students in the program would be given an initial orientation to lab techniques, and to the research opportunities available prior to selection of a mentor in consultation with the steering committee (one student per lab). At the close of the program, the students will present their work at a symposium for students and mentors in the program. Recruiting will occur at a National level through extensive mailings and a user interactive web site. Emphasis will be given to surveying student opinions during the program and tracking their career choices after they leave.

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请是针对RFA的，用于为来自不同非生物学背景的本科生提供生物医学科学的夏季研究经验。随着对解决生物学问题的跨学科方法的越来越多的需求，我们必须修改培训明天的研究人员的方式，尤其是融合了定量技能，以满足新的生物信息学，信号网络和生物物理学的需求。当前的计划试图在本科生中进行干预，以使目前在更多物理科学，计算机和工程轨道上的学生接触生物医学科学中提供的丰富机会。提出了一项综合的10周夏季计划，该计划每年将为10名学生提供一项研究经验，需要在他们选择的实验室内（从40多名导师中选择）中半独立的项目。研究经验将通过生物医学科学的当前主题的一系列简短课程和研讨会（包括来宾演讲者），将为定量生物学家提供各种职业机会），对当地研究设施（大学中心，生物技术和制药公司等）以及学生之间的每周社交互动。指导者的研究领域范围从高度生物物理方法到蛋白质和DNA的结构和功能，到更直接的研究方法。该计划中的学生将以实验室技术的初始定向，并在与指导委员会协商（每个实验室一个学生）协商之前选择导师之前提供的研究机会。在计划结束时，学生将向计划中的学生和导师的研讨会上展示他们的作品。招聘将通过大量邮件和用户交互式网站在国家层面进行。重点是在计划期间调查学生意见并在离开后跟踪他们的职业选择。