The Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (User Training and Outreach)

生物物理学协作访问团队（用户培训和外展）

• 批准号: 10561675
• 负责人: THOMAS C IRVING
• 金额: $ 7.26万
• 依托单位: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10561675
• 关键词: Access to Information; Biophysics; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Data Analyses; Data Collection; Education and Outreach; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Fiber; Goals; Growth; Individual; Institution; Internet; Manuals; Monitor; Persons; Photons; Process; Productivity; Property; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Sampling; Science; Site; Source; Speed; Techniques; Technology; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Populations; Visit; base; beamline; data reduction; experience; experimental study; improved; information gathering; operation; outreach; outreach program; prospective; recruit; skills; tool; web page; web site

The goals of the user training and outreach component are to provide training to prepare biomedical researchers to perform experiments using the BioCAT resource and to engage in outreach activities to inform the scientific community about BioCAT capabilities and to recruit new user research projects. Each year, more than 70 new users come to the BioCAT Resource. We have developed a training program for all users regardless of the level of expertise of the users or the properties of their samples. Before coming to the beamline, even before submitting a proposal, users are encouraged to view our online user manuals and video tutorials available on the BioCAT webpage https://www.bio.aps.anl.gov, which provide the information users need to plan efficient and meaningful experiments. On-site users receive one-on-one, in-person training covering (1) operation of the beamline, (2) data collection strategies and techniques, (3) data reduction and (4) data interpretation. Training is also provided on all aspects of the data-to-interpretation process before and beyond allocated beam time. The BioCAT user community is characterized by a broad range of expertise. At one extreme are a few advanced users who require training only if changes have occurred since their previous visit, and at the other extreme are the majority of users, who initially have little or no experience with SAXS or Fiber Diffraction. Training follows a graded approach that bring novices up to speed quickly and that allows them to grow into more advanced practitioners as their skills mature. Training is also provided to the greater research community. BioCAT staff will engage in workshops, to provide training on all aspects of SAXS and Fiber Diffraction to new and existing communities. We will collect metrics that can tell us how effective our training programs have been and gather information that can indicate how they may be improved and how they can reach under-represented groups. Vigorous outreach activity by BioCAT staff has resulted in significant growth of the user community, sustaining a high level of beamline productivity. The recently revamped BioCAT web site contains complete information concerning BioCAT capabilities and includes material targeted to past, and prospective users. We will continue to develop new web content tailored to Inform the broader research community about the capabilities of BioCAT and how to obtain beam time. BioCAT will continue to distribute BioCAT-maintained data analysis tools to a broad user community. We will collect metrics that can tell us how effective our outreach programs have been and gather information that can indicate how they may be improved.

用户培训和外展部分的目标是提供培训以准备生物医学 研究人员使用 BioCAT 资源进行实验并参与外展活动以告知 向科学界介绍 BioCAT 功能并招募新的用户研究项目。每年都有更多 BioCAT 资源有超过 70 位新用户。我们为所有用户制定了培训计划 无论用户的专业水平或其样品的特性如何。来之前 beamline，甚至在提交提案之前，我们鼓励用户查看我们的在线用户手册和视频 BioCAT 网页 https://www.bio.aps.anl.gov 上提供了教程，为用户提供信息 需要计划有效且有意义的实验。现场用户接受一对一的现场培训 涵盖 (1) 光束线的操作，(2) 数据收集策略和技术，(3) 数据缩减和 (4) 数据解释。还提供了从数据到解释过程的各个方面的培训。 超出分配的波束时间。 BioCAT 用户社区的特点是拥有广泛的专业知识。在 一个极端是一些高级用户，仅当自上一次更改以来发生更改时才需要培训 访问，另一个极端是大多数用户，他们最初很少或根本没有 SAXS 或 纤维衍射。培训遵循分级方法，可以让新手快速上手，并允许 随着技能的成熟，他们将成长为更高级的从业者。还为更多的人提供培训 研究社区。 BioCAT 工作人员将参加研讨会，提供有关 SAXS 和 光纤衍射到新的和现有的社区。我们将收集可以告诉我们我们的方法的有效性的指标 培训计划已经制定并收集可以表明如何改进以及如何改进的信息 可以覆盖代表性不足的群体。 BioCAT 工作人员积极开展的外展活动取得了显着成果 用户群体的增长，维持高水平的光束线生产力。最近改造的 BioCAT 网站包含有关 BioCAT 功能的完整信息，并包括针对过去、 和潜在用户。我们将继续开发新的网络内容，为更广泛的研究提供信息 有关 BioCAT 功能以及如何获取束时间的社区。 BioCAT 将继续分发 BioCAT 维护的数据分析工具面向广泛的用户社区。我们将收集可以告诉我们如何进行的指标 我们的外展计划一直有效，并收集可以表明其效果的信息 改善了。