Developmental Biology New York (DBNY) Conference

纽约发育生物学 (DBNY) 会议

• 批准号: 10242211
• 负责人: Te-Wen Lo
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: ITHACA COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-19 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10242211
• 关键词: Active Learning; Biology; Caenorhabditis elegans; Career Mobility; Communication; Communities; Development; Developmental Biology; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Evolution; Faculty; Feedback; Female; Funding; Future; Grant; Hispanics; Home; Institution; International; Knowledge; Learning; Logistics; Long-Term Effects; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Groups; New York; Occupations; Outcome; Participant; Preparation; Radial; Research; Research Methodology; Research Technics; Resources; STEM curriculum; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Scientist; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Populations; Visual Aid; Wood material; Work; Zebrafish; career; career development; career preparation; college; cost; design; diversity and inclusion; experience; falls; graduate student; interest; meetings; member; next generation; posters; prevent; resilience; role model; skills; success; symposium; undergraduate education; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

Project Abstract/Summary Undergraduate research is a key component of experiential STEM education. The most substantial research experiences culminate in communication of results to the larger scientific and public communities. The timing and intimidating scale of large scientific conferences, however, often hinder full undergraduate participation. We propose a new conference that will enable undergraduates to present their work in a welcoming inclusive setting, while maintaining the resources for networking, mentorship, and career development found at larger conferences. Numerous colleges in our region are committed to undergraduate research, and often integrate research as a required component of their STEM curricula. Several conferences during Spring semester are appropriate for undergraduates to fully participate, including the regional zebrafish and C. elegans community meetings. Despite research being a year-round activity, there are no undergraduate-friendly conferences in our region during the Fall semester. To fill this need, we launched DBNY (Developmental Biology New York) in 2019, and had more than 100 attendees from 20 institutions. Our focus on Developmental Biology (broadly defined as “the biology of change”) allowed us to attract a diverse pool of participants, while keeping the conference thematically focused and at a size to maximize undergraduate participation. DBNY also offers several features designed to enhance the training of the next generation of scientists. First, DBNY is cost-free, eliminating one of the key barriers that prevent students from attending conferences. Second, DBNY has a strong focus on career preparation in STEM. Accordingly, one of the best-reviewed aspects of our 2019 conference was our career panel, in which recent graduates from our region discussed the trajectories of their diverse careers. We will feature the career panel in future conferences and will add additional formalized mentoring activities. Third, DBNY has a strong focus on accessible networking opportunities. Our keynote speaker is a current graduate student, which allows undergraduate students a role model for their near future. The poster and talk judges are drawn from faculty with strong interests and experiences in undergraduate education. Moreover, we enlist logistical help from numerous local graduate students, and encourage these graduate students to engage the undergraduates by asking questions during their talks and poster presentations. Finally, one of our guiding principles in creating this conference is to enhance diversity and inclusion in STEM education; accordingly, our keynote speaker and most of our career panel in 2019 were from underrepresented groups in STEM, and we will continue this practice in future conferences.

项目摘要/摘要 本科研究是专家STEM教育的关键组成部分。最多 实质性的研究经验最终导致了结果与更大的科学的交流 和公共社区。大型科学会议的时机和恐吓量表， 但是，通常会阻碍全本大学的参与。我们提出了一个新会议，将 使大学生能够在欢迎包容的环境中介绍他们的作品，同时保持 在更大的会议上发现了网络，指导和职业发展的资源。 我们地区的许多大学致力于本科研究，并且经常 综合研究是其STEM课程的必需组成部分。几个会议 在春季学期期间，适合本科生充分参加 区域斑马鱼和秀丽隐杆线虫社区会议。尽管研究是全年的 活动，在秋季学期，我们地区没有对本科友好的会议。 为了满足这一需求，我们于2019年推出了DBNY（纽约发展生物学），并拥有更多 来自20个机构的100名参与者。我们专注于发育生物学（广泛定义） 作为“变革的生物学”）使我们能够吸引潜水者的参与者，同时保持 会议以主题为重点，并且以一定的规模，以最大程度地提高本科生的参与。 DBNY还提供了一些功能，旨在增强下一代的培训 科学家。首先，DBNY是免费的，消除了阻止学生的关键障碍之一 参加会议。其次，DBNY专注于STEM的职业准备。 根据彼此，我们2019年会议的最佳评价方面之一是我们的职业小组 该地区最近毕业的人讨论了其潜水职业的轨迹。我们 将在未来的会议上以职业小组为特色，并会增加其他形式上的心理 活动。第三，DBNY专注于可访问的网络机会。我们的主题演讲 演讲者是现任研究生，允许本科生一个榜样 他们不久的将来。海报和谈话法官是从具有浓厚兴趣的教师中汲取的， 本科教育的经验。此外，我们从众多 当地研究生，并鼓励这些研究生与本科生互动 通过在谈判和海报演示中提出问题。最后，我们的指导之一 创建这次会议的原则是增强STEM教育中的多样性和包容性； 彼此之间，我们的主题演讲者和2019年的大部分职业小组来自 STEM中代表性不足的群体，我们将在以后的会议上继续这种做法。