NSF REU暑期综合神经科学经验
KU体育官网APP will host the 暑期综合神经科学体验 (SINE) at the 约翰D. 朱庇特的麦克阿瑟校区. The program consists of an intensive program that provides opportunities for talented undergraduate students from across the country to participate in cutting edge 神经科学 research.
学生将有机会在实验室工作 能力木星, 斯克里普斯研究 或者是 马克斯普朗克佛罗里达神经科学研究所. The on-campus research will focus on the following 神经科学 areas: synaptic function, behavioral pharmacology, neurogenetics and systems 神经科学. Students will also participate in workshops that provide a broad background in scientific communication, 研究方法, 以及负责任的研究行为.
你在佛罗里达的经历
- 这个支付, 为期十周的计划侧重于培训, 指导, research and an overall experience for students that prepares them for graduate studies or careers in science, 技术, 工程或数学(STEM)学科.
- 参与者通常从早上8点开始工作.m. 到5点.m. 每天，有一个小时的午餐时间.
- Undergraduate researchers are paid $600/week along with a $25/week meal allowance, per week.
- Participants will be housed in apartment-style dormitories on 能力’s 木星的校园, 离海滩只有三英里.
- 学生将在朱庇特大学的实验室工作, 斯克里普斯研究, 或者马克斯普朗克佛罗里达神经科学研究所, and have the opportunity to interact with other 能力 REU programs.
Sample 2024 Projects/Labs (*subject to change based on availability)
Dr. McLean Bolton, 马克斯·普朗克佛罗里达研究所, Disorders of neural circuit function.
The goal of this project will be to use histology and imaging to gain new insights into the neural circuit organization giving rise to neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Erik Duboue, 能力, The effects of early life stress on brain development
Exposure to stress in early life can impact brain development and adult behavior, yet surprisingly little is known about the cellular mechnisms of this effect. 我们发现斑马鱼在生命早期就暴露在压力下, have elevated levels of stress hormones and heightened response to stressful stimuli as adults. This project will use whole-brain imaging to examine the effects of early life stress on brain structure and function.
Dr. Gregg Fields, 能力, Developing therapeutics for cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
Our lab uses chemical approaches to better understand cancer progression and to develop novel anti-cancer therapeutic agents. 我们的实验室加入了有机合成的元素, 结构生物学, 细胞生物学, 化学生物学, 酶学, and molecular biology in the pursuit of understanding basic mechanisms of metastasis, with a focus on proteolytic regulation of signal transduction pathways, and our proteolysis research has recently branched out to include neurodegenerative diseases, 关节炎, 和败血症.
Dr. William Ja, Scripps Florida, Discovering the genetic and neural regulation of diverse behaviors.
神经行为研究在Ja实验室昼夜节律, 睡眠, 和喂养, 使用苍蝇, 黑腹果蝇. Previous summer projects have explored the extended natural rhythms of a long-lived mutant, 饮酒如何影响餐后困倦, 以及社会隔离对生理和新陈代谢的影响.
Dr. 拿俄米Kamasawa, 马克斯·普朗克佛罗里达研究所, Electron Microscopy Core: reconstructing synaptic anatomy through analysis of synaptic ultrastructure and protein distribution.
The goal of this project will be to deploy multiple electron microscopy techniques and quantitative approaches to understand how synaptic proteins are localized in the membrane. A secondary goal will be to produce new data visualization techniques to aid in demonstrating the complexity of synaptic organization.
Dr. 宁全，能力，神经免疫超系统的研究.
The focus of my lab is how the nervous system and immune system forms a combined neuroimmune suprasystem. We are interested in understanding how these two systems communicate with each other to modulate each other's function. 我们在分子生物学中使用多种技术, 神经科学, 和免疫学来实现这个目标.
Dr. Robert Stackman, 能力, Neural circuits influencing hippocampal-dependent learning and memory in mice.
The project is to examine the contribution of the locus coeruleus-hippocampus dopaminergic circuit to the consolidation of non-spatial and spatial memory in mice. We have determined that consolidation of hippocampal-dependent object memory in mice is significantly enhanced by the post-training activation of dopamine D1 receptors. A similar enhancement in object memory consolidation was observed in mice that were briefly exposed to a novel context after training. We are now testing the effects of manipulating the locus coeruleus-hippocampus circuit to determine its participation in these modulatory effects on memory.
Dr. Henriette van Praag, 能力, The effects of exercise on Alzheimer’s progression.
This project aims to evaluate how exercise and myokines may modify memory function, 成人海马神经发生, neurotrophin levels and pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. 将采用体内和体外两种方法
Dr. 张琦，能力，突触生理学与阿尔茨海默病.
除了一般的分子和生物化学方法, my lab is doing a lot of live-cell fluorescence imaging and using human neurons derived from iPSCs as well as AD animal models.
如何申请
填写申请表 在这里.
重要的日子
申请截止日期:2024年2月1日
第一轮通知日期:2024年3月1日
Second Round Notification Date: TBD, Based on notice of available funding
开始日期:2024年5月中旬
结束日期:2024年7月下旬
**准确日期将于稍后更新.
资格
- 理工科本科学生.
- U.S. 公民或永久居民.
- 强烈鼓励少数民族和妇女申请.
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