Month: October 2013

• STEM Research Seminar Series for Undergraduates

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STEM Seminar Series for Undergraduates

The Office of Undergraduate Research and the McNair Scholars Program have joined forces to organize a lunchtime STEM research seminar series for the 2013-14 academic year. We are pleased to announce our lineup of speakers for the fall semester:

Friday, October 4, 2013
PCSB 139, 11:45am-1pm
EGFR Signaling Stimulates Anabolic Changes in Articular Cartilage
J.B. Shepard
6th year PhD student
Skeletal, Craniofacial, and Oral Biology  / Dealy Research Group, UConn Health Center

Wednesday, November 6, 2013
KNS 202, 11:45am-1pm
(Part A) Olefin cross-metathesis of α-alkylidene lactones for the rapid assembly of β-lactones as inhibitors of the Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS): lessons from nocardiolactone
(Part B) Synthesis of sulfatides and examination of their roles in the NKT cells activation in immunomodulation
Kaddy Camara
5th year PhD student
Chemistry / Howell Research Group, UConn-Storrs

NOTE DATE CHANGE:
Monday, December 2, 2013
PCSB 139, 11:45am-1pm
Development of Vitamin D3 Analogues as Selective Hedgehog Signaling Inhibitors
Albert DeBerardinis, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow
Pharmaceutical Sciences / Hadden Research Group, UConn-Storrs

This is a brown bag style seminar series. Light refreshments will be served.

The series is open to all undergraduate and graduate students and is designed especially for students conducting (or interested in conducting) undergraduate STEM research.

Caroline McGuire, Ph.D.
Interim Director
Office of Undergraduate Research		 Renée Gilberti, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
McNair Scholars Program

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• Applications Open – Summer 2014 Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship Program

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Science/Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) is now accepting applications for its 2014 Summer Term Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program.

The SULI program encourages undergraduates to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by providing research experiences at Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Interns perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission. The WDTS website contains information on currently participating DOE laboratories and their scientific research programs: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/how-to-apply/selecting-a-host-doe-laboratory/

All application materials, including recommendations, must be submitted no later than 5:00pm on Friday, January 10, 2014.

Please visit http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/ for additional information on the SULI program as well as eligibility requirements, host lab participation, and access to the online application system. Inquiries/questions should be directed to: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/contact/.

The SULI program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in collaboration with the DOE laboratories. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. It provides the world’s largest array of scientific user facilities — including supercomputers, large-scale x-ray light sources, neutron scattering sources, and sophisticated facilities for nanoscience and genomic sequencing — serving more than 29,000 researchers from universities, government laboratories, and industry each year.

• Join Us for the Fall Frontiers Research Poster Exhibition

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All members of the UConn community are invited to join us for the Fall Frontiers exhibition, which will feature the projects of 31 outstanding student researchers working across the academic disciplines. A brief keynote address will be given by Michelle Williams, Associate Vice President for Research, and light refreshments will be served.

Inaugural Fall Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 5-7 pm - Wilbur Cross South Reading Room

Several student presenters have been profiled by reporters from the Daily Campus. Learn more about their projects at the links below:

  • Profile of Krisela Karaja by Kathleen McWilliams. Research Project: “Latino/Latin American Transnational Narratives of War and Violence”
  • Profile of Rob Stickels by Domenica Ghanem. Research Project: “The Role of Estrogen in the Early Male Gonad”
  • Profile of Rachel Adams by Julia Werth. Research Project: “Development of a Tissue Treatment and Sorting Protocol in the Fabrication of Transcatheter Aortic Valves”

 

• Call for Proposals: Roper Award for Research Experience (RARE)

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The Roper Award for Research Experience (RARE) is a subcategory of the SHARE (Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience) Award. SHARE and RARE are designed especially for students in the earlier stages of their college careers, to introduce them to research in their chosen fields and to develop the skills they will need for further research projects.

Many UConn students don’t realize that The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is located on the Storrs campus. The Roper Center is one of the world’s leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.

RARE is designed to encourage faculty and undergraduates to use the resources of the Roper Center in undergraduate research and creative projects. Students will spend 10 hours per week during the spring semester working on a project with a faculty member. Ideally, the RARE partnership will continue past the spring semester, allowing both the faculty mentor and student apprentice to continue the project, potentially leading to a more independent role for the student or a thesis project.

Funding: During the spring semester, student apprentices will receive a $1,500 stipend (paid out as an hourly wage) and faculty mentors will receive a $500 professional development stipend.

RARE Teams: RARE teams consist of a faculty mentor and a student apprentice who apply jointly for the program.  Faculty members are encouraged to recruit student apprentices to work with them on a potential RARE project, and students interested in the program may also approach faculty members to express their interest in a potential project.

Deadline: RARE Applications (both Faculty and Student applications) must be submitted by 4:00 pm on October 28, 2013. Additional program details and a link to the Faculty and Student applications are available online at http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/rare/.

 

 

• Call for Proposals: Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Awards

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The Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Award is a research apprenticeship program designed especially for students in the earlier stages of their college careers. A SHARE project serves as an introduction to research in a chosen field and helps students develop the skills they will need for further research projects. SHARE awardees spend 10 hours per week during the Spring semester working on a faculty project.

SHARE provides faculty members with eager assistants for their projects, allowing faculty members to focus on their own research interests while introducing future researchers to the realities of research in their discipline. Examples of SHARE apprentice duties include, but are not limited to, performing library research, assisting with experiments, coding and/or analyzing data, and conducting and/or transcribing interviews.

Funding: During the spring semester, student apprentices will receive a $1,500 stipend (paid out as an hourly wage) and faculty mentors will receive a $500 professional development stipend.

SHARE Teams: SHARE teams consist of a faculty mentor and a student apprentice who apply jointly for the program.  Faculty members are encouraged to recruit student apprentices to work with them on a potential SHARE project, and students interested in the program may also approach faculty members to express their interest in a potential project.

Deadline: SHARE Applications (both the Faculty and Student applications) must be submitted by 4:00 pm on October 28, 2013. Additional program details and a link to the Faculty and Student Applications are available online at: http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/share/.