Environmental Signal Transduction: An Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates

将在西密歇根大学环境信号转导研究中心（CREST）建立本科生研究经验（REU）站点。CREST将采用跨学科的方法来提供研究经验，以鼓励和激励本科生从事科学研究。参与者将从研究机会有限的五大湖地区的大学和全国的hbcu中招募。将鼓励在科学研究中代表性不足的个人申请：妇女、少数民族和残疾人。一个为期10周的暑期项目将(A)提供独立的研究经验，(B)提供一系列关于科学过程的讨论，(C)促进关于科学伦理和诚信的讨论，(D)创造互动、传播和发展的机会，以及(E)允许进行评估。密集的指导研究接触将模拟生活是什么样子的一个完整的研究人员。伦理部分将在学生实验室研究时间之外的电子会议系统上进行，由具有哲学和微生物学双博士学位的教师进行，该教师具有从事这些活动的独特资格。REU的参与者将被鼓励在项目中期参加每周一次的研究专题讨论会，并将在总结研讨会上就实验室正在进行的工作进行简短的演讲。学生将在期末准备一篇研究论文，并将其提交给模拟科学期刊进行审查，最终论文将在该期刊上发表和传播。学生也将被鼓励准备摘要，在本科研究会议和他们的教师导师在本国机构的研讨会上展示。西密歇根大学优秀的实验室和仪器将进一步加强新的科学综合建设，将分阶段在1998年和1999年。大学的图书馆、计算机服务、娱乐中心、宿舍和国家认可的餐饮设施为参与的学生提供了良好的住宿条件。WMU将为每年10名学生中的1名提供津贴和支持费用，并在学年中为项目联合主任和两名REU团队成员提供5%的时间和精力。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site will be established in the Center for Research into Environmental Signal Transduction (CREST) at Western Michigan University. CREST will take an interdisciplinary approach to providing research experiences that will encourage and motivate undergradu-ate students to pursue careers in scientific research. Participants will be recruited regionally throughout the Great Lakes area from colleges where research opportunities are limited and nationally from HBCUs. Applications will be encouraged from individuals under-represented in scientific research: women, minori-ties, and persons with disabilities. A 10-week summer program will (A) provide an independent research experience, (B) offer a discussion series on the process of science, (C) foster discussions on scientific ethics and integrity, (D) create opportunities for interaction, dissemination, and development, and (E) allow for evaluation. Intensive mentored research encounters will model what life is like as a complete re-searcher. The ethics component will be conducted over an electronic conferencing system outside of the students' laboratory research time by a faculty member whose dual doctoral degrees in philosophy and microbiology present unique qualifications for these activities. REU participants will be encouraged to attend weekly research symposia during the middle period of the program and will give a brief talk on work being conducted in the laboratory at the concluding symposium. Students will prepare a research paper toward the end of the period and submit it for review to a mock scientific journal in which the final papers will be published and disseminated. Students also will be encouraged to prepare abstracts for presenta-tion at undergraduate research conferences and at seminars at their home institutions with their faculty mentors. Western Michigan University's outstanding laboratories and instrumentation will be further enhanced by construction of a new science complex to be phased in during 1998 and 1999. The University's libraries, computing services, recreation center, residence halls, and nationally recognized dining facilities offer excellent accommodations for participating students. WMU will contribute the stipend and support costs for one of the ten students to participate each year and five percent of the time and effort of the project co-directors and two REU team members during the academic year.