UMEB: Environmental Endocrinology and Physiology

UMEB：环境内分泌学和生理学

• 批准号: 0080194
• 负责人: Fredric Janzen
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-15 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Environmental; Endocrinology; Physiology

This project will recruit 8 talented undergraduates per year at Iowa State University to careers in environmental biology by providing research training, intensive mentoring, and a clear view of the excitement, rewards, and importance of the field. Recruiting efforts will target groups underrepresented in environmental biology, particularly in the midwest. The program will increase participation of underrepresented groups in the field, aid in recruitment of underrepresented groups to the University, and produce a set of individuals exceptionally well prepared for continued success in graduate and post-graduate careers.The project will collaborate with and take advantage of Iowa State University's strong institutional emphasis on and investment in recruiting underrepresented groups to participate in science and technology in general, and will add a particular focus on environmental biology.The project focus is involvement of students in scientific research programs as full participants, from project design to presentation and publication of the results, all carried out in the context of one-on-one mentoring and strong guidance by University faculty. Each student's research experience will be bolstered by a set of program elements, including rotations through laboratories working on related projects, annual workshops involving the whole group in training and participation in environmental science in the field, an academic seminar that will provide tools for increasing success in environmental biology, and annual symposia, invited speakers, and participation in meetings of professional scientific groups to produce breadth, depth, and a sense of membership in the community of environmental science.The research foci will be those of three groups of faculty, all involving vertebrate environmental endocrinology and physiology in "the land between the rivers," the midwest ecosystems of Iowa and its surroundings. Each of these research areas focuses on native species, including species of conservation importance, in a region heavily modified by humans, and of great importance to both human ecology and natural biodiversity. Each studies the effects of environmental stresses using animal physiology and development as measurement variables, and includes study of endocrine pathways by which environmental effects may be mediated. Each project is diverse enough to provide the necessary scope to ensure student independence, and to give students ownership of their research project. Their common elements will enable students associated with any project to understand and contribute to others, and mean that a common plan for training and enrichment can be equally valuable to all.

该项目每年将在爱荷华州立大学招募8名有才华的本科生从事环境生物学的职业，提供研究培训、密集指导，以及对该领域的兴奋、回报和重要性的清晰认识。招募工作将针对环境生物学中代表性不足的群体，特别是在中西部地区。该计划将增加代表性不足的群体在该领域的参与，帮助招募代表性不足的群体到大学，并培养一组为研究生和研究生职业生涯的持续成功做好准备的个人。该项目将与爱荷华州立大学合作，并利用爱荷华州立大学在招募代表性不足的群体参与科学和技术方面的强大机构强调和投资，并将特别关注环境生物学。该项目的重点是让学生作为全面参与者参与科研项目，从项目设计到成果的展示和出版，所有这些都是在大学教师一对一的指导和强有力的指导下进行的。每个学生的研究经验都将通过一系列计划要素得到加强，包括在实验室中进行相关项目的轮转，让整个小组参与培训和参与该领域的环境科学的年度研讨会，为环境生物学的成功提供工具的学术研讨会，以及年度专题讨论会，邀请演讲者，参加专业科学小组的会议，以产生广度，深度，以及一种环境科学社区的成员意识。研究重点将是三组教师的研究，都涉及脊椎动物环境内分泌学和生理学，“河流之间的土地”，爱荷华州中西部生态系统及其周边地区。这些研究领域都集中在受人类严重影响的地区的本地物种，包括具有保护重要性的物种，这些物种对人类生态和自然生物多样性都非常重要。每一项研究都使用动物生理和发育作为测量变量来研究环境压力的影响，并包括对环境影响可能介导的内分泌途径的研究。每个项目都足够多样化，以提供必要的范围，以确保学生的独立性，并赋予学生对研究项目的所有权。它们的共同要素将使参与任何项目的学生能够理解并为他人做出贡献，这意味着一个共同的培训和充实计划对所有人都同样有价值。