REU: Systematics and Evolutionary Biology: A Continuing Program of Undergraduate Research at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City

REU：系统学和进化生物学：纽约市美国自然历史博物馆的本科生研究继续项目

• 批准号: 0097552
• 负责人: Mark Siddall
• 金额: $ 17.43万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-15 至 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0097552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Systematics; Evolutionary; Biology; Continuing

Systematics and evolution are central concepts in biologicaldisciplines. Knowledge of the manner in which species are related to eachother and the mechanisms by which they become distributed across the globeprovide a framework (in evolutionary trees for example) for organizing andcommunicating ideas and advances, for example in terms of biodiversity orcomparative genomics. Our program provides students with a coherent,hands-on introduction to research in systematics and comparativeevolutionary biology, and serves a critical role in attracting, inspiringand educating undergraduate students in the fundamental importance of thesebiological disciplines. Students enrolled in the AMNH REU program have attheir disposal world-class collections of fishes, dinosaurs, reptiles,amphibians, mammals and invertebrates, as well as cutting edge researchfacilities in the Molecular Genomics laboratories, and the museum'sresearch library. Project titles, while all concerned with the basic roleof evolution and systematics, span a range of topics as broad as thosebeing investigated by the museum's curators, including the use of genetic,histological, anatomical and paleontological data types. The AmericanMuseum of Natural History is an inspirational place for young scientists towork, and an REU program is a wonderful way for us to bring a critical massof bright young scholars into our departments and expose them to thechallenge and excitement of an original research program.

系统学和进化是生物学科的中心概念。 了解物种之间的相互关系以及它们在全球分布的机制，为组织和交流生物多样性或比较基因组学等方面的思想和进展提供了一个框架（例如进化树）。我们的计划为学生提供了一个连贯的，动手介绍系统学和比较进化生物学研究，并在吸引，激励和教育本科生在这些生物学科的根本重要性的关键作用。 参加AMNH REU计划的学生可以使用世界级的鱼类，恐龙，爬行动物，两栖动物，哺乳动物和无脊椎动物的收藏品，以及分子基因组学实验室和博物馆研究图书馆的尖端研究设施。 项目名称虽然都与进化和系统分类学的基本作用有关，但涵盖了博物馆馆长正在调查的广泛主题，包括遗传学，组织学，解剖学和古生物学数据类型的使用。美国自然历史博物馆是一个鼓舞人心的地方为年轻的科学家工作，和一个REU计划是一个很好的方式，我们把一个聪明的年轻学者的临界质量到我们的部门，并暴露他们的挑战和兴奋的原始研究计划。