REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms

约翰逊堡大学本科生暑期研究计划是一个为期十周的计划，将正式的课堂工作与当今海洋生物学家极为关注的领域的独立研究相结合。该项目旨在为本科生提供现代研究体验，使用生理学、细胞和分子技术来解决物种多样性、环境变化适应机制、环境生物指标和微生物生态学等领域的问题。查尔斯顿学院是该项目的主要主办机构，但研究导师和课程讲师是从100多名博士生中挑选出来的，他们的主要任命来自南卡罗来纳州医科大学、国家标准与技术研究所、国家海洋局和南卡罗来纳州自然资源部。与南卡罗来纳州约翰逊堡的研究生、技术人员和导师并肩工作，学生参与者将接触到广泛的科学职业机会，使他们为进入行业和政府的劳动力市场做好更好的准备。除了为学生提供在教师导师的指导下进行独立研究的机会，该计划的目标是(1)让学生直接讨论基础科学和应用科学的研究生院和职业选择，(2)向学生展示科学的跨学科性质，(3)教学生批判性思维。本科生被选中参加这项计划的依据是杰出的学术和个人成就，生理学和细胞或分子生物学高级课程工作的证据，以及这种研究经验给学生带来的潜在好处。招聘工作撒下了一张大网，特别强调吸引妇女和少数族裔学生。参与者被要求住在格雷斯海洋实验室的宿舍里。在该项目的前四周，学生们参加一个名为“海洋生物生理学、细胞和分子生物学专题”的研讨会课程。NSF支付注册和学费，成功完成课程的学生将通过查尔斯顿学院获得三个可转让的大学学分。此外，在最初的四周内，参与者开始在个别教员导师的指导下进行独立研究项目。选择项目的依据是它们的跨学科和跨机构性质，以及它们与当前生物、生物医学或环境问题的关系。在夏季的最后六周，参与者主要专注于完成他们的研究项目，同时学习分析数据和以口头和书面陈述交流工作结果的技能。该计划还提供了一种结构化的形式，用于讨论与研究生院和在科学领域追求职业生涯有关的问题。该项目以与前REU参与者保持特别密切的联系为荣，以评估研究经验对职业选择的影响。有关该项目、前几年的参与者及其研究项目的最新信息以及申请表，请访问网站www.cofc.edu/~greas/sum mer.htm，或联系项目主任Louis E.Burnett博士，电话：(843)953-9200，或发送电子邮件至burnettl@cofc.edu.约翰逊堡大学本科生暑期研究项目提供强大而独特的本科生研究经验，来自五个机构的科学家使用跨学科方法直接参与，以解决共同关心的问题。学生将接触到海洋生物学中最新和最令人兴奋的问题和最新的方法。尽管该计划主要是为了鼓励有才华的学生追求科学事业，但它也产生了更广泛的影响。学员学习批判性思维，采取跨学科的方法解决问题，并与他人交流自己的想法。在一个因科学技术而变得越来越小和越来越复杂的世界里，这些技能将造福于所有公民。

The Fort Johnson Undergraduate Summer Research Program is a ten-week program combining formal classroom work with independent research in areas of crucial concern for marine biologists today. The program is designed to provide undergraduate students with a modern research experience employing physiological, cellular and molecular techniques to address questions in areas such as species diversity, mechanisms of adaptation to environmental change, environmental bioindicators and microbial ecology. The College of Charleston serves as primary host institution for the program, but research mentors and course instructors are drawn from among more than 100 Ph.D. scientists whose primary appointments lie in the Medical University of South Carolina, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Ocean Service and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Working side-by-side with graduate students, technicians, and mentors at Fort Johnson, South Carolina, student participants are exposed to a broad range of career opportunities in science, making them better prepared to enter the workforce in industry and government. In addition to providing students with an opportunity to conduct independent studies guided by a faculty mentor, the objectives of the program are (1) to engage students directly in discussing graduate school and career options in basic and applied sciences, (2) to show students the interdisciplinary nature of science and (3) to teach students to think critically.Undergraduate students are selected to participate in this program based on outstanding academic and personal achievement, evidence of advanced course work in physiology and cell or molecular biology and on the potential benefits of this research experience to the student. Recruitment efforts cast a broad net, with particular emphasis on attracting women and minority students. Participants are required to live on-site in dormitories at the Grice Marine Laboratory. For the first four weeks of the program, students participate in a seminar course entitled "Special Topics in the Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms." NSF covers the costs of registration and tuition, and students who successfully complete the course receive three transferable college credits through the College of Charleston. Also, during the first four weeks, participants begin to work on independent research projects under the guidance of individual faculty mentors. Projects are selected for their interdisciplinary and inter-institutional nature, and their relationship to current biological, biomedical or environmental concerns. During the last six weeks of the summer, participants focus primarily on completing their research projects while learning skills for analyzing data and communicating the results of their work in oral and written presentations. The program also provides a structured format for discussing issues related to graduate school and pursuit of a career in the sciences. The program takes pride in maintaining particularly strong ties with former REU participants in order to evaluate the impact of the research experience on career choices. Up-do-date information regarding the program, participants in prior years and their research projects, as well as an application form are available on the Web at www.cofc.edu/~grice/summer.htm or by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Louis E. Burnett, at (843) 953-9200 or burnettl@cofc.edu.The Fort Johnson Undergraduate Summer Research Program provides a strong and unique undergraduate research experience that is generated from the direct involvement of scientists from five institutions using interdisciplinary approaches to address problems of mutual concern. Student participants are exposed to the most recent and exciting questions and to the latest methodologies in marine biology. Although primarily designed to encourage talented students to pursue careers in science, the program has broader impacts as well. Participants learn to think critically, to take interdisciplinary approaches to problems and to communicate their ideas to others. These are skills that benefit all citizens in a world that is made ever smaller and more complex by science and technology.