REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Biology: Cellular Stress Physiology

REU网站：生物学本科研究：细胞应激生理学佩珀代因大学夏季本科生研究项目促进了至少8名本科生的专业成熟，每年作为生物科学家，通过沉浸在一个互动的，为期11周的原始研究活动会议，通过细胞应激生理学主题链接。学生设计和从事利用广泛的细胞和生物系统的项目，例如酵母，组织培养中的哺乳动物细胞，两栖动物表皮组织和高等植物的木质部导管元件。植物生理生态学，细胞生物学，分子生物学，发育生物学或神经生物学的教师导师提供支持，监督和培训，以及促进社区外展。来访的科学家举行研究研讨会，批评学生的项目。过去的暑期项目参与者提供同伴指导和示范。每年的正式课程以书面论文、学生研究研讨会、学生海报会议和庆祝宴会结束。后续活动包括有机会指导参加校园科学营的中学生，专业演讲和提交研究成果以供出版。更广泛的影响：佩珀代因大学暑期本科研究项目的招生重点是少数族裔申请人、来自大洛杉矶地区的社区大学学生和其他研究机会有限的大学学生。项目的研究结果在一个开放的日子里广泛传播给学童，在海报会上传播给大学行政部门和家长，在最后一次由学生主导的研讨会上传播给当地公园管理者和研究科学家。学生们在地区、国家和国际会议上交流他们的研究成果。

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Biology: Cellular Stress PhysiologyThe Pepperdine University summer undergraduate research program facilitates the professional maturation of a minimum of 8 undergraduate students annually as biological scientists by immersing them in an interactive, 11-week session of original research activities, thematically-linked via cellular stress physiology. Students design and pursue projects utilizing a wide range of cellular and organismal systems, e.g., yeast, mammalian cells in tissue culture, amphibian epidermal tissue, and xylem vessel elements in higher plants. Faculty-mentors in plant physiological ecology, cellular biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, or neurobiology provide support, supervision, and training, as well as facilitate community outreach. Visiting scientists hold research seminars and critique student projects. Past participants in the summer program provide peer mentoring and modeling. The formal program concludes each year with a written paper, student research symposium, student poster session, and celebratory banquet. Follow-up activities include the opportunity to mentor middle school students enrolled in a campus-based Science Camp, professional presentations, and submission of research results for publication. Broader impact: Student recruitment by the Pepperdine University summer undergraduate research program emphasizes minority applicants, community college students from greater Los Angeles, and other colleges with limited research opportunities. Project findings are disseminated widely to schoolchildren at an open house, to university administration and parents at a poster session, and to local parkland managers and research scientists at a final student-led symposium. Students communicate their findings at regional, national and international conferences.