REU Site in Animal Behavior

印第安纳大学的REU项目将为学生提供动物行为领域的密集研究经验，并结合作为职业的科学入门。其目标是增加学生进入研究生培训和从事科学工作的可能性。学生与单独的实验室相匹配，并有机会执行和完成他们自己的研究项目--包括分析数据，准备海报形式的研究结果，以及在总结研讨会上发表报告。该计划强调一个跨学科的环境，从与一系列动物行为学教授的介绍性研讨会会议开始，包括接触进行遗传和神经内分泌分析的技术，在动物园收集数据，以及使公众能够接触到科学。学生接受应用于科学行为的推理方面的培训，重点是基础和应用动物行为研究，如何提出研究的帮助，参加GRE考试的策略，以及科学和教育领域的职业选择。由于培训的核心重点是研究体验，培训活动的安排是为了让学生在项目的第一周开始在他们的家庭实验室工作。特别鼓励来自研究机会有限的机构的学生和那些在科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生申请。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/REU，或联系琳达·萨默斯。

ABSTRACTIndiana University's REU program will provide students with intensive research experience in an area of animal behavior, combined with an introduction to science as a profession. The goal is to increase students' likelihood of entry into graduate training and jobs in science. Students are matched with individual labs and have the opportunity to perform and complete their own research projects--including analyzing data, preparing findings in a poster format, and presenting at a concluding symposium. The program emphasizes an interdisciplinary environment beginning with introductory seminar meetings with a range of Animal Behavior faculty, and includes exposure to techniques of conducting genetic and neuroendocrine assays, collecting data in zoos, and making science accessible to the public. Students receive training in reasoning applied to the conduct of science with an emphasis on basic and applied animal behavior research, assistance in how to present research, strategies in taking GRE tests, and career options in science and education. Because the core emphasis is on the research experience, the scheduling of training events is designed to allow students to begin work in their home laboratories during the first week of the program. Students from institutions with limited research opportunities for research and those from groups under-represented in science are especially encouraged to apply. More information is available at http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/REU or by contacting Linda Summers, (812) 855-9663, cisab@indiana.edu.