REU Site: Research Experiences in Experimental Marine Biology

该REU站点计划由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。它由查尔斯顿学院主办，在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿海洋资源中心的格雷斯海洋实验室举行。这项为期十周的暑期计划将正式课堂作业与独立研究结合在一起，这些领域是海洋生物学家今天极为关注的领域。学生研究项目使用经典和现代生理学、细胞和分子技术来解决物种多样性、适应环境变化、环境生物指标、保护遗传学和海洋法医学等领域的问题。教师导师和讲师来自100多名博士生科学家，他们的主要职位是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。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，该项目的目标是(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，以及(3)教会学生批判性思维。项目参与者是根据杰出的学业和个人成就以及研究经验给学生带来的潜在好处来挑选的。参与者被要求住在格雷斯海洋实验室的宿舍里。虽然学生主要集中在完成他们的研究，但学生也参加一个1学分的专题课程，该课程提供围绕当前海洋生物学关注的主题的演讲、期刊俱乐部和活动的结构化形式。在教师的指导下，学生学习以口头和书面形式交流他们的工作结果，并讨论与研究生院和在科学领域的职业追求有关的问题。鼓励有兴趣的学生申请，特别是那些来自代表人数不足的少数群体的学生。欲了解更多信息以及申请表格，请访问www.cofc.edu/~reu，或联系项目主任Louis E.Burnett博士，电话：(843)953-9200，或电子邮件：burnettL@cofc.edu。

This REU Site Program is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. It is hosted by the College of Charleston and held at the Grice Marine Laboratory at the South Carolina Marine Resources Center, Charleston, SC. The ten-week summer program combines formal classroom work with independent research in areas of crucial concern for marine biologists today. Student research projects employ classical as well as modern physiological, cellular and molecular techniques to address questions in areas such as species diversity, adaptation to environmental change, environmental bioindicators, conservation genetics and marine forensics. Faculty mentors and 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. 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. Program participants are selected on the basis of outstanding academic and personal achievement and on the potential benefits of the research experience to the student. Participants are required to live on-site in dormitories at the Grice Marine Laboratory. Although focused primarily on completing their research, students also participate in a 1-credit Special Topics course, which provides a structured format of lectures, journal clubs and activities centered around topics of current concern in marine biology. Under faculty guidance, the students learn to communicate the results of their work in oral and written formats and discuss issues related to graduate school and pursuit of a career in the sciences. Applications from interested students, especially those from under-represented minority groups, are encouraged. More information as well as an application form are available at www.cofc.edu/~reu or by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Louis E. Burnett, at (843) 953-9200 or BurnettL@cofc.edu.