REU Site: Microbiology-From Atoms to Ecosystems at the University of Minnesota

这个NSF奖支持一个新的REU站点计划：微生物学：从原子到生态系统在明尼苏达大学。作为一个领域，微生物学是许多其他生物科学的基础，它利用了许多层次和探索模式。因此，在微生物学方面的研究经验可以为未来在生态学、生物化学、细胞生物学、遗传学和分子生物学等其他自然科学领域的学术或私营部门研究提供基础。在接下来的三年里，本科生将从全国各地招募，重点是来自代表性不足的群体和/或研究机会有限的大学。为期10周的暑期项目将包括各种各样的活动，包括在伊塔斯卡湖生物研究站的周末迎新会，为期5天的微生物学基本实验室技能迷你课程，讨论研究伦理的研讨会，以及夏季结束时全校范围的海报研讨会。体验的核心将是一个独立的研究项目，在超过25名隶属于该计划的教员之一的指导下进行。学生将被安置在校园宿舍，并参加各种旨在促进学生之间和学生与教师之间互动的社会、文化和娱乐活动。由于其公开强调科学交流和指导，该项目的参与者（本科生、博士和博士后）将成为对公众有效的科学传播者，并将成为科学素养的榜样和导师，以招收新的学生进入科学领域，进一步增强多样性。更多信息请访问http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/，或联系Leslie Schiff博士（schif002@umn.edu）或Christian Mohr博士（mohrx005@umn.edu）。

This NSF award supports a new REU Site program: Microbiology: From Atoms to Ecosystems at the University of Minnesota. As a field, microbiology lies at the foundation of many other biological sciences, and it takes advantage of many levels and modes of inquiry. Thus, a research experience in microbiology can serve to underpin future academic or private-sector research in other natural sciences including ecology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, and molecular biology. For the next 3 years, undergraduates will be recruited from across the country, with an emphasis on those from underrepresented groups and/or from colleges with limited research opportunities. The 10-week summer program will include a variety of activities, including a weekend orientation session at the Lake Itasca Biological Research Station, a 5-day Microbiology mini-course on basic laboratory skills, workshops to discuss research ethics, and an end of summer University-wide poster symposium. The core of the experience will be an independent research project, conducted under the mentorship of one of more than 25 faculty members affiliated with the program. Students will be housed in campus dormitories and participate in a variety of social, cultural and recreational activities designed to foster student-student and student-faculty interactions. With its overt emphasis on scientific communication and mentoring, participants (undergraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral) in the program will become effective communicators of science to the public at large and will serve as scientifically literate role models and mentors to recruit new students to the sciences and further enhance diversity. More information is available at http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/, or by contacting Dr. Leslie Schiff (schif002@umn.edu) or Dr. Christian Mohr (mohrx005@umn.edu).