REU Site: Networked Access to Systematic Resources for Undergraduates in Chicagoland

Field Museum REU Site将在2009-2011年夏季为本科生提供一个研究项目。每年将选出8名学生参加为期10周的生物多样性相关和进化生物学研究密集研究项目。菲尔德博物馆拥有世界上最重要的生物多样性科学收藏之一（2500万标本），并支持全球积极的生物多样性研究。尽管当前生物多样性危机迫在眉睫，但生物科学专业的学生很少有机会与致力于有机多样性研究的科学家和机构进行互动。每位参与者将在一名博物馆科学家的指导下进行一个独立的研究项目，研究领域包括分类学和系统学、物种地理学/生物地理学、古生物学、分子系统发育学或保护学。学生们将通过在他们的研究中使用博物馆的藏品来体验生物多样性，并将接受项目相关技术和设备的培训，如扫描电子显微镜、各种光学显微镜装置和普利兹克DNA实验室的设备。与实习项目同时进行的为期六周的系统发育系统学课程将为他们的研究提供一个共同的理论框架，夏季结束时的研讨会将允许学生向他们的同龄人和博物馆科学家展示他们的成果。在生物多样性相关的研究中提供平等的机会是该项目的一个重要目标。更多信息可在http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/scholarships/reu.html上找到，或联系项目主任佩特拉·西尔瓦尔德博士，psierwald@fieldmuseum.org，电话312-665-7744。

The Field Museum REU Site will provide a research program for undergraduates during the summers of 2009-2011. Eight students will be selected each year to participate in an intensive 10-week research program in biodiversity-related and evolutionary biological research. The Field Museum houses one of the world's foremost scientific collections of biological diversity (25 million specimens) and supports active biodiversity research around the globe. Despite the urgency of the current biodiversity crisis, few educational opportunities exist for students in the biological sciences to interact with scientists and institutions dedicated to the study of organic diversity. Each participant will undertake an independent research project supervised by a museum scientist in a discipline such as taxonomy and systematics, phylo/ biogeography, paleontology, molecular phylogenetics, or conservation. Students will experience biological diversity through the use of the museum's collections in their research and will be trained in project-relevant techniques and equipment such as the scanning electron microscope, various light microscopy set-ups, and equipment in the Pritzker DNA lab. A six-week course in phylogenetic systematics, run concurrently with intern projects, will provide a common theoretical framework for their research, and a symposium at the conclusion of the summer will allow students to present their results to their peers and museum scientists. Providing equal opportunity in biodiversity-related research is an important goal of the program. Additional information can be found at http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/scholarships/reu.html or by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Petra Sierwald, psierwald@fieldmuseum.org, telephone 312-665-7744.