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

REU 网站：芝加哥本科生系统资源的网络访问

• 批准号: 0849958
• 负责人: Petra Sierwald
• 金额: $ 25.85万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0849958&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Networked; Access; Systematic

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, [e-mail], telephone [phone].

现场博物馆REU网站将在2009-2011年夏季为本科生提供一个研究计划。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计划。菲尔德博物馆收藏了世界上最重要的生物多样性科学收藏品之一（2500万个标本），并支持地球仪的积极生物多样性研究。尽管目前的生物多样性危机的紧迫性，很少有教育机会存在的学生在生物科学与科学家和机构致力于有机多样性的研究进行互动。 每个参与者将在博物馆科学家的监督下进行一个独立的研究项目，如分类学和系统学，植物分类学，古生物学，分子生物学或保护。 学生将通过在他们的研究中使用博物馆的藏品体验生物多样性，并将接受项目相关技术和设备的培训，如扫描电子显微镜，各种光学显微镜设置和普利兹克DNA实验室的设备。一个为期六周的系统发育学课程，与实习项目同时进行，将为他们的研究提供一个共同的理论框架，并在夏季结束时举行研讨会，让学生向他们的同行和博物馆科学家展示他们的结果。在生物多样性相关研究中提供平等机会是该方案的一个重要目标。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Petra Sierwald博士，[e-mail]，电话312-665-7744。