REU Site: A Broad View of Environmental Microbiology

与沙漠研究所合作，向拉斯维加斯内华达大学颁发了REU Site奖。该奖项将允许该机构为12名学生提供为期10周的暑期项目的研究培训，从2011年到2013年。至少有三名学生将参加生命科学学院和同济大学(上海)之间的国际合作研究项目。REU计划的目的是让学生参与具有挑战性、激励性和形成性的研究项目，这些项目结合了分子生物学和微生物学领域，以解决当前环境科学、生态学和进化论中的问题。西南部的环境在环境微生物学方面提供了极好的研究，有温泉和瞬变水系统的存在，以及微生物所暴露的环境压力。除了研究培训，学生们还将参加丰富活动，为他们未来的科学职业生涯做好准备。整个计划每周安排一次活动，包括研究设计和分析、报告撰写和演示、伦理和负责任的研究行为以及有效的科学交流等方面的会议。招生战略包括接触所有本科生的有效方法，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生。学生参与者将在教师导师的支持下进行他们的研究。在课程结束时，学生将完成一篇书面研究论文，并在本科生研究研讨会上口头陈述他们的工作。该计划将使用一个在线评估工具来评估该计划的成功。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://sols.unlv.edu/reu_main.html，，或联系库尔特·雷格纳(kurt.regner@unlv.edu)或爱德华多·罗布列托(Eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu)。

An REU Site award has been made to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in partnership with the Desert Research Institute. The award will allow the institution to provide research training for 12 students in a ten-week summer program, beginning 2011 through 2013. At least three students will participate in an international collaborative research program between the School of Life Sciences and Tongji University (Shanghai). The aim of the REU program is to engage students in challenging, stimulating and formative research projects that combine the fields of molecular biology and microbiology, in order to address current questions in environmental science, ecology and evolution. The environment of the southwest provides an excellent study in environmental microbiology, with the presence of hot springs and transient water systems, and the environmental stress that microbes are exposed to. In addition to the research training, students will participate in enrichment activities that will prepare them for future careers in science. Activities are scheduled weekly during the entire program, which include sessions on research design and analysis, report writing and presentation, ethics and the responsible conduct of research, and effective scientific communication. The recruitment strategy includes effective ways to reach out to all undergraduate students, especially those from underrepresented groups. Student participants will conduct their research under the supportive supervision of faculty mentors. At the end of the program, students will complete a written research paper and make an oral presentation of their work at the undergraduate research symposium. The program will use an online assessment tool for evaluating the success of the program. More information is available at http://sols.unlv.edu/reu_main.html, or by contacting Kurt Regner (kurt.regner@UNLV.edu) or Eduardo Robleto (Eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu).