REU Site: Integrative Biology of Social Behaviors (IBSB)

密歇根州立大学获得了本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖，在2013-2015年夏季为10名学生提供研究培训，重点是社会行为的综合生物学。参与的学生将获得10周的实践研究经验，项目涉及广泛的模型生物（啮齿动物，食肉动物，鸟类，蜥蜴，蝾螈，鱼类，昆虫和数字生物）和调查水平（分子，细胞，系统，个人，种群）。渔业和野生动物，神经科学，心理学和动物学系的12名教师将担任导师。除了他们的研究工作，学生将受益于每周的期刊俱乐部和研究报告从指导教师;将参加与研究伦理，统计，实验室安全，申请研究生院，并在生物科学的职业生涯相关的模块;并将参加在当地自然中心的推广活动。在课程结束时，学生将在全校本科生研究研讨会上介绍他们的活动。这些活动将提高学生的批判性和科学思维能力，提供一个独特的机会，以获得实验室和实地研究方法的经验，并帮助准备下一代研究人员研究社会行为的生物学。进入大三或大四的本科生将通过个人联系以及针对能够提供最多样化候选人的机构的邮件和电子邮件进行招聘。学生将根据学业成绩，任何以前的研究经验，推荐信，并在行为生物学杰出的研究潜力选择。学生将通过Facebook进行部分跟踪，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣，他们的职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响。实习生和参与教师的评估将包括一个REU通用评估工具（本科研究生自我评估）和其他问卷，以及一对一的面试，评估实习生在该领域的专题知识，他们的社区意识，以及他们对专业发展的知识。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.msu.edu/junibsb，或联系主要研究者（Joseph Lonstein博士，网址：lonstein@msu.edu）或共同主要研究者（石楠博士，网址：eisthen@msu.edu）。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site award has been made to Michigan State University, providing research training for 10 students during the summers of 2013-2015 focusing on the Integrative Biology of Social Behaviors. Participating students will receive 10 weeks of hands-on research experience with projects involving a wide range of model organisms (rodents, carnivores, birds, lizards, salamanders, fish, insects, and digital organisms) and levels of inquiry (molecular, cellular, systems, individuals, populations). Twelve faculty members in the departments of Fisheries and Wildlife, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Zoology will serve as mentors. In addition to their research work, students will benefit from weekly journal clubs and research presentations from the mentoring faculty; will participate in modules related to research ethics, statistics, laboratory safety, applying to graduate school, and careers in the biological sciences; and will participate in outreach activities at a local nature center. At the end of the program, students will present their activities at a university-wide undergraduate research symposium. These activities will sharpen the students' critical and scientific thinking skills, provide a unique opportunity to gain experience with laboratory and field research methods, and help prepare the next generation of researchers studying the biology of social behaviors. Undergraduates entering their junior or senior year will be recruited through personal contacts and by mailings and emails targeted to institutions that can provide the most diverse pool of candidates. Students will be selected based on academic record, any previous research experience, letters of recommendations, and potential for outstanding research in behavioral biology. Students will be tracked in part via Facebook to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Assessments of interns and participating faculty members will be comprised of a REU common assessment tool (Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment) and other questionnaires, as well as one-on-one interviews that assess interns' topical knowledge in the field, their sense of community, and their knowledge about professional development. More information is available at www.msu.edu/~ibsb, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Joseph Lonstein at lonstein@msu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Heather Eisthen at eisthen@msu.edu).