REU Site: Undergraduate Research in the Ecology and Evolution of Changing Environments: Mechanisms to Responses

堪萨斯州立大学获得了本科生研究体验(REU)Sites奖，该奖项将为9名学生提供研究培训，让他们在2012-2014年的夏天参加一个为期10周的项目。该计划广泛关注对生态和进化反应的机械性理解，以应对环境变化的短期和长期反应。为期10周的夏季项目将为参与者提供进行独立研究项目的机会，这些项目旨在解决进化和生态对不断变化的环境做出反应的机制基础。暑期计划有六个核心部分，将有助于本科生的职业和伦理发展：i)在野外方法、实验室技术和实验设计方面对学生进行培训的独立研究项目，ii)每周一次的生态学和进化生物学现代方法研讨会，iii)一套科学研讨会中的伦理培训，重点是负责任的研究和案例研究的评估，iv)专业发展、研究生院申请过程和专门研究技能的研讨会，v)前往堪萨斯州和密苏里州具有生态重要性的实地考察地点、生物收藏和基因组设施，和vi)在方案结束时在研究研讨会上口头介绍研究成果。来自生物系和昆虫学、地理学和植物病理学系的30多名教师将担任潜在的导师。REU参与者将完全访问个别Mentor的设施，以及生态基因组研究所和Konza Prairie LTER站点的设施。该项目的招聘工作既包括传统的硬拷贝形式，也包括基于数字的广告。学生被选为在生物学方面具有杰出研究潜力的学生。对参与者的职业道路进行跟踪，以确定研究经验的持久影响。有关该计划的信息将通过离职面谈和调查进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.ksu.edu/reu，，或联系国际和平组织(Biologyreu@ksu.edu布鲁斯·A·斯奈德博士)或共同国际组织(西奥多·J·摩根博士，电子邮件：biologyreu@ksu.edu)。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to Kansas State University that will provide research training for 9 students to participate in a 10-week program during the summers of 2012-2014. The program has a broad focus on the mechanistic understanding of ecological and evolutionary responses to short- and long-term responses to changing environments. The 10-week summer program will provide participants with the opportunity to conduct independent research projects that address the mechanistic basis of evolutionary and ecological responses to changing environments. The summer program has six core components that will contribute to the professional and ethical development of undergraduate participants: i) independent research projects that train students in field methods, lab techniques, and experimental design, ii) a weekly seminar on modern approaches in ecology and evolutionary biology, iii) a set of ethics training in science workshops that focus on responsible research and the evaluation of case studies, iv) workshops in professional development, the graduate school application process, and specialized research skills, v) field trips to ecologically important field sites, biological collections, and genomic facilities in Kansas and Missouri, and vi) oral presentations of research results in a research symposium at the conclusion of the program. Over 30 faculty from the Division of Biology and Departments of Entomology, Geography, and Plant Pathology will serve as potential mentors. REU participants will have full access to individual mentor's facilities, as well as the facilities in the Ecological Genomics Institute and the Konza Prairie LTER site. The program's recruitment effort consists of both traditional "hard copy" formats as well as digital-based advertising. Students are selected for potential for outstanding research in biology. Participant career paths are tracked to determine the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by exit interviews and surveys, including the use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://www.ksu.edu/reu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Bruce A. Snyder at biologyreu@ksu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Theodore J. Morgan at biologyreu@ksu.edu).