REU Site: Access to Global Biodiversity Studies for Undergraduates

向菲尔德自然历史博物馆颁发了本科生研究体验(REU)遗址奖，该博物馆将在2012-2014年夏季为8名本科生提供为期10周的研究培训。该计划专注于自然历史收藏中的生物标本可以提供的独特洞察力，以分类学、系统地理学、生物地理学、古生物学、保护生物学和进化生物学为主题，使用系统发育系统学作为统一的主题。菲尔德博物馆的生命科学部门包括21名参与进化生物学和系统学研究的策展人，他们将担任该项目的导师。学生将进行全日制实验室研究，并参加以收藏为基础的生物科学研究和研究中负责任的行为的研讨会；参加系统发育工作坊系列；向生命百科全书贡献分类页面；以及参与博物馆内收藏品和研究设施的介绍性参观。各种研究课题，如澳大利亚热带雨林中蚂蚁随时间的多样性，或利用牙齿的系统特征来测试兽脚类恐龙的营养生态位进化，都向学生开放，反映了博物馆馆长开展的研究的广度。除了他们个人导师的设备和设施外，学生还可以访问博物馆的核心设施，如研究收藏品、普利兹克分子系统学和进化实验室、两个扫描电子显微镜、合作无脊椎动物实验室和博物馆广泛的研究图书馆。该项目将在菲尔德博物馆的网站上做广告，芝加哥地区的学院和大学还会有更多有针对性的广告，特别是那些为代表性不足的社区服务的学院和大学。申请将通过在线系统接受。学生将根据学业成绩、以前的研究表现、在进化和系统生物学方面杰出研究的潜力以及扩大未被充分代表的群体参与科学的潜力来选择。项目组成部分将使用USRAA通用评估工具以及我们自己的实习前和实习后调查进行跟踪和更新。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://fieldmuseum.org/about/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu，，或联系国际和平组织(Petra Sierwald博士；psierwald@fieldmuseum.org)或共同国际组织(Kenneth Angielczyk博士，kanyelczyk@fieldmuseum.org)。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the Field Museum of Natural History that will provide research training for eight undergraduate students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2012-2014. The program focuses on the unique insight that biological specimens from natural history collections can provide into topics such as taxonomy, phylogeography, biogeography, paleontology, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology, using phylogenetic systematics as a unifying theme. The Field Museum's life sciences departments include 21 curators that are involved in evolutionary biology and systematics research, and who will serve as mentors for the program. Students will conduct full-time lab research as well as participate in seminars on collections-based research in the biological sciences and responsible conduct in research; attend a phylogenetic workshop series; contribute taxon pages to the Encyclopedia of Life; and participate in introductory tours of collections and research facilities throughout the museum. A variety of research topics, such as Ant Diversity in the Rainforests of Australia Through Time or Using Systematic Traits of Teeth to Test Trophic Niche Evolution in Theropod Dinosaurus, are available to students, reflecting the breadth of research carried out by the museum's curators. In addition to their individual mentor's equipment and facilities, students will have access to core museum facilities such as the research collections, the Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, two scanning electron microscopes, the Collaborative Invertebrate Laboratory, and the museum's extensive research library. The program will be advertised on the Field Museum website, with additional targeted advertising taking place at Chicago-area colleges and universities, particularly those that serve underrepresented communities. Applications will be accepted via an online system. Students will be selected based on academic record, previous research performance, potential for outstanding research in evolutionary and systematic biology, and potential for broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in science. Program components will be tracked and updated using the USRAA common assessment tools, as well as our own pre- and post-internship surveys. More information is available by visiting http://fieldmuseum.org/about/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Petra Sierwald; psierwald@fieldmuseum.org) or the co-PI (Dr. Kenneth Angielczyk, kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org).