NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Japan

这一行动资助了华盛顿州立大学的罗伯特津纳在2013年夏天在日本名古屋的名古屋大学的新见实验室进行生物学研究项目。 该项目的名称是“武器形式的多样化：从角甲虫的发展中得到的启示。“东道主科学家是Teruyuki新见博士。Robert津纳是华盛顿州立大学昆虫学博士生，研究昆虫形态的发展和进化，特别是已被改造成武器的形态。理解新形态的起源是进化生物学的关键挑战之一。使用经典的发育生物学技术以及新的高通量方法相结合，该项目正在研究模式化机制，有助于使用昆虫模型的武器开发。这项工作的成果将促进对进化生物学的近似机制的理解EAPSI奖学金的更广泛的影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验;介绍各自所在地的科学，科学政策和科学基础设施;以及社会，文化和语言的方向。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在科学家，工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保具有全球意识的美国科学工作者。 这项研究的科学成果将通过同行评审的科学出版物传播，其中不仅涉及EAPSI主机，新见博士，而且还研究员的博士顾问，博士拉文，和第三个合作者，博士Emlen。该项目促进了研究和研究技术的国际传播，并使研究员能够与国际科学教育工作者分享新颖的教学方法，并学习他们的方法。在科学教学中纳入国际视角的能力是增加科学素养多样性的重要一步。该研究员还积极参与昆虫学和科学外展到不同的观众在华盛顿州立大学，并在日本强大的亲昆虫文化，使他能够开发新的昆虫学社区外展方法，重点是如何昆虫可以使教育的房子宠物的K-12教育的各个层次。

This action funds Robert Zinna of Washington State University to conduct a research project in Biology during the summer of 2013 at the Niimi laboratory at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan. The project title is "Diversification of Weapon Form: Insights from Development of Horned Beetles." The host scientist is Dr. Teruyuki Niimi.Robert Zinna is PhD student in Entomology at Washington State University who studies the development and evolution of insect morphology, specifically morphology that has been adapted into weapons. Understanding the origins of new morphologies is one of the critical challenges of evolutionary biology. Using a combination of classical developmental biology techniques as well as new high-throughput methodologies, this project is investigating patterning mechanisms that contribute to weapon development using an insect model. The outcomes of this work will advance the understanding of the proximate mechanisms of evolutionary biologyBroader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. The scientific results of this fellowship will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scientific publications that involve not only the EAPSI host, Dr. Niimi, but also the Fellow's PhD advisor, Dr. Lavine, and a third collaborator, Dr. Emlen. This project facilitates international dissemination of research and research techniques, and allows the Fellow to share novel teaching methods with international science educators as well as learn from their methods. The ability to incorporate an international perspective when teaching science is an important step in increasing diversity in scientific literacy. The Fellow is also heavily involved in entomological and scientific outreach to a diverse audience at Washington State University, and the strong pro-insect culture present in Japan allows him to develop new methods of community outreach for Entomology, focusing on how insects can make educational house pets for all levels of K-12 education.