REU site: Undergraduate Research in Biological Sciences: From Genomes to Phenomes--exploring function across scales

REU Site奖授予位于南卡罗来纳州克莱姆森的克莱姆森大学，将在2016-2018年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。该项目旨在激励和增强REU学生追求研究事业的能力，为他们提供机会去做科学家最喜欢做的事情：提出问题、设计和进行实验、解释结果和交流发现。该计划提供了一个联合的、多学科的环境，重点关注与生物学中一个新出现的挑战有关的问题--通过将遗传信息和环境联系起来构建生物表型的必要性。应对这一挑战需要细胞、生物和生态层面的专业知识。学生将与生物科学系和遗传学与生物化学系的教职员工和实验室小组配对。预计将有30名学生接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该项目包括专业发展活动，旨在培养学生的研究技能、书面和口头沟通技能、自信和对科学努力的欣赏。完成一到两年大学学业的学生将通过该项目的网站、对所在学院的访问和教职员工之间的交流来招聘。学生将根据他们的研究兴趣、学业成绩和在生态遗传学及相关领域开展杰出研究的潜力进行挑选。一个遴选委员会将与项目教职员工一起挑选该项目的申请者。培训方案的成功将以各种方式衡量，包括REU共同评估工具。学生必须在项目结束后被跟踪，并必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.clemson.edu/culsoc/reu，或联系国际组织(维多利亚·科尔宾博士，电子邮件：vcorbin@clemson.edu)或共同国际组织(迈克·西尔斯博士，电子邮件：sears3@g.clemson.edu)。

This REU Site award to Clemson University, located in Clemson, SC, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. The program aims to inspire and empower REU students to pursue research careers by providing them the opportunity to do the things that scientists like to do best: Ask questions, design and carry out experiments, interpret results, and communicate findings. The program offers a collegial, multi-disciplinary environment with a focus on questions concerning an emerging challenge in biology -- the need to construct organismal phenotypes by linking genetic information and the environment. Meeting this challenge requires expertise across cellular, organismal, and ecological scales. Students will be paired with faculty members and lab groups from a range of disciplines in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Genetics & Biochemistry.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. The program includes professional development activities designed to build the students' research skills, written and oral communication skills, self-confidence, and appreciation of the scientific endeavor. Students who have completed one or two years of college will be recruited through the program's website, through visits to their colleges, and faculty-to-faculty communication. Students will be selected based on their research interests, academic record, and potential to carry out outstanding research in ecological genetics and related fields. A selection committee together with program faculty will select applicants for the program. The success of the training program will be measured in various ways, including the REU common assessment tool. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting www.clemson.edu/culsoc/reu or by contacting the PI (Dr. Victoria Corbin at vcorbin@clemson.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Mike Sears at sears3@g.clemson.edu).