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

这个REU网站奖给克莱姆森大学，位于克莱姆森，SC，将支持10名学生在2016年至2018年的夏天10周的培训。该计划旨在激励和授权REU学生通过提供他们做科学家最喜欢做的事情的机会来追求研究事业：提出问题，设计和进行实验，解释结果和交流发现。该计划提供了一个合议，多学科的环境，重点关注有关生物学中的一个新兴挑战的问题-需要通过连接遗传信息和环境来构建有机体表型。应对这一挑战需要跨细胞，生物和生态尺度的专业知识。学生将与来自生物科学和遗传学生物化学部门的一系列学科的教师和实验室小组配对。预计共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该计划中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划包括专业发展活动，旨在培养学生的研究技能，书面和口头沟通能力，自信心和对科学奋进的欣赏。已经完成一年或两年大学教育的学生将通过该计划的网站，通过访问他们的大学和教师与教师的交流来招募。学生将根据他们的研究兴趣，学术成绩和潜力进行生态遗传学和相关领域的杰出研究选择。选拔委员会和项目教师将为该项目挑选申请人。培训方案的成功将以各种方式衡量，包括REU共同评估工具。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.clemson.edu/culsoc/reu或联系主要研究者（维多利亚·科尔宾博士，vcorbin@clemson.edu）或共同主要研究者（Mike Sears博士，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).