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

REU 网站：生物科学研究生研究：从基因组到现象组——探索跨尺度的功能

• 批准号: 1460895
• 负责人: Michael Sears
• 金额: $ 33.52万
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-11-01 至 2019-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460895&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; site; Undergraduate; Research; Biological

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 [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Mike Sears at [e-mail]).

该REU网站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。该计划旨在激励和授权REU学生通过为他们提供机会做科学家最喜欢做的事情来追求研究事业：提出问题，设计和开展实验，解释结果以及交流发现。该计划提供了一个合议的，多学科的环境，重点关注有关生物学新兴挑战的问题-需要通过连接遗传信息和环境来构建生物体表型。应对这一挑战需要跨越细胞、有机体和生态尺度的专业知识。学生将与来自生物科学和遗传与生物化学系的一系列学科的教员和实验小组配对。预计总共将有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。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。该课程包括专业发展活动，旨在培养学生的研究技能、书面和口头沟通能力、自信和对科学努力的欣赏。已经完成一到两年大学学习的学生将通过项目网站、访问他们的学院和教师之间的交流来招募。学生将根据他们的研究兴趣，学术成绩，以及在生态遗传学和相关领域开展杰出研究的潜力来选择。一个选拔委员会和项目教师将为项目选择申请人。培训计划的成功将以各种方式衡量，包括REU通用评估工具。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过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PI（维多利亚·科尔宾博士[e-mail]）或副PI（迈克·西尔斯博士[e-mail]）。