REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in DNA-based discoveries in Hawaii's biodiversity

这个REU网站奖给位于檀香山的夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（UHM），将支持10名学生在2016-2018年夏季的10周培训。参与者将利用高通量DNA测序和系统发育方法来研究夏威夷本土、地方和入侵生物的身份和起源。REU参与者将由来自植物学、生物学和微生物学系、UHM夏威夷自然能源研究所和Kapi'olani社区学院的不同教师指导。来自洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的客座导师也将参加每年夏天一周。REU体验将从为期一周的分子，微生物学和基因组技术实验室培训开始开始，以允许具有有限的高级生物学背景或没有研究经验的学生参加。将招募来自各种机构和背景的REU参与者。资金将提供校内住房，以支持必须搬迁参加的学生。REU的经验将通过每周研讨会来加强，以探索研究生院，科学交流，负责任的研究行为，并最终由每个参与者展示科学海报。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。学生将接触到职业选择，利用他们在使用DNA和生物信息学工具时学到的技能。学生将学习如何进行研究，并可能在科学conferences.A共同使用的基于网络的评估工具，由生物基础设施（董事会生物科学）的司资助的所有REU计划将被用来确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http：//www.hawaii.edu/biodiversity-REU，或联系PI（Stuart Donachie博士，donachie@hawaii.edu）或联合PI（Stephanie Kraft-Terry博士，kraft2@hawaii.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), located in Honolulu, HI, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016-2018. Participants will take advantage of high-throughput DNA sequencing and phylogenetic methods to study the identity and origins of Hawaii's native, endemic and invasive organisms. REU participants will be mentored by a diverse faculty from the departments of Botany, Biology, and Microbiology, the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at UHM, and Kapi'olani Community College. A guest mentor from the Los Alamos National Laboratory will also participate for one week each summer. The REU experience will begin with one week of laboratory training in molecular, microbiology and genomic techniques, to allow students with limited higher-level biology background or no research experience to participate. A diverse group of REU participants from a variety of institutions and backgrounds will be recruited. Funds will provide for on-campus housing to support students who must relocate to participate. The REU experience will be enhanced by weekly workshops to explore graduate school, scientific communication, responsible conduct of research, and culminate in a scientific poster presentation by each participant.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will be exposed to career options which utilize skills they learned in working with DNA and bioinformatic tools. Students will learn how research is conducted, and may present their work at scientific conferences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://manoa.hawaii.edu/biodiversity-REU, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Stuart Donachie at donachie@hawaii.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Stephanie Kraft-Terry at kraft2@hawaii.edu).