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

这项授予夏威夷大学马诺阿分校(UHM)的REU SITE奖项将在2016-2018年夏季期间支持10名学生进行为期10周的培训。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、地方性和侵入性生物的身份和起源。REU的参与者将得到来自植物学、生物学和微生物学系、密歇根大学夏威夷自然能源研究所和卡皮奥拉尼社区学院的不同教员的指导。洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的一名客座导师也将在每年夏天参加为期一周的活动。REU的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，允许具有有限高级生物学背景或没有研究经验的学生参加。将招募来自不同机构和背景的不同群体的REU参与者。资金将用于提供校园住宿，以支持必须搬迁才能参加的学生。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发布科学海报。预计总共将有30名学生在该计划中接受培训，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将接触到利用他们在DNA和生物信息工具工作中学到的技能的职业选择。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，并可能在科学会议上展示他们的工作。由生物基础设施部(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目都将使用一个通用的基于网络的评估工具来确定培训计划的有效性。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多有关该计划的信息，请访问http://manoa.hawaii.edu/biodiversity-REU，，或联系国际和平组织(Donache@hawai.edu斯图尔特·多纳奇博士)或联合国际组织(斯蒂芬妮·克拉夫特-特里博士，电子邮件：kraft2@hawai.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).