REU Site: Biological Signals: Information Flow, Exchange and Storage

这个REU网站奖给威斯康星州-麦迪逊，位于麦迪逊，威斯康星大学，将支持12名学生的培训10周期间，2017年至2019年的夏天。学生通过探索与理解生物系统中多种形式的信息和信号（例如信息素，电信号，DNA）相关的研究问题，研究生物系统中的信息流，存储和交换，信息如何在生物尺度内和跨生物尺度移动，以及来自环境的信号如何影响细胞过程，从而影响生物体和种群水平的活动。一个研究导师团队指导学生，因为他们发展自己的研究和科学沟通技能，因为他们探索他们的研究项目和研究生教育在生物科学的伦理影响。该项目的每个学生都要写一份科学报告，并对他们的研究结果进行总结。欢迎所有学生的申请，但特别是那些获得研究机会有限，有兴趣攻读研究生教育，并且是生物学研究生培训计划和研究生涯中代表性不足的群体的成员的学生。预计共有36名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，并且是生物学代表性不足的群体的成员，将在该计划中接受培训。除了学习如何进行研究，并在当地的研究研讨会上介绍，许多学生还将在区域和国家科学会议上介绍他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施司资助的所有REU网站计划使用的一个共同的基于网络的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。此外，学生和导师的反馈将在整个计划中收集，以指导真实的时间计划的实施。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。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https：//wiscience.wisc.edu/IBS-SRP，或联系PI（Janet Branchaw博士，branchaw@wisc.edu）或联合PI（大卫瓦萨尔曼博士，dawassarman@wisc.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, located in Madison, WI, will support the training of 12 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. Students investigate information flow, storage, and exchange in biological systems by exploring research questions related to understanding the many forms of information and signals in biological systems (e.g. pheromones, electrical signals, DNA), how information moves within and across biological scales, and how signals from the environment can impact cellular processes and therefore organismal and population level activity. A team of research mentors guides students as they develop their research and scientific communication skills and as they explore the ethical implications of their research projects and graduate education in the biological sciences. Each student in the program writes a scientific report and gives a presentation summarizing their research findings. Applications from all students are welcome, but particularly those who have limited access to research opportunities, are interested in pursuing graduate education, and are members of underrepresented groups in biology graduate training programs and research careers.It is anticipated that a total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and who are members of underrepresented groups in biology, will be trained in the program. In addition to learning how research is conducted and presenting at the local research symposium, many students will also present the results of their work at regional and national scientific conferences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition, feedback from students and mentors will be gathered throughout the program to guide program implementation in real time. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their 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 https://wiscience.wisc.edu/IBS-SRP, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Janet Branchaw at branchaw@wisc.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. David Wassarman at dawassarman@wisc.edu).