REU Site: Mechanisms of Evolution

该REU网站奖授予内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校，将在2018- 2020年夏季为10名本科生提供为期10周的培训。该计划的目标是为学生提供研究机会，利用原核生物，真核生物和病毒模型研究进化变化。REU项目采用全面的方法来培养本科生，课外项目整合了三个模块：像科学家一样工作，科学传播和职业探索。像科学家一样工作要求参与者通过提出假设、计划实验、分析数据和阅读主要文献来掌握他们的项目。科学传播模块为参与者提供了在小组会议上发言的机会，在准备摘要方面接受指导，并在夏季研究研讨会上发言。职业探索模块包括REU导师对可能的职业轨迹的介绍，以及参与者发起个人发展计划。参与者将使用在线IDP计划来反思和确定实现潜在职业所需的里程碑。预计在3年期间总共将培训30名学生。鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生、第一代大学生以及来自研究机会有限的大学的学生申请。一个潜在的目标是让参与者获得所需的技术、沟通和目标设定技能，使他们能够从实习生过渡到学徒科学家。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。申请在网上接受。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://faculty.unlv.edu/microreu/或联系PI， Kurt Regner博士（kurt.regner@unlv.edu）或联合PI， Eduardo Robleto博士（eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu.This）。奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of Nevada Las Vegas will support the training of ten undergraduates for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-20. The goal of the program is to provide students with research opportunities that investigate evolutionary change using prokaryotic, eukaryotic and viral models. The REU program takes a holistic approach towards training undergraduates and the co-curricular program integrates three modules: Working like a Scientist, Science Communication, and Career Exploration. Working like a Scientist asks the participants to take ownership of their project by formulating hypotheses, planning experiments, analyzing data, and reading primary literature. The Science Communication module provides the participants with the opportunity to speak at group meetings, receive mentoring on preparing an abstract, and present at the Summer Research Symposium. The Career Exploration module consists of presentations by REU mentors on possible career trajectories, and the participants initiating Individual Development Plans. Participants will use an online IDP program to reflect upon and identify milestones required to achieve potential careers. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students will be trained over the 3 year period. Students from underrepresented groups, first generation to attend college, and those from colleges with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply. An underlying goal is for participants to gain the required technical, communication, and goal setting skills that allow them to transition from trainee to apprentice scientist. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Applications are accepted online.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. 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://faculty.unlv.edu/microreu/ or by contacting the PI, Dr. Kurt Regner at kurt.regner@unlv.edu or the co-PI, Dr. Eduardo Robleto at eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.