REU SITE : Integrative Biology and Ecology of Marine Organisms and Their Environment

该REU网站奖授予位于华盛顿州周五港的华盛顿大学周五港实验室，将在2019-2021年夏季为12名学生提供为期8周的培训。研究重点是海洋生物的综合生物生物学，重点是海洋生态学、发育生物学和比较生物力学。来自生物学、海洋学、林业、野生动物和渔业部门的导师将参与其中。研究项目的例子包括牛海带生态学中的生物和非生物因素，被囊动物的进化发展，刺背鱼的消化系统特化，鱼类在沉积物中埋藏的生物力学，以及利用微ct扫描和系统发育比较方法研究鱼类的进化形态学。该项目包括一对一指导和跨领域主题的小组培训，包括研究伦理、统计、职业道路、偏见和多样性。我们鼓励来自各种有动力的年轻科学家和来自研究机会有限的机构的学生申请。特别鼓励社区大学的学生申请。REU参与者由导师和主要研究者根据论文、研究兴趣和推荐信选择。预计将有36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。重点是来自HBCUs和其他少数族裔学校的学生。REU学生所做的工作将在国家会议上发表，或在同行评审的开放获取期刊上发表。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。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可访问https://fhl.uw.edu/research/student-financial-aid-for-research/summer-research-internships/，或联系PI （Adam Summers博士fishguy@uw.edu）或co-PI （Stacy Farina博士stacy.farina@Howard.edu）。该奖项反映了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，认为值得支持。

This REU Site Award to the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Labs, in Friday Harbor, WA, will support the training of 12 students for 8 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021. Research focuses on integrative organismal biology of marine organisms, with an emphasis on marine ecology, developmental biology, and comparative biomechanics. Mentors from the Departments of Biology, Oceanography, Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries will be involved. Examples of research projects include biotic and abiotic factors in bull kelp ecology, evolutionary development of tunicates, digestive system specializations of prickleback fishes, biomechanics of burial in sediment in fishes, and evolutionary morphology of fishes using micro-CT scanning and phylogenetic comparative methods. The program includes one on one mentoring as well as group training in cross cutting topics that include ethics in research, statistics, career pathways, bias, and diversity. Applications are encouraged from a diverse group of motivated young scientists and students from institutions with limited opportunities for research. Community college students are especially encouraged to apply. REU participants are selected by mentors and principal investigators based on essays, interest in research, and letters of recommendation. It is anticipated that a total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Focus is placed on students from HBCUs and other minority serving schools. Work done by REU students will be presented at national meetings or published in peer-reviewed, open access journals. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at 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. 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://fhl.uw.edu/research/student-financial-aid-for-research/summer-research-internships/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Adam Summers at fishguy@uw.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Stacy Farina stacy.farina@Howard.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.