REU Site: Biology of Animal Movement and Performance

这项授予布朗大学的REU Site奖将在2022年至2024年夏季期间支持10名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计共有30名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些学生主要来自历史上的黑人学院和少数族裔服务机构(MSI)。招聘将与领导力联盟合作进行，这是一个由全美约35家学术机构和合作伙伴组成的联盟，寻求在暑期研究项目中培训和指导未被充分代表的少数族裔学生，同时为学术界和研究领域的职业提供持续支持。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，并在领导力联盟全国研讨会和科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。对该项目的评估将通过在线调查进行。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。这个REU项目的主题是动物运动和表演的生物学。导师是布朗大学的科学家，他们与生态、进化和组织生物学系关系密切，研究各种动物分类群中运动的原因和结果。因此，学生将参与探索运动的生物物理学、运动的生理控制、运动的功能以及运动对进化的意义的项目。这些研究领域的培训将强调数据分析的计算方法，无论是通过生物信息学、建模还是其他形式的大规模数据分析。学生们还将通过在当地幼儿园工作，向年幼的孩子传授动物多样性的知识来开展外展工作。招聘将与领导力联盟合作进行，申请将由布朗教师组成的一个小型遴选委员会进行评估，他们也是该项目的导师。申请者将优先考虑表现出强烈的综合生物学培训意愿。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://fuxjagerlab/reu.com，或联系国际和平组织(Matterhew_Fuxjager@Brown.edu)或联合国际组织(Taiese_Bingham@Brown.edu)。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势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 Brown University, located in Providence, RI, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) will be trained in the program. Recruitment will occur in partnership with The Leadership Alliance, a consortium of approximately 35 academic institutions and partners across the US that seeks to both train and mentor underrepresented minority students in summer research programs, while providing continuous support for careers in academia and research. Students will learn how research is conducted and present the results of their work at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium, as well as at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through online surveys. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths.The theme of this REU program centers on the biology of animal movement and performance. Mentors are scientists at Brown University who are closely affiliated with the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, and who study the causes and consequences of movement in a wide range of animal taxa. Students will therefore engage in projects that explore the biophysics of movement, physiological control of movement, function of movement, and significance of movement for evolution. Training in these areas of research will emphasize computational approaches to data analysis, whether through bioinformatics, modeling, or other forms of large-scale data analytics. Students will also engage in outreach efforts by working in local preschools to teach young children about animal diversity. Recruitment will occur in partnership with The Leadership Alliance, and applications will be evaluated by a small selection committee of Brown faculty who are also mentors in the program. Preference will be given to applicants who show a strong desire for training in integrative biology. More information about the program is available by visiting http://fuxjagerlab/reu.com or by contacting the PI (Dr. Matthew Fuxjager at matterhew_fuxjager@brown.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Taiese Bingham-Hickman at taiese_bingham@brown.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.