REU Site Award: Heterogenity at Different Levels in AquaticPopulations

该奖项为路德学院生物系提供资金，以建立一个REU站点，其中8名本科科学专业学生将使用生态学和分子遗传学的理论和技术研究水生种群的异质性。这种综合方法旨在最大限度地发挥学生和教师参与者的学习潜力。学生和教师将进行实地和实验室实验，目的是比较和对比来自不同环境栖息地的肺螺（Physa integra）和球蝇（Hydropsyche orris）的种群。大部分课程将在为期九周的夏季课程中进行。每两周一次的小组会议将包括教师和学生的研究报告和相关期刊文章的讨论。参加者将被要求在他们的家乡机构和适当的科学会议上展示他们暑期的研究成果。

This award provides funds to the Department of Biology at Luther College to establish an REU Site where eight undergraduate science majors will study heterogeneity in aquatic populations using the theories and techniques of both ecology and molecular genetics. This integrated approach is designed to maximize the potential for learning by both the student and faculty participants. The students and faculty will carry out field and laboratory experiments aimed at comparing and contrasting populations of the pulmonate snail Physa integra and the caddisfly Hydropsyche orris from environmentally distinct habitats. The bulk of the program will take place during a nine-week summer session. Bi-weekly group meetings will consist of faculty and student research reports and discussions of relevant journal articles. The participants will be required to present the results of their summers' research at their home institution and at appropriate scientific meetings.