Undergraduate Research Developmental Regulation

该奖项为为期10周的夏季研究提供支持 为来自卡尔顿学院的九名本科生和其他 区域高校。 参与前阅读 要求将为学生提供足够的基础， 有意义的科学研究。 暑假期间，学生 将与研究主管一对一合作 在实验室 每周的研讨会将为学生提供 有机会讨论研究计划和结果，以及 深入研究初级科学文章。 为了进一步集中和统一 学生参与者，一个发展调节的主题， 被选中。 九个项目中有六个与此直接相关 主题和仲夏研讨会将被用来讨论当前的 这方面的文学。 项目将包括以下调查： 的作用机制和化学特性， 鞘藻产生的可能是类固醇的费洛蒙，功能性的 鸡胚Hensen结的结构， 烟草花发育，玉米B染色体对烟草花发育的影响 的发展过程、结构和功能 大鼠肝脏糖皮质激素受体，突触发育，神经元 非洲爪蟾的连接，复合动物性别表达的变化， 歌曲沟通在协调父母照顾中的作用 红衣主教，和gregarine寄生虫对种群生物学的影响 头状多毛类动物 完成研究的机会， 寒假期间写作将是可用的。

This award provides support for a 10-week summer research experience for nine undergraduates from Carleton College and other regional colleges and universities. Pre-participation reading requirements will provide students with an adequate foundation for meaningful scientific investigation. During the summer, students will work in a one-to-one relationship with a research supervisor in the laboratory. Weekly seminars will provides student with the opportunity to discuss research plans and results as well as to delve into primary scientific articles. To further focus and unify the student participants, a theme of developmental regulation has been selected. Six of the nine projects relate directly to this theme and mid-summer seminars will be used to discuss current literature in this area. Projects will include investigations of: the mechanisms of action and the chemical characteristics of a possibly-steroid pheomone produced by Oedogonium, functional structure of Hensen's node in the chick embryo, regulation of floral development in tobacco, effect of B chromosomes in maize on developmental processes, structure and function of the glucocorticoid receptor in rat liver, development of synaptic connections in Xenopus, variation of sex expression in composites, role of song communication in coordination of parental care in cardinals, and effect of gregarine parasites on population biology of capitellid polychaetes. Opportunities to complete research and writing during winter break will be available.