Developmental Processes

该奖项向埃默里大学生物系提供资金，用于在发展过程的广泛领域建立本科生研究经验网站。招聘工作将主要集中在本科院校的学生以及妇女和少数族裔学生。来自其他机构的10名学生将被邀请参加，根据学术记录、研究潜力和兴趣的证据以及所在机构教职员工的推荐。该计划有以下目标：(1)提供对科学过程的正式和非正式介绍；(2)在一个分支学科中提供密集的研究经验；(3)通过研究不同层级的发展过程的替代方法来提供视角；以及，(4)最大限度地与其他本科生和研究生研究人员、他们的特定研究导师和他/她的研究小组进行参与者互动。学生将从以下领域选择研究导师和项目：基因与发育、细胞分化、行为发展以及生态学和进化论的发展过程。学生将在22名参与研究导师的直接指导下工作。所有参与者都将参加有关科学方法、研究设计、数据分析和解释以及科学交流技能的研讨会。学生将在咨询他们的导师的情况下设计和实施一个独立的项目。他们将参加每周与其他学生研究人员和项目主管进行的进度讨论。每个重点领域还将举行每周一次的实验室会议，讨论项目进展。学生将与他们的研究导师、他/她的研究小组，包括研究生和技术人员进行互动，并将参加系内研讨会。每个学生将在他/她的项目结束时准备一份口头报告和一份书面报告。

This award provides funds to Department of Biology at Emory University to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates SITE in the broad area of Developmental Processes. Recruitment efforts will focus on students at primarily undergraduate institutions and on women and minority students. Ten students from other institutions will be invited to participate based on academic records, evidence of research potential and interest, and recommendations from faculty at their home institution. The program has the following objectives: (1) to provide formal and informal introductions to the processes of science; (2) To provide an intensive research experience in one subdiscipline; (3) To provide perspective by examining alternative approaches to processes of development at different hierarchical levels; and, (4) To maximize participant interaction with other undergraduate and graduate researchers, their specific research mentor, and his/her research group. Students will select a research mentor and project from the following areas: genes and development, cellular differentiation, development of behavior, and developmental processes in ecology and evolution. Students will work under the direct guidance of one of the 22 participating research mentors. All participants will attend workshops on scientific methodology, research design, data analysis and interpretation, and scientific communication skills. Students will design and conduct an independent project in consultation with their mentor. They will participate in weekly progress discussions with other student researchers and the project directors. Each focal area will also have weekly lab meetings to discuss project progress. Students will interact with their research mentor, his/her research group, including graduate students and technicians, and will attend departmental seminars. Each student will prepare an oral presentation and a written report at the conclusion of his/her project.