Undergraduate Research in Biology

小行星9605062 佩珀代因大学将通过教授学生研究过程的共同要素，并提高他们对生物学科多样性的欣赏，来加强生物学本科研究的积极计划。 每年夏天，该计划将开始与研究导向研讨会期间，学生将被介绍给特定的研究工具和技术的使用和局限性，并沉浸在研究过程（文献综述，假设制定和假设检验）。 然后，学生将在植物生理生态学，两栖动物保护生物学，海洋潮间带动物生态生理学或血红蛋白基因分子生物学的教师指导下进行个人研究项目。 所有的研究项目都将旨在让学生深入了解科学家如何制定研究问题，设计实验，收集和分析数据，并将其结果传达给科学界。 学生将在他们的研究项目的选择和设计中发挥关键作用，并将参加务虚会，正式提出，评估和完善他们的夏季研究计划。 在整个夏天，访问科学家将在每个研究领域举行特别的研究研讨会，并花时间与学生，让学生有机会与其他科学家讨论自己的数据。 每个研究小组将举行每周一次的文献研讨会，讨论与他们的研究兴趣有关的最新期刊文章。 该计划将在每年夏天结束与学生研究研讨会在八月初。 后续工作将包括学生参与当地和区域研究会议。 在特别优秀的情况下，将鼓励学生在国家会议上介绍他们的研究，并准备在科学杂志上发表他们的成果。

9605062 Davis Pepperdine University will enhance an active program of undergraduate research in biology by teaching students the common elements of the research process and increasing their appreciation for the diversity of biological subdisciplines. Each summer, the program will begin with a research-orientation workshop during which students will be introduced to the uses and limitations of specific research tools and techniques and immersed in the research process (literature review, hypothesis formulation, and hypothesis testing). Students then will pursue individual research projects under the direction of faculty in either plant physiological ecology, conservation biology of amphibians, ecophysiology of marine intertidal animals, or molecular biology of hemoglobin genes. All research projects will be designed to give students insight into how scientists formulate research questions, design experiments, collect and analyze data, and communicate their results to the scientific community. Students will play a pivotal role in the selection and design of their research projects and will participate in a retreat to formally present, evaluate, and refine their summer research proposals. Over the course of the summer, visiting scientists will hold special research seminars in each research area and spend time with students, giving students an opportunity to discuss their own data with other scientists. Each research group will hold weekly literature seminars to discuss current journal articles pertaining to their research interests. The program will conclude each summer with a student research seminar in early August. Follow-through will include student participation in local and regional research conferences. In cases of special merit, students will be encouraged to present their research at national meetings and to prepare their results for publication in a scientific journal.