Undergraduate Research in Biology

9605062戴维斯·佩珀丁大学将通过向学生传授研究过程的共同要素，并增加他们对生物子学科多样性的欣赏，来加强生物学本科生研究的积极计划。每年夏天，该计划将从一个面向研究的研讨会开始，在此期间，将向学生介绍特定研究工具和技术的用途和局限性，并沉浸在研究过程中(文献回顾、假设形成和假设检验)。然后，学生将在教师的指导下从事植物生理生态学、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个人研究项目。所有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，并将参加一次静修活动，以正式展示、评估和完善他们的暑期研究计划。在夏季期间，来访的科学家将在每个研究领域举办专门的研究研讨会，并与学生共度时光，让学生有机会与其他科学家讨论自己的数据。每个研究小组将每周举行一次文学研讨会，讨论与其研究兴趣有关的当前期刊文章。该项目将在每年夏天结束，并在8月初举办一次学生研究研讨会。后续活动将包括学生参加地方和地区研究会议。在特殊情况下，将鼓励学生在全国会议上展示他们的研究成果，并准备将他们的成果发表在科学期刊上。

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.