REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms

Fort约翰逊大学本科暑期研究计划是一个为期十周的计划，将正式的课堂工作与当今海洋生物学家关注的重要领域的独立研究相结合。 该计划旨在为本科生提供采用生理，细胞和分子技术的现代研究经验，以解决诸如物种多样性，适应环境变化的机制，环境生物指标和微生物生态学等领域的问题。 查尔斯顿学院是该项目的主要主办机构，但研究导师和课程讲师均从100多名博士中选出主要任职于南卡罗来纳州医科大学、国家标准与技术研究所、国家海洋局和南卡罗来纳州自然资源部的科学家。 在南卡罗来纳州的约翰逊堡与研究生，技术人员和导师并肩工作，学生参与者接触到广泛的科学职业机会，使他们更好地准备进入工业和政府的劳动力。 除了为学生提供在教师导师指导下进行独立研究的机会外，该计划的目标是（1）让学生直接参与讨论基础和应用科学的研究生院和职业选择，（2）向学生展示科学的跨学科性质;（3）教学生批判性思考。本科生是根据杰出的学术和个人成就选择参加这个项目，在生理学和细胞或分子生物学的高级课程工作的证据，并对这种研究经验的学生的潜在利益。 招聘工作广泛撒网，特别强调吸引妇女和少数民族学生。 参加者必须住在格赖斯海洋实验室的宿舍。 在课程的前四周，学生参加一个题为“海洋生物生理学、细胞和分子生物学专题”的研讨班。“NSF支付注册和学费的费用，成功完成课程的学生通过查尔斯顿学院获得三个可转让的大学学分。 此外，在前四周，参与者开始在个别教师导师的指导下进行独立的研究项目。 选择项目是因为它们具有跨学科和机构间的性质，以及它们与当前生物、生物医学或环境问题的关系。 在夏季的最后六周，参与者主要专注于完成他们的研究项目，同时学习分析数据的技能，并在口头和书面陈述中交流他们的工作成果。 该计划还提供了一个结构化的格式，用于讨论与研究生院和追求科学事业有关的问题。 该计划以保持与前REU参与者特别紧密的联系为荣，以评估研究经验对职业选择的影响。 有关该计划的最新信息，前几年的参与者和他们的研究项目，以及申请表可在网站上获得www.cofc.edu/~grice/summer.htm或通过联系计划主任，博士路易斯E。伯内特，在（843）953-9200或burnettl@cofc.edu.堡约翰逊大学生暑期研究计划提供了一个强大的和独特的本科生研究经验，是从五个机构的科学家使用跨学科的方法来解决共同关心的问题的直接参与所产生的。 学生参与者接触到最新和令人兴奋的问题，并在海洋生物学的最新方法。 虽然主要是为了鼓励有才华的学生追求科学事业，该计划也有更广泛的影响。 参与者学习批判性思考，采取跨学科的方法来解决问题，并将他们的想法传达给他人。 在一个因科学和技术而变得越来越小、越来越复杂的世界上，这些技能使所有公民受益。

The Fort Johnson Undergraduate Summer Research Program is a ten-week program combining formal classroom work with independent research in areas of crucial concern for marine biologists today. The program is designed to provide undergraduate students with a modern research experience employing physiological, cellular and molecular techniques to address questions in areas such as species diversity, mechanisms of adaptation to environmental change, environmental bioindicators and microbial ecology. The College of Charleston serves as primary host institution for the program, but research mentors and course instructors are drawn from among more than 100 Ph.D. scientists whose primary appointments lie in the Medical University of South Carolina, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Ocean Service and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Working side-by-side with graduate students, technicians, and mentors at Fort Johnson, South Carolina, student participants are exposed to a broad range of career opportunities in science, making them better prepared to enter the workforce in industry and government. In addition to providing students with an opportunity to conduct independent studies guided by a faculty mentor, the objectives of the program are (1) to engage students directly in discussing graduate school and career options in basic and applied sciences, (2) to show students the interdisciplinary nature of science and (3) to teach students to think critically.Undergraduate students are selected to participate in this program based on outstanding academic and personal achievement, evidence of advanced course work in physiology and cell or molecular biology and on the potential benefits of this research experience to the student. Recruitment efforts cast a broad net, with particular emphasis on attracting women and minority students. Participants are required to live on-site in dormitories at the Grice Marine Laboratory. For the first four weeks of the program, students participate in a seminar course entitled "Special Topics in the Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms." NSF covers the costs of registration and tuition, and students who successfully complete the course receive three transferable college credits through the College of Charleston. Also, during the first four weeks, participants begin to work on independent research projects under the guidance of individual faculty mentors. Projects are selected for their interdisciplinary and inter-institutional nature, and their relationship to current biological, biomedical or environmental concerns. During the last six weeks of the summer, participants focus primarily on completing their research projects while learning skills for analyzing data and communicating the results of their work in oral and written presentations. The program also provides a structured format for discussing issues related to graduate school and pursuit of a career in the sciences. The program takes pride in maintaining particularly strong ties with former REU participants in order to evaluate the impact of the research experience on career choices. Up-do-date information regarding the program, participants in prior years and their research projects, as well as an application form are available on the Web at www.cofc.edu/~grice/summer.htm or by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Louis E. Burnett, at (843) 953-9200 or burnettl@cofc.edu.The Fort Johnson Undergraduate Summer Research Program provides a strong and unique undergraduate research experience that is generated from the direct involvement of scientists from five institutions using interdisciplinary approaches to address problems of mutual concern. Student participants are exposed to the most recent and exciting questions and to the latest methodologies in marine biology. Although primarily designed to encourage talented students to pursue careers in science, the program has broader impacts as well. Participants learn to think critically, to take interdisciplinary approaches to problems and to communicate their ideas to others. These are skills that benefit all citizens in a world that is made ever smaller and more complex by science and technology.