REU Site: The Calder Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Ecology and Field Biology

福特汉姆大学的REU项目位于路易斯考尔德中心-生物野外站，为学生提供了在野外生物学和生态学各个领域实践研究经验的独特机会。考尔德中心位于半乡村、森林覆盖的纽约州阿蒙克，但距离纽约市不到一个小时的车程，这为研究受到不同程度人类影响的生态系统中的生物或群落创造了许多机会。REU网站特别寻求来自少数民族大学、从事科学研究机会有限的文理学院或城市地区的本科生。csu - reu项目提供为期12周的深入研究各种主题的机会，包括致病节肢动物的生物控制、缺氧湖泊中的紫色硫细菌、橡树林中共生真菌的生态学、象鼻虫共生基因的表达模式、森林对人为压力源的反应以及外来植物对促进城市公园本地蜜蜂多样性的影响。10名学生将与生物学教师并肩工作，设计和实施他们的研究项目。学生还将参加由驻校教师讲授的小型课程，包括设计实验、分析数据、创建科学图形、撰写科学论文、口头报告、申请研究生院以及讨论科学伦理。在课程结束时，学生们将准备一份在会议上展示的摘要，将他们的研究结果写下来在我们的网页上发表，并在福特汉姆大学主校区的公共研讨会上进行口头展示。学生的选择将基于(1)兴趣陈述，(2)学术经验和培训，(3)先前的研究经验，以及(4)教师推荐。学生可以通过电话（914-273-3078）或REUatCalder@fordham.edu与项目主任约翰·韦尔博士和吉姆·刘易斯联系。更多细节和申请材料可在http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Office_of_Research/Research_Centers__In/The_Louis_Calder_Cen/Research_Opportuniti_12509.html上找到。

The REU program at Fordham University, located at the Louis Calder Center - Biological Field Station, offers students unique opportunities for hands-on research experience in a variety of areas in field biology and ecology. The Calder Center is located in semi-rural, forested Armonk, New York, but is less than an hour's drive from New York City, creating many opportunities for conducting research on organisms or communities in ecosystems with varying levels of human impacts. The REU site especially seeks undergraduate students from colleges that serve minority populations, liberal arts colleges with limited opportunities to conduct scientific research, or from urban locales. The CSUR-REU program offers 12-week, in-depth opportunities in a variety of subjects, including biological control of disease-causing arthropods, purple sulfur bacteria in hypoxic lakes, ecology of symbiotic fungi in oak forests, expression patterns of symbiosis genes in weevils, responses of forests to human-caused stressors, and effects of exotic plants in promoting native bee diversity in urban parks. Ten students will work side-by-side with biology faculty to design and carry out their research projects. Students will also participate in mini-courses taught by resident faculty on designing experiments, analyzing data, creating scientific graphics, writing scientific papers, giving oral presentations, applying to graduate school and discussing ethics in science. At the end of the program, students will prepare an abstract for presentation at a conference, write up their results for publication on our web page, and give an oral presentation at a public symposium on Fordham's main campus. Students will be selected based on (1) statement of interest, (2) academic experience and training, (3) prior research experience, and (4) faculty recommendations. Students can contact the program directors, Dr. John Wehr and Jim Lewis by phone (914-273-3078) or at REUatCalder@fordham.edu. Further details and application materials can be found at: http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Office_of_Research/Research_Centers__In/The_Louis_Calder_Cen/Research_Opportuniti_12509.html.