REU Site: Undergraduate Research Training Program in Marine Biosciences at the Whitney Laboratory

REU海洋生物科学课程在佛罗里达大学惠特尼实验室举行，该实验室位于佛罗里达东北部原始的圣奥古斯丁镇附近。 自1986年成立以来，REU计划有两个主要目标：1）为实习生提供现实和专业的研究经验; 2）使实习生意识到海洋动物和其他比较模型系统在基础生物学研究中的价值。 在经验丰富的导师的指导下，实习生独立完成从神经生物学，分子生物学，细胞生物学，生物化学，基因组学和纳米技术中选择的项目。 一般来说，实习生的工作与海洋模型系统，如马蹄蟹，龙虾，软体动物，刺胞动物和非海洋无脊椎动物。 项目是从正在进行的研究工作中雕刻出来的，但又是不同的。 实习生参加实验室各种研究项目的讲座，并参加每周关于道德科学行为的讨论和关于实验室安全，笔记本维护和科学交流的研讨会。 科学交流讲习班帮助实习生熟练编写和提交研讨会材料、海报和手稿。 实习生简要介绍了申请研究生院的过程中由佛罗里达大学研究生院计划的董事，最后，学生介绍了与学校的孩子们合作的艺术，协助当地海洋科学丰富的计划。 总之，实习生可以期待一个激烈的研究和专业发展的经验，这将有助于他们实现科学专业知识和信心的下一个水平。紧张的工作伴随着预定的休闲活动，包括野餐，独木舟游览当地沼泽，实地考察三个不同的佛罗里达海洋环境。 该计划将接受8名学生为期11周的暑期课程。 学生是从美国各地和地区的学院和大学招募的，特别强调传统上由学生在科学方面代表性不足的学校和缺乏生物科学研究生课程的学校。 欲了解更多信息，请致电904-461-4011或www.example.com与教育协调员杰西卡·罗伯茨·米斯特利联系，或访问http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/reu/undergrad.htm。Jessica@whitney.ufl.edu

The REU program in Marine Bioscience is held at the Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, located near the town of St. Augustine in pristine northeast Florida. From its inception in 1986, this REU program has had two major objectives: 1) to provide interns with a realistic and professional research experience; and 2) to make interns aware of the value of marine animals and other comparative model systems in fundamental biological research. With the guidance of experienced mentors, interns work independently on a project selected from topics in neurobiology, molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry, genomics and nanotechnology. Generally, interns work with marine model systems such as horseshoe crabs, lobsters, mollusks, cnidarians and non-marine invertebrates. Projects are sculpted from ongoing research efforts yet are distinct. Interns attend lectures on the diverse research programs at the Laboratory and participate in weekly discussions on ethical scientific conduct and workshops on lab safety, notebook maintenance and scientific communication. Scientific communication workshops help interns become proficient in preparing and presenting materials for seminars, posters and manuscripts. Interns are briefed on the process of applying to graduate school by the directors of University of Florida graduate school programs, and finally, students are introduced to the art of working with school children by assisting in local marine science enrichment programs. In summary, interns can expect an intense research and professional development experience that will help them achieve the next level of scientific expertise and confidence. Intense work is accompanied by scheduled leisure activities including picnics, canoe excursions in the local marshes, and field trips to three different Florida marine environments. The program will accept 8 students for an 11-week summer session. Students are recruited from colleges and universities throughout the United States and territories, with special emphasis on schools traditionally populated by students under-represented in the sciences and from schools that lack graduate programs in the biological sciences. For more information contact Jessica Roberts-Misterly, the education coordinator, at 904-461-4011 or Jessica@whitney.ufl.edu, or visit: http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/reu/undergrad.htm.