REU Site: Environmental Impacts on Biological Systems: From Molecules to Ecosystems

霍普学院(荷兰，密西西比州)将在未来5年(2008-2012)每年夏天举办一次REU网站。学生将与生物系的教员一起进行“环境对生物系统的影响：从分子到生态系统”的研究。学生将对生物学的综合性质以及环境在生物过程和生物系统中的作用有更深的理解。学生将产生实验假设，设计和执行实验，评估数据，并将他们的结果与科学和非科学受众交流。学生还将深入了解不同尺度的生物系统之间的联系，同时在他们最感兴趣的生物组织水平上进行研究。学生将学习实验室技术和科学文献的使用，参加每周的研讨会，讨论科学伦理，并接触到科学的各种职业。在暑期结束时，学生将成为研究工作的背景、方法、结果和意义方面的专家，并准备在专业的科学会议上介绍他们的工作。其目标是将学生培养成独立和高能力的年轻科学家，为生物学研究生学习和作为研究科学家的职业生涯做好充分准备。该校为学生提供津贴，免费提供住房，并提供往返希望学院的路费。我们强烈鼓励那些在生物科学领域任职人数不足的学生申请。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://sharp.hope.edu/，，或联系项目主管(克里斯托弗·巴尼)，电子邮件：barney@Hope.edu。

Hope College (Holland, MI) will host an REU Site each summer for the next 5 years (2008-2012). Students will conduct research on "Environmental Impacts on Biological Systems: From Molecules to Ecosystems," with faculty in the Biology Department. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the integrative nature of biology and of the role of the environment in biological processes and on biological systems. Students will generate experimental hypotheses, design and carry out experiments, evaluate data, and communicate their results to both scientific and non-scientific audiences. Students will also gain insight into linkages across different scales of biological systems, while conducting research at the level of biological organization in which they are most interested. Students will learn lab techniques and use of the scientific literature, participate in weekly workshops, discuss ethics in science, and get exposed to various careers in science. At the end of summer, students are expected to be experts in the background, methods, results and significance of their research work and are prepared to present their work at professional scientific meetings. The goal is to develop students into independent and highly competent young scientists who are well-prepared for graduate study in biology and careers as research scientists. REU students are provided with a stipend, no cost housing, and funds for travel to and from Hope College. Students belonging to groups underrepresented in the biological sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. More information is available at http://sharp.hope.edu/, or by contacting the Program Director (Christopher Barney) at barney@hope.edu.