REU Site: Biological Discovery in Woods Hole

授予海洋生物实验室，在2010-2012年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该奖项还得到地球科学局(GEO)海洋科学司的支持。伍兹霍尔生物发现计划将专注于分子和细胞过程，这些过程产生和调节调节生物行为的复杂生理系统。该项目的目标是招收积极性很高的学生，特别是从代表性不足的群体和/或研究机会有限的学校招收学生，并在从MBL的暑期访问研究人员或全年科学家中挑选的导师的指导下，让他们沉浸在研究项目中。有兴趣的学生应该访问该项目的网站，并以电子方式提交申请，在那里他们将接受招生委员会的审查，并在初春通知。每个学生都将根据共同的兴趣被分配一个单独的导师。我们希望学生能够完全融入实验室，并积极参与导师的研究项目。为了增加研究经验，学生将参加实地考察，并参加每周的课程会议、研讨会和/或午餐会，这些会议将探讨广泛的主题，以鼓励在生物科学领域追求职业生涯。这些学生还将参加长期运行的MBL课程-神经科学伦理和生存暑期计划-提供的关于研究中的伦理和负责任的行为的讲座。该计划将在一个本科生研究研讨会和在MBL的海报展示中达到高潮。我们将与MBL教育部门合作，使用“柯克帕特里克模式”进行课程评估。学生的经历将在每年暑假结束时进行评估，学生从该项目毕业后每年都会接受询问，以跟踪他们的职业生涯。皮艾伦·F·门辛格，明尼苏达大学德卢斯分校amming@d.umn.edu；http://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/other_programs/reu.html.

An award was made to the Marine Biological Laboratory to provide research training for 10 weeks for 10 students, for the summers of 2010-2012. This award is also supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO). The Biological Discovery in Woods Hole program will focus on the molecular and cellular processes that give rise to and regulate complex physiological systems that mediate organismal behavior. The program's goal is to recruit highly motivated students, especially from underrepresented groups and/or schools with limited research opportunities, and to immerse them in research programs under the guidance of mentors selected from visiting summer investigators or year-round scientists at the MBL. Interested students should access the program's website, and submit applications electronically, where they will be reviewed by the admissions committee, with notification in early spring. Each student will be assigned an individual mentor based on mutual interest. We expect the students to be fully integrated into the laboratory and actively participate in the mentor's research program. To augment the research experience, students will participate in field trips, and attend weekly course meetings, seminars and/or luncheons that will explore a wide range of topics to encourage pursuit of a career in biological sciences. The students will also attend lectures on ethics and responsible conduct in research offered by the long running MBL course, Summer Program in Neuroscience Ethics and Survival. The program will culminate in an undergraduate research symposium and poster presentation at the MBL. In conjunction with the MBL education department, we will use the "Kirkpatrick Model" for course assessment. Student experiences will be evaluated at the end of each summer and students will be queried each year after they graduate from the program, to track their career. PI Allen F. Mensinger, University of Minnesota Duluth amensing@d.umn.edu; http://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/other_programs/reu.html.