REU Site: Access to Global Biodiversity Studies for Undergraduates

本科生（REU）网站的研究经验奖已作出了自然历史的领域博物馆，将提供研究培训的8名本科生，在2012年至2014年的夏天10周。该计划的重点是从自然历史收藏的生物标本可以提供到主题，如分类学，地理学，地理学，古生物学，保护生物学和进化生物学的独特见解，使用系统发育系统学作为一个统一的主题。菲尔德博物馆的生命科学部门包括21名参与进化生物学和系统学研究的策展人，他们将担任该项目的导师。学生将进行全职的实验室研究，以及在生物科学和负责任的研究行为的集合为基础的研究参加研讨会;参加系统发育研讨会系列;贡献分类页的生命百科全书;并参加整个博物馆的收藏和研究设施的介绍性图尔斯之旅。各种各样的研究课题，如蚂蚁多样性在澳大利亚的热带雨林通过时间或使用牙齿的系统特征来测试营养生态位进化兽脚亚目恐龙，可供学生，反映了博物馆的策展人进行的研究的广度。除了他们个人的导师的设备和设施，学生将有机会获得核心博物馆设施，如研究收藏，普利兹克分子系统学和进化实验室，两个扫描电子显微镜，协作无脊椎动物实验室，和博物馆的广泛的研究图书馆。该计划将在菲尔德博物馆网站上做广告，并在芝加哥地区的学院和大学，特别是那些为代表性不足的社区服务的学院和大学做有针对性的广告。申请将通过在线系统接受。学生将根据学习成绩，以前的研究表现，在进化和系统生物学方面的杰出研究潜力，以及扩大科学中代表性不足的群体的参与潜力进行选择。我们将使用USRAA通用评估工具以及我们自己的实习前和实习后调查来跟踪和更新计划组成部分。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//fieldmuseum.org/about/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu，或联系PI（Petra Sierwald博士; psierwald@fieldmuseum.org）或联合PI（Kenneth Angielczyk博士，kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org）。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the Field Museum of Natural History that will provide research training for eight undergraduate students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2012-2014. The program focuses on the unique insight that biological specimens from natural history collections can provide into topics such as taxonomy, phylogeography, biogeography, paleontology, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology, using phylogenetic systematics as a unifying theme. The Field Museum's life sciences departments include 21 curators that are involved in evolutionary biology and systematics research, and who will serve as mentors for the program. Students will conduct full-time lab research as well as participate in seminars on collections-based research in the biological sciences and responsible conduct in research; attend a phylogenetic workshop series; contribute taxon pages to the Encyclopedia of Life; and participate in introductory tours of collections and research facilities throughout the museum. A variety of research topics, such as Ant Diversity in the Rainforests of Australia Through Time or Using Systematic Traits of Teeth to Test Trophic Niche Evolution in Theropod Dinosaurus, are available to students, reflecting the breadth of research carried out by the museum's curators. In addition to their individual mentor's equipment and facilities, students will have access to core museum facilities such as the research collections, the Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, two scanning electron microscopes, the Collaborative Invertebrate Laboratory, and the museum's extensive research library. The program will be advertised on the Field Museum website, with additional targeted advertising taking place at Chicago-area colleges and universities, particularly those that serve underrepresented communities. Applications will be accepted via an online system. Students will be selected based on academic record, previous research performance, potential for outstanding research in evolutionary and systematic biology, and potential for broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in science. Program components will be tracked and updated using the USRAA common assessment tools, as well as our own pre- and post-internship surveys. More information is available by visiting http://fieldmuseum.org/about/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Petra Sierwald; psierwald@fieldmuseum.org) or the co-PI (Dr. Kenneth Angielczyk, kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org).