REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functions

田纳西大学设立了本科生研究体验(REU)站点奖，该奖项将在2013-2015年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。这项计划得到了美国国家科学基金会刺激竞争研究实验计划(EPSCoR)和生物科学理事会生物基础设施部的支持。该计划的重点是微生物学以及微生物群落结构和微生物群落功能之间的相互作用。该网站位于微生物学系，拥有20多名教师，他们将担任微生物学的导师，并与地球与行星科学、生物系统工程与土壤科学、土木与环境工程以及生态与进化生物学一起在微生物学领域安家。对于学生来说，有各种各样有趣和令人兴奋的项目，涉及跨越海洋和湖泊、洞穴和极地地区、工业和农业场所的环境中的微生物学。学生需要进行全日制实验室研究，并参加研讨会和工作坊，在那里他们将接受在研究、专业沟通技能、工业界和学术界的职业机会以及研究生院申请过程中负责任的行为方面的培训。REU的学生可以在田纳西大学校园和橡树岭国家实验室使用丰富的个人导师设施。该项目的多阶段招聘工作既包括传统的硬拷贝形式，也包括基于数字的广告。学生将根据学业成绩、研究表现和杰出研究潜力进行选择。在暑期研究之后，学生们将接受调查，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣、他们的职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响。关于该方案的信息将通过各种手段进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.Bio.utk.edu/microbiologyreu，或联系国际组织(Wilhelm博士，电子邮件：wilhelm@utk.edu)或共同国际组织(Zinser博士，电子邮件：ezinser@utk.edu)。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to The University of Tennessee that will provide research training for 10 students per year, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2013- 2015. This program is supported by the NSF's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, and the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure. The program focuses on microbiology and the interplay between the microbial community structure and microbial community function. Housed in the Department of Microbiology, the site has more than 20 faculty whom will serve as mentors and make their homes in Microbiology along with Earth & Planetary Sciences, Biosystems Engineering & Soil Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. There is a wide range of interesting and exciting projects for the students that span microbiology in environments spanning oceans and lakes, caves and polar regions, industrial and agricultural sites. Students are expected to perform full-time lab research as well as participate in seminars and workshops where they will receive training in responsible conduct in research, professional communication skills, career opportunities in industry and academia, and the graduate school application process. REU students have access to a rich array of individual mentor's facilities on the University of Tennessee campus and at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The program's multi-phase recruitment effort consists of both traditional "hard copy" formats as well as digital-based advertising. Students will be selected based on academic record, research performance, and potential for outstanding research. Following their summer research, students will be surveyed to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by various means, including use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting www.bio.utk.edu/microbiologyreu , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Wilhelm at wilhelm@utk.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Zinser at ezinser@utk.edu).