REU Site: Biological Inquiry: From Molecules to Organisms

这个REU网站奖东北大学，位于马萨诸塞州波士顿，将支持10名学生在2015年至2017年的夏天10周的培训。REU计划是开放给谁是美国公民，国民或永久居民的所有本科生。鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生，来自研究机会有限的学校的学生，以及具有军事背景的学生，包括学员，预备役军人和退伍军人。REU网站的重点是跨生物水平的跨学科研究。成对的参与学生将在跨学科的研究团队中工作，并从不同的角度探索相关的研究问题。示例项目包括成体干细胞的细胞外基质引导分化，微生物生物膜组装和DNA损伤反应，社会免疫的行为和分子方面，极端条件下的生物体生存，昼夜节律和再生之间的联系，以及发育中卵母细胞的线粒体DNA遗传。学生将参加关于道德和负责任的研究行为，提案写作，演讲和海报展示，申请研究生院以及科学职业机会的联合研讨会。在课程结束时，学生将在夏季研究研讨会上介绍他们的研究。学生将被安置在波士顿市中心校园的新宿舍里。培训计划的有效性将通过由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的通用网络工具进行评估。预计将培训30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学生将使用生物学研究前沿的技术来回答新问题，并将提高他们在研究团队中领导和执行的能力。 学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//www.northeastern.edu/cos/biology/undergraduate/reu-site/，或联系主要研究者（Wendy Smith博士，电子邮件：w.smith@ neu.edu）或共同主要研究者（Dr. Wenda Rosengaus，电子邮件：r.rosengaus@ neu.edu）。

This REU Site award to Northeastern University, located in Boston, MA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. The REU program is open to all undergraduate students who are citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States. Students from underrepresented groups, from schools with limited opportunities for research, and with military backgrounds including cadets, reservists, and returning veterans, are encouraged to apply. The focus of the REU site is interdisciplinary research across biological levels. Pairs of participating students will work in interdisciplinary research teams and explore related research questions from different perspectives. Example projects include extracellular matrix-guided differentiation of adult stem cells, microbial biofilm assembly and DNA damage response, behavioral and molecular aspects of social immunity, organismal survival under extreme conditions, links between circadian rhythms and regeneration, and mitochondrial DNA inheritance in developing oocytes. Students will participate in joint workshops on ethics and responsible conduct of research, proposal writing, presentation of talks and posters, applying to graduate school, and career opportunities in science. At the end of the program, students will present their research in a summer research symposium. Students will be housed in new dorms on campus in the heart of Boston. The effectiveness of the training program will be assessed with a common web-based tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences). It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Students will use techniques at the cutting edge of biological research to answer new questions, and will enhance their abilities to lead and perform in research teams. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/biology/undergraduate/reu-site/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Wendy Smith at w.smith@neu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Rebeca Rosengaus at r.rosengaus@neu.edu).