REU Site: Exploring 21st Century Careers in the Biological Sciences: A Comparative Regenerative Biology Approach

该REU SITE奖授予位于缅因州索尔兹伯里湾的芒特荒岛(MDI)生物实验室，将在2019-2021年夏季支持10名本科生为期10周的培训。学生将使用各种动物模型探索与再生生物学和衰老相关的主题，包括斑马鱼、火蜥蜴和线虫。学生将有助于理解肢体和器官如何在不同的环境条件下再生。为学生提供的其他机会包括通过预定的研讨会、座谈会和研讨会学习职业选择和更深层次的科学概念。为了体验科学研究的创业方面，所有学生都将参加一个创业研讨会，在这个研讨会上，他们将了解研究兴趣跨越学科边界的科学家的职业道路。此外，所有学生都将参加一个生物信息学研讨会，在那里他们将学习如何使用大数据集以及计算生物学不断发展的领域的职业道路。预计共有30名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些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，以及如何通过参加每周一次的科学交流课程和校园暑期科学研讨会来交流他们的研究成果，这是他们REU经验的顶峰。学生可能会在其他科学场所展示他们的成果，并在同行评议的期刊上为科学出版物投稿。将使用生物基础设施司资助的所有REU站点方案使用的通用网络评估工具来确定培训方案的有效性。此外，学生将参与一项全校范围的调查，以确定如何为MDI生物实验室的未来学生改善暑期研究体验。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://mdibl.org/education/hs-undergrad/undergraduate-applications/reu/或联系国际组织(简·迪士尼博士，电子邮件：jdisney@mdibl.org)或联合国际组织(Dustin Updike博士，电子邮件：dupdike@mdibl.org)。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Mount Desert Island (MDI) Biological Laboratory, located in Salisbury Cove, ME, will support the training of 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019- 2021. Students will explore topics related to regenerative biology and aging using a variety of animal models, including zebrafish, salamanders, and nematodes. Students will contribute to the understanding of how limbs and organs regenerate under varying environmental conditions. Additional opportunities for students include learning about career options and deeper scientific concepts thru scheduled seminars, symposia, and workshops. To experience the entrepreneurial facet of scientific research, all students will participate in an entrepreneurship workshop in which they will learn about career avenues for scientists whose research interests span disciplinary boundaries. In addition, all students will attend a bioinformatics workshop in which they will learn how to work with big data sets as well as career paths in the evolving field of computational biology. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted and how to communicate their research findings through participation in a weekly science communication course and an on-campus Summer Science Symposium at the culmination of their REU experience. It is possible that students will present their results in other scientific venues and contribute to scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition, students will participate in a campus-wide survey to determine how to improve the summer research experience for future students at MDI Biological Laboratory. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting https://mdibl.org/education/hs-undergrad/undergraduate-applications/reu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jane Disney at jdisney@mdibl.org) or the co-PI (Dr. Dustin Updike at dupdike@mdibl.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.