REU Site: Exploration of marine biology on the Oregon coast (EMBOC)

位于俄勒冈州查尔斯顿的俄勒冈大学海洋生物研究所（OIMB）将在2020-2022年夏季举办本科生研究体验（REU）网站。该计划将支持10名本科生在每年夏天为期9周的暑期实习期间参与研究项目，共涉及30名学生。这个REU网站的目标是教本科生如何进行生物过程的研究，并确保他们了解海洋科学家的职业道路。该项目为两年制大学的学生提供研究机会，采用分层学习模式，其中一名学生来自四年制大学（4YC），另一名来自两年制大学（2YC），与导师一起进行研究。学生参与者通过全国搜索招募，并提供津贴，住房和旅行资金。研究主题集中在海洋生物及其环境的生物相互作用，或海洋无脊椎动物的发育和繁殖方面。实习生将开展以下研究项目：细胞动力学、海洋生物幼体和幼体的发育、生态和进化、气候变化对dungeness螃蟹觅食生态的影响、评估大叶藻群落的长期变化以及分子生物多样性。活动将包括到潮间带地点、尤金俄勒冈大学主校区和各种沿海栖息地的实地考察。专业发展课程将提供简历写作、面试、准备海报、演讲、使用R进行图表和统计、专业社交媒体的使用、以及网络的重要性和研究的广泛影响等方面的培训。实习生将在OIMB的查尔斯顿海洋生物中心（一个公共水族馆和博物馆）担任科学专家。将鼓励实习生在其所在机构的本科生研究专题讨论会和适当的年度专业会议上展示他们的海报。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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Oregon’s Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB), located in Charleston OR, will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site during the summers of 2020-2022. The program will support the participation of ten undergraduates in research projects during a nine-week summer internship each summer, involving a total of thirty students. Objectives of this REU site are to teach undergraduates how to conduct research into biological processes and to ensure they are aware of career pathways for marine scientists. The program offers research opportunities to students from 2-year colleges using a tiered learning model with pairs of students – one from a 4-year (4YC) and one from a 2-year college (2YC) - working with mentors to conduct research. Student participants are recruited via a national search and are provided with a stipend, housing and travel funding.Research topics focus on biological interactions of marine organisms and their environment, or on aspects of development and reproduction of marine invertebrates. Interns will conduct research projects on cellular dynamics, development, ecology and evolution of larval and juvenile marine organisms, impacts of climate change on foraging ecology of dungeness crabs, evaluating long term changes in eelgrass communities, and molecular biodiversity. Activities will include field trips to intertidal sites, the University of Oregon main campus in Eugene, and various coastal habitats. Professional development sessions will provide training in resume writing, interviewing, preparing posters, giving presentations, using R for graphs and statistics, use of professional social media, and the importance of networking and broader impacts of research. Following a workshop on outreach to broader audiences, interns will serve as scientific experts at OIMB's Charleston Marine Life Center, a public aquarium and museum. Interns will be encouraged to present their posters at undergraduate research symposia at their home institutions and at an appropriate annual professional meeting.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.