REU Site: How Robustness and Resilience in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors Shape Biological Processes

这个REU网站奖给位于加州伯克利的加州大学伯克利分校，将支持12名学生的培训，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体，在2023年夏天为期10周。该计划将通过为他们提供对研究感兴趣的专门学生来使教师导师受益。学生，谁将在杰出的科学家的实验室工作，将学习如何像科学家一样思考，了解如何提交一份成功的申请到研究生院，并在科学生涯中取得成功。许多学生将在科学会议上介绍他们的工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。学生将被要求在NSF ETAP系统中注册，并在项目结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生研究将重点关注生物体弹性和鲁棒性在应对生物和非生物应激中的作用，强调这些反应如何塑造生物过程。研究项目的范围从生物体如何应对气候变化的环境压力到植物和动物如何应对病原体的生物压力赞助科学家是综合生物学，分子和细胞生物学以及植物和微生物生物学部门的教师。学生还接受科学道德和负责任的研究行为和有效的科学交流的培训。该方案是使用在线SALG URSSA工具和入境和出境调查进行评估。学生使用加州大学伯克利分校的门户网站申请REU，并提供人口统计信息，非正式成绩单，两封推荐信和目的声明。学生的选择是基于他们对科学的热情和他们科学表达自己的能力。鼓励来自科学领域代表性不足的群体、经济上处于不利地位的背景以及研究资源有限的学校的学生申请。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https：//mcb.berkeley.edu/nsfreu/，或联系PI（Gian Garriga博士，garriga@berkeley.edu）或联合PI（Tyrone Hayes博士，tyrone@berkeley.edu）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

This REU Site award to the University of California, Berkeley, located in Berkeley, CA, will support the training of 12 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, for 10 weeks during the summer of 2023. The program will benefit faculty mentors by providing them with dedicated students interested in research. The students, who will work in the labs of outstanding scientists, will learn how to think like a scientist, understand how to submit a successful application to graduate school, and succeed in a scientific career. Many of the students will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be required to register in the NSF ETAP system and will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.Student research will focus on the role of organismal resilience and robustness in response to biotic and abiotic stress, emphasizing how these responses shape biological processes. Research projects range from how organisms respond to the environmental stress of climate change to how plants and animals respond to the biotic stress of pathogens The sponsoring scientists are faculty in the departments of Integrative Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Plant and Microbial Biology. The students also receive training in scientific ethics and the responsible conduct of research and effective scientific communication. The program is assessed using the online SALG URSSA tool and by entry and exit surveys. Students apply to the REU using a UC Berkeley portal and provide demographic information, an unofficial transcript, two letters of reference, and a statement of purpose. Students are selected based on their enthusiasm for science and their ability to express themselves scientifically. Students from groups underrepresented in science, from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and from schools with limited research resources are encouraged to apply. More information about the program is available by visiting https://mcb.berkeley.edu/nsfreu/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Gian Garriga at garriga@berkeley.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Tyrone Hayes at tyrone@berkeley.edu).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.