Undergraduate Research in Biology

生物学本科研究

• 批准号: 9605062
• 负责人: Stephen Davis
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: Pepperdine University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-05-01 至 2000-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9605062&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Research; Biology

9605062 Davis Pepperdine University will enhance an active program of undergraduate research in biology by teaching students the common elements of the research process and increasing their appreciation for the diversity of biological subdisciplines. Each summer, the program will begin with a research-orientation workshop during which students will be introduced to the uses and limitations of specific research tools and techniques and immersed in the research process (literature review, hypothesis formulation, and hypothesis testing). Students then will pursue individual research projects under the direction of faculty in either plant physiological ecology, conservation biology of amphibians, ecophysiology of marine intertidal animals, or molecular biology of hemoglobin genes. All research projects will be designed to give students insight into how scientists formulate research questions, design experiments, collect and analyze data, and communicate their results to the scientific community. Students will play a pivotal role in the selection and design of their research projects and will participate in a retreat to formally present, evaluate, and refine their summer research proposals. Over the course of the summer, visiting scientists will hold special research seminars in each research area and spend time with students, giving students an opportunity to discuss their own data with other scientists. Each research group will hold weekly literature seminars to discuss current journal articles pertaining to their research interests. The program will conclude each summer with a student research seminar in early August. Follow-through will include student participation in local and regional research conferences. In cases of special merit, students will be encouraged to present their research at national meetings and to prepare their results for publication in a scientific journal.

9605062 戴维斯佩珀代因大学将通过教授学生研究过程的共同要素并提高他们对生物分支学科多样性的认识，加强生物学本科生研究的积极计划。 每年夏天，该项目将以研究为导向的研讨会开始，在此期间，学生将了解特定研究工具和技术的用途和局限性，并沉浸在研究过程中（文献综述、假设制定和假设检验）。 然后，学生将在植物生理生态学、两栖动物保护生物学、海洋潮间带动物生态生理学或血红蛋白基因分子生物学教师的指导下开展个人研究项目。 所有研究项目的目的都是让学生深入了解科学家如何提出研究问题、设计实验、收集和分析数据以及向科学界传达他们的结果。 学生将在研究项目的选择和设计中发挥关键作用，并将参加静修活动，正式提出、评估和完善他们的夏季研究计划。 在整个夏天，访问科学家将在每个研究领域举办特别研究研讨会，并与学生共度时光，让学生有机会与其他科学家讨论自己的数据。 每个研究小组将每周举行一次文献研讨会，讨论与其研究兴趣相关的最新期刊文章。 该项目将于每年夏天在八月初举行学生研究研讨会。 后续工作将包括学生参加当地和区域研究会议。 如果有特殊成绩，我们将鼓励学生在全国会议上展示他们的研究成果，并准备在科学期刊上发表他们的成果。