UMEB: Environmental Endocrinology and Physiology

UMEB：环境内分泌学和生理学

• 批准号: 0080194
• 负责人: Fredric Janzen
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-15 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Environmental; Endocrinology; Physiology

This project will recruit 8 talented undergraduates per year at Iowa State University to careers in environmental biology by providing research training, intensive mentoring, and a clear view of the excitement, rewards, and importance of the field. Recruiting efforts will target groups underrepresented in environmental biology, particularly in the midwest. The program will increase participation of underrepresented groups in the field, aid in recruitment of underrepresented groups to the University, and produce a set of individuals exceptionally well prepared for continued success in graduate and post-graduate careers.The project will collaborate with and take advantage of Iowa State University's strong institutional emphasis on and investment in recruiting underrepresented groups to participate in science and technology in general, and will add a particular focus on environmental biology.The project focus is involvement of students in scientific research programs as full participants, from project design to presentation and publication of the results, all carried out in the context of one-on-one mentoring and strong guidance by University faculty. Each student's research experience will be bolstered by a set of program elements, including rotations through laboratories working on related projects, annual workshops involving the whole group in training and participation in environmental science in the field, an academic seminar that will provide tools for increasing success in environmental biology, and annual symposia, invited speakers, and participation in meetings of professional scientific groups to produce breadth, depth, and a sense of membership in the community of environmental science.The research foci will be those of three groups of faculty, all involving vertebrate environmental endocrinology and physiology in "the land between the rivers," the midwest ecosystems of Iowa and its surroundings. Each of these research areas focuses on native species, including species of conservation importance, in a region heavily modified by humans, and of great importance to both human ecology and natural biodiversity. Each studies the effects of environmental stresses using animal physiology and development as measurement variables, and includes study of endocrine pathways by which environmental effects may be mediated. Each project is diverse enough to provide the necessary scope to ensure student independence, and to give students ownership of their research project. Their common elements will enable students associated with any project to understand and contribute to others, and mean that a common plan for training and enrichment can be equally valuable to all.

该项目每年将通过提供研究培训、强化指导以及对该领域的兴奋、回报和重要性的清晰认识，每年在爱荷华州立大学招募 8 名才华横溢的本科生从事环境生物学职业。 招募工作将针对环境生物学领域代表性不足的群体，特别是在中西部。 该计划将增加该领域代表性不足群体的参与，帮助招募代表性不足的群体进入大学，并培养一批为在研究生和研究生职业生涯中持续取得成功做好充分准备的个人。该项目将与爱荷华州立大学在机构上对招募代表性不足的群体参与科学技术的强烈重视和投资，并将特别关注环境生物学。该项目的重点是让学生作为全面参与者参与科学研究项目，从项目设计从结果的展示和发布，所有这些都是在大学教师的一对一指导和强有力的指导下进行的。 每个学生的研究经验都将通过一系列项目要素得到加强，包括在从事相关项目的实验室轮换、让整个小组参与该领域环境科学培训和参与的年度研讨会、为提高成功率提供工具的学术研讨会环境生物学领域的研究、年度研讨会、受邀演讲者以及参加专业科学团体的会议，以产生环境科学界的广度、深度和成员意识。研究重点将是三组教师的研究重点，涉及脊椎动物爱荷华州中西部生态系统及其周边地区的“河流之间的土地”的环境内分泌学和生理学。 每个研究领域都侧重于本土物种，包括在人类严重改变的地区具有重要保护意义的物种，并且对人类生态和自然生物多样性都非常重要。 每项研究都使用动物生理学和发育作为测量变量来研究环境压力的影响，并包括对可能介导环境影响的内分泌途径的研究。 每个项目都足够多样化，足以提供必要的范围，以确保学生的独立性，并赋予学生对其研究项目的所有权。 它们的共同元素将使参与任何项目的学生能够理解他人并为他人做出贡献，这意味着共同的培训和丰富计划对所有人都同样有价值。