REU Site: Plant Biology and Conservation Research Experiences for Undergraduates--From Genes to Ecosystems

REU网站：本科生植物生物学和保护研究经验——从基因到生态系统

• 批准号: 1757800
• 负责人: Norman Wickett
• 金额: $ 34.87万
• 依托单位: Chicago Horticultural Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757800&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Plant; Biology; Conservation

This REU Site award to Chicago Botanic Garden, located in Glencoe, IL, will support the training of 30 undergraduate students over the three summers from 2018- 2020. This plant biology program introduces undergraduates to research aimed at understanding the ecology, evolution, and human impacts on plants and fungi, with work spanning from genetic to ecosystem scales of analysis. The program has two goals: 1) investigate plant ecology and restoration in human-dominated landscapes, and 2) inspire and educate new researchers to move the field forward while engaging and communicating with a broad audience within and beyond the scientific community. Students apply for the program online, and graduate student and faculty mentors are responsible for interviewing and selecting the students that match well in the program.It is anticipated that the 30 students will primarily be from schools with limited research opportunities, who have not participated in REU or similar experiences in the past, and/or are from groups traditionally underrepresented in the biological sciences. Students will learn how research is conducted, engage in an array of training activities, conduct near-peer mentoring of Chicago Public high school students, and present the results of their work at a public symposium. They will also produce a short video about their research that is accessible to a broad audience and posted on the Garden's YouTube channel. 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. 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 http://cbgreu.org, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Andrea Kramer at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Jeremie Fant at [e-mail]).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.

REU 授予位于伊利诺伊州格伦科的芝加哥植物园的场地奖，将在 2018 年至 2020 年的三个夏天支持 30 名本科生的培训。该植物生物学项目向本科生介绍旨在了解生态、进化和人类的研究对植物和真菌的影响，工作范围从遗传到生态系统规模的分析。该计划有两个目标：1）研究人类主导景观中的植物生态和恢复，2）激励和教育新研究人员推动该领域向前发展，同时与科学界内外的广大受众进行接触和交流。学生在线申请该项目，研究生和教师导师负责面试并挑选与该项目匹配的学生。预计这30名学生将主要来自研究机会有限的学校，他们没有参加过该项目。 REU 或过去类似的经历，和/或来自传统上在生物科学领域代表性不足的群体。学生将学习如何进行研究，参加一系列培训活动，对芝加哥公立高中学生进行近同伴指导，并在公共研讨会上展示他们的工作成果。他们还将制作一个有关其研究的短片，供广大观众观看，并发布在花园的 YouTube 频道上。由生物基础设施司资助的所有 REU 站点计划所使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。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 http://cbgreu.org，或联系 PI（Andrea Kramer 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（Jeremie Fant 博士，[e-mail]） ）。该奖项反映了 NSF 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。

项目成果

Characterization of microsatellite loci in Brighamia insignis and transferability to other genera in the Hawai‘ian lobelioid group

Brighamia insignis 中微卫星位点的特征以及夏威夷半边形群中其他属的可转移性

• DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11303
• 发表时间: 2019-11
• 期刊: Applications in Plant Sciences
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Fant, Jeremie B.;Fluckes, Mereida;James, Evana;Noble, Hilary;Wood, Jordan
• 通讯作者: Wood, Jordan

Cracking the case: Seed traits and phylogeny predict time to germination in prairie restoration species

• DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4083
• 发表时间: 2018-06
• 期刊: Ecology and Evolution
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Barak RS;Lichtenberger TM;Wellman-Houde A;Kramer AT;Larkin DJ
• 通讯作者: Larkin DJ