REU Site: Biological Adaptations to Stress - Molecular, Cellular, Ecological

REU 网站：生物对压力的适应 - 分子、细胞、生态

• 批准号: 1950350
• 负责人: Jay Brewster
• 金额: $ 30.82万
• 依托单位: Pepperdine University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950350&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Biological; Adaptations; Stress

This REU Site award to Pepperdine University, located in Malibu, CA, will support the training of 8 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. Over three years of the award, the program will train a total of 24 students, recruited primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and from underrepresented populations. The program focuses on biological adaptations to stress, and includes projects in cell biology, plant biology, mathematical modeling of biological systems, ecology, and microbiology. Through direct mentoring by faculty, students develop their own independent project questions emerging from a review of the current research literature. Students will engage in authentic and relevant research, with a goal to contribute scholarly findings to the research literature. All REU students will have access to state-of-the-art research infrastructure on the Pepperdine campus. Program success will be assessed using a common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs (SALG URSSA), as well as specific tools developed within the Pepperdine program. Upon completion of the program, many students will present their research findings at local and national conferences. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. The Pepperdine REU program focuses on the biological adaptation to stress. Projects vary by discipline, but include ecological/genetic studies in the Santa Monica Mountains and Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Pepperdine campus, cellular and biochemical studies of the consequences of environmental toxins, mathematical modeling of biological systems, and the impact of environmental stress upon soil microbial diversity. The program specific aims are to: 1) enhance the maturation of undergraduate students as young scientists; 2) engage students in full-time, authentic biological research and the effective communication of research findings; 3) introduce students to bioinformatics and mathematical modeling; 4) train students to engage non-scientists and the public through service and clear communication; and 5) provide research opportunities for students from underrepresented groups and from schools that lack research opportunities. For more information about the program, students can visit the website (https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/surb/) where they can apply online. In addition, students can contact the PI (Dr. Jay Brewster 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.

这项授予位于加利福尼亚州马里布的Pepperdine University的REU网站奖将在2020- 2022年的夏季支持8名学生的培训11周。该计划将在三年的时间内培训总共24名学生，这些学生主要是从研究机会有限的学校招募和人口不足的学校。该计划着重于压力的生物学适应，并包括细胞生物学，植物生物学，生物系统数学建模，生态学和微生物学的项目。通过教师的直接指导，学生从对当前研究文献的评论中提出了自己的独立项目问题。学生将从事真实和相关的研究，其目标是为研究文献贡献学术发现。所有REU学生都可以在Pepperdine校园获得最先进的研究基础设施。计划成功将使用所有REU计划（SALG URSSA）以及Pepperdine计划中开发的特定工具进行评估。该计划完成后，许多学生将在地方和国家会议上介绍他们的研究结果。计划后将跟踪学生，以确定自己的职业道路。 Pepperdine REU计划着重于对压力的生物学适应。项目因学科而异，但包括在圣莫尼卡山和太平洋的生态/遗传研究，毗邻Pepperdine校园，环境毒素的后果，生物学系统的数学建模以及环境压力对土壤微生物多样性的影响。该计划的特定目的是：1）增强本科生作为年轻科学家的成熟； 2）让学生参与全日制，真实的生物学研究以及研究结果的有效交流； 3）向学生介绍生物信息学和数学建模； 4）培训学生通过服务和清晰的沟通来吸引非科学家和公众； 5）为来自代表性不足的群体和缺乏研究机会的学校的学生提供研究机会。有关该计划的更多信息，学生可以访问网站（https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/surb/），可以在线申请。 此外，学生可以联系PI（[e-mail]博士）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来获得支持的。

项目成果

Climatic stress decreases tick survival but increases rate of host‐seeking behavior

气候压力会降低蜱的存活率，但会增加寻找寄主的行为

• DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4369
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Ecosphere
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Nielebeck, Caleb;Kim, Sang Hyo;Pepe, Antonio;Himes, Lucian;Miller, Zachary;Zummo, Sophia;Tang, Mary;Monzón, Javier D.
• 通讯作者: Monzón, Javier D.