REU SITE: Systematics, Evolution and Conservation for the 21st Century

REU 站点：21 世纪的系统学、进化和保护

• 批准号: 1950610
• 负责人: Cheryl Hayashi
• 金额: $ 58.38万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 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: 2020-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950610&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Systematics; Evolution; Conservation

This REU Site award to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in New York, NY, will support the training of 12 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. It is anticipated that a total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from under-represented groups, will be trained in the program. Students will write a report and give a public presentation on their research accomplishments and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done thru the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The theme of the REU program is systematics and evolution and how those inform conservation priorities. Students will be mentored by the museum curators and scientists conducting research on specific groups of organisms. In selecting participants, emphasis is placed on effective student-project and student-mentor matching; transcripts and test scores are not accepted in the application. Projects will explore biodiversity disciplines from paleontology to conservation genetics that comprise the full research scope of the museum. Students will engage in data gathering methodologies, including morphology, advanced DNA sequencing, computed tomography, and massively parallel next-generation genomics. Participants will be trained in computational analytics including morphometrics, ecological modelling and phylogenetics. Students’ knowledge of the role and responsibility of museums as stewards of diversity through time and space will be enhanced through on-boarding in-depth familiarity with the over 34 million specimens collected over 150 years, weekly lectures and training sessions as well as workshops on ethics and responsible scientific conduct. Students will engage in near-peer mentoring of high-school students who are participants in the museum’s other summer programs. More information about the program can be found by visiting www.amnh.org/REU/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Mark Siddall 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 为位于纽约州纽约市的美国自然历史博物馆 (AMNH) 提供的场地资助将在 2020 年至 2022 年夏季期间支持 12 名本科生为期 10 周的培训，预计总共 36 名学生。主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体，学生将在该计划中接受培训，并撰写报告并公开介绍他们的研究成果，许多人将展示他们的科学工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线 SALG URSSA 工具进行，以便确定他们的职业道路。REU 计划的主题是系统学和进化以及这些如何为保护优先事项提供信息。接受对特定生物群体进行研究的博物馆馆长和科学家的指导。在选择参与者时，重点是有效的学生与项目以及学生与导师的匹配；申请中不接受成绩单和测试成绩。从古生物学到保护遗传学，构成了博物馆的全部研究范围。学生将参与数据收集方法，包括形态学、高级 DNA 测序、计算机断层扫描和大规模并行下一代基因组学。通过深入了解过去收集的超过 3400 万件标本，学生将加深对博物馆作为时间和空间多样性管理者的角色和责任的了解。 150 年来，每周举办有关道德和负责任的科学行为的讲座和培训课程以及研讨会，学生将对参加博物馆其他夏季项目的高中生进行近距离辅导。通过访问 www.amnh.org/REU/，或联系 PI（Mark Siddall 博士，[e-mail]）。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

Utilization of Community Science Data to Explore Habitat Suitability of Basal Termite Genera

• DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixac019
• 发表时间: 2022-07
• 期刊: Insect Systematics and Diversity
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: Aaron M. Goodman;Jonah J Allen;Jinna Brim;Alessa Codella;Brittney Hahn;Hassan Jojo;Zoila BondocGawa Mafla-Mills;Salka’Tuwa Bondoc Mafla;Agnes Oduro;Megan M. Wilson;J. Ware