Karina Orozco – REU Experience
In 2022, I joined the Morton Arboretum’s Global Tree Conservation Program (GTCP) as a Research Experience for Post-baccalaureates (REP) participant.
BioRET Webinar 6/12
Dear Colleagues, I want to bring to your attention a program similar to REU Site except that the participants are teachers. The RET Site program in BIO, called BIORETS, might enhance your REU Site program. BIORETS can also help pay for some of the infrastructure for running a training program. We will have a webinar […]
All REU Sites are Invited to use ETAP, the NSF Training and Education Application
All REU Sites are invited to use ETAP, the NSF Training and Education Application. ETAP provides PIs with a secure and customizable common application while enabling NSF to collect high-quality data for robust evidence-building activities. Check out the video tutorial available in the “Principal Investigators” tab of nsfetap.org. Please send questions to the help desk [...]Katelyn McBride – REU Experience
Sap flow readings integrate information about photosynthesis, transpiration, water transport, and wood condition in a tree. As a result, measuring sap flow can give us crucial information about the overall health of a tree, similar to measuring blood pressure in a human.
Evolutionary Biology in the iCompBio REU
Our current project focuses on assembling, annotating, and aligning mitochondrial genomes of several species within the genus Crenichicla so as to create bioinformatic pipelines, do comparative studies, and assess the phylogeny of the genus Crenicichla.
Samiris Suleiman – REU Experience
The Coastal Ecosystems summer REU Site program at FIU was an experience that changed my life. I am an undergraduate student from Puerto Rico, and although there are many great opportunities on my island, I had never found an opportunity as enriching as this.
Dell Zimmerman – REU Experience
Hi, I am Dell Zimmerman, a senior in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).
Instructions for Using the BIO REU Evaluation Tool
Step-by-step instructions for how to access and set up your program survey are provided here.
Cleo Falvey – REU Experience
My REU research centers around the coronavirus pandemic and uses cutting-edge computational methods to investigate how weather, social distancing, and the mutations of the virus itself could influence the outcome of the pandemic.