UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #884

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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: 5-10
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: kahughes@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Biological Science'
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  mentoring_philosophy: "My philosophy for mentoring undergraduate research students is that each student is unique in the interests and talents they bring.  I therefore like to to begin student's project by focusing on a single discrete skill.  Once that skill is mastered, we will add new skill, thereby sequentially building the students' confidence and competence.  Our research is very \"basic\" (that is, it does not have immediate, direct applications to biomedicine, agriculture, or veterinary medicine).  The skills students will learn should be transferable to wide range of career goals, however.  This project will *not* involve work with live animals. so student's will need to be happy to work on a computational project that relates to animal biology and evolution, but without hands-on exposure to the animals themselves. "
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'We are interested in why organisms are so genetically diverse. We examine this question using one of the best-studied species for understanding the maintenance of genetic diversity, the Trinidad guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Individual guppies vary greatly in many traits, but one of the most obvious is male body color. In previous research, we found that males with rare or novel color patterns are favored by natural selection, a process that tends to maintain high genetic variation. As the result of a long-term experiment, we have a large collection of digital images of guppy coloration. UROP students will have the opportunity to assist in digitizing those images and, ultimately, analyzing that data to rigorously test the hypothesis that selection favoring rare color patterns is responsible for maintaining high genetic diversity in this species. '
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://www.bio.fsu.edu/kahughes/research.html'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Kimberly Hughes'
  project_keywords: zoology
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Biological Science, Scientific Computing'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: she
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |
    data collections (digitize images of fish coloration)
    data analysis (use computational tools to analyze animal color data)
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  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    familiarity with personal computers
    ability to focus on small details for long periods
    good hand-eye coordination
  title_of_the_project: 'Animal coloration--using digital image processing to understand variation and evolution'
  update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=XiyREeDCkHnw2RLgLMDLfhq3-m7Jx_9-VHVRFuIduY4'
  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: 'Dr. '
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
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  year: '2024'