STEM Projects
Research Experience for Undergraduates: Biology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics
With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG) Program at Indiana University now offers a unique opportunity for talented undergraduates to acquire experience in research. MBG Summer Internships allow students to participate in research addressing some of the fundamental problems in biology. This program is designed for students who are interested in attending graduate school and pursuing a career in research.Interns will have the opportunity to use state-of-the-art techniques. They will be hosted by research laboratories from biology, chemistry, and medical sciences, which are intermingled in three closely spaced, well-equipped buildings. In addition, the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute maintains common-use facilities to provide specialized technical needs, such as polymerase chain reaction units, a chromatographic separation unit and a phosphorimager, automated DNA sequencing, computer facilities for DNA analysis and graphics, a confocal and electron microscope facility, a DNA microarray facility, and a cell culture facility.The program is designed for students whose home institution is not Indiana University Bloomington. Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and have a strong interest in research. The MBG Summer Internship is designed to encourage and enhance the participation of students from schools without large research programs and members of minority groups who are currently underrepresented in the sciences, but all applications will be considered.
Each student will become an active participant in a laboratory research group. Every student will be assigned a faculty mentor and will design a research project in close consultation with that mentor. Most often, students will also work closely with a graduate student or post-doctoral associate within the faculty member's laboratory. Students will also be introduced to the type of research they might do in graduate school during weekly lunchtime seminars given by graduate students or faculty from the Department of Biology about their own research.
Presentations on science teaching, science journalism, and careers in industry will introduce students to other types of careers that require a science education.
Date
Summer 2010
Department, School, or Office
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics Program
Contact
REU Coordinator
(812) 856-5522
Web site
http://www.bio.indiana.edu/undergrad/opportunities/mbgreu/index.html
