Summer Research Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
REU Program at Wadsworth Center
The Wadsworth Center participates in the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Students are selected from colleges across the country to work for 10 weeks (from early June through mid-August) on independent research projects in the laboratories of Wadsworth scientists. Students will directly participate in research on:
Research
- Basic immunology and host defense
- Gene expression and regulation
- Protein biochemistry and structure analysis
- Viral mechanisms and mechanisms of immunity
- Neurobiology and neurotoxicology
- 2008 Research Projects and Mentors
- 2007 Research Experience for Undergraduates Student Symposium (PDF -- 303k)
More information about Albany, New York
APPLICATION PROCESS
On-line applications for 2008 Research Experience are now being accepted until the application deadline, February 1, 2008. If you are not graduating May 2008, we encourage you to apply to the program.
* Applications are no longer being accepted.
Students are provided with travel costs, a food allowance and a stipend of $4200. (The stipend has been adjusted from that previously posted based on the reviews of our grant renewal at NSF.) Students are housed within walking distance of the labs.
Application Process
- Applicants are sought who are majoring in a natural science (usually biological sciences or chemistry); who will have completed their second or third year of study by the summer; and who are interested in attending graduate school with the goal of pursuing a career in science. Students graduating May 2008 are not eligible.
- In addition to the on-line application, interested
students should submit a resumé, official college
transcripts, letters of recommendation from two faculty
members, and a one-page statement describing why they want
to participate in this program and stating their field of
interest directly to the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Please do not staple materials - Applications are encouraged from students attending colleges with limited research opportunities and from students who are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences, such as women, racial minorities and the physically challenged.
- Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or permanent residents.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Wadsworth Center, Room C-236
Empire State Plaza, Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509
Phone: (518) 402-5622
e-mail: reu@wadsworth.org
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