BioPREP: Biology Participation in Research and Education Program

An NIH-funded program to encourage underrepresented community college students who wish to further their education and pursue careers in biomedical sciences

Dates:	June 1 - July 2, 2010
Application Deadline:	March 19, 2010
Salary:	Underrepresented students will receive $2400 for participation (Students are responsible for their room and board costs).

An opportunity to spend 5 weeks at Stony Brook University in a biotechnology laboratory learning molecular biology techniques and performing a
mentored research project

Lab Techniques & Computer Skills that will be covered:
Isolation of DNA	Inoculation of bacterial cultures
Mini preps from bacterial cultures	Restriction enzyme digests
Ligation of DNA	Bacterial transformation
Preparation of solutions	Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Restriction fragment length polymorphism	Pubmed literature searches
Gel electrophoresis (agarose and polyacrylamide)	Genome database searches
Protein expression & purification	Bioinformatics tools
Western blotting	PowerPoint presentations

Other Activities
Award Ceremony & Poster Session: An award ceremony is held with family and guests invited.  Each research team will produce a 3' x 4' poster which will be displayed at the poster session.   Each student will take home their own poster.

Click here to view BioPREP research posters from 2009.
Click here to view BioPREP research posters from 2008.

Lab Meetings & Presentations: Students attend weekly lab meetings to discuss newly learned lab techniques and to present results from their ongoing research.

Guest Speaker Series: Guest lecturers speak to the students regarding various aspects of the biological sciences.

Eligibility	Full-time community college student U.S. Citizen or permanent resident Minimum of 24 credits by the end of the Spring 2010 An introductory biology course is a prerequisite (more biology and/or chemistry is preferred) Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA This is a mandatory residential program (Monday through Friday) and students must commit their time fully (including evenings) to this program for the full five-week period.
Application package (due March 19, 2010)	a completed application form a copy of your college transcript(s) two letters of recommendation from faculty a one-page statement (please include: personal characteristics that make you a good candidate for BioPREP, why you want to participate in BioPREP and how BioPREP will help you achieve your career goal). proof of citizenship or permanent residency (copy of birth certificate or permanent residency card)

Applications should be sent to your college coordinator:
Dr. Catherine Kelly, Nassau Community College
Dr. Joanna Ambron, Queensborough Community College
Dr. Rosa Gambier, Suffolk County Community College

Students from other community colleges, please send applications to
Dr. Daniel Moloney
Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5233

For additional information or questions, please call (631-632-9750) or e-mail (cesame@stonybrook.edu)

UPCOMING EVENTS

December 9, 2009: High School Protein Modeling Challenge

December 15, 2009:  Deadline for undergraduate MARC program fellowships

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