News / Posts from Biology http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/ Reason Carleton College, 2008 The REU concentrates on environmental impacts of roads. Information can be found at http://www.wti.montana.edu/Education/REU.aspx Susan Gallagher Western Transportation Institute Cobleigh 434 Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717-4250 Phone: (406) 994-6559 Fax: (406) 994-1697 http://www.coe.montana.edu/wti Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:02:38 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=387002 Chicago Academic Medicine Program June 23 – August 1, 2008 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, March 10, 2008 The Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP) is for outstanding freshman and sophomore students. This program was developed to help college students from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health related sciences (African American or Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian) or college students from disadvantaged backgrounds to build the knowledge base and academic skills necessary for success in a pre-medical program. CAMP is a non-residential, six week academic skills building program that is tuition free. All lectures take place on the campus of the University of Chicago at the Pritzker School of Medicine. Students will be selected locally or must have a local resident in which they will reside for the duration of this commuter program. Highlights of the program include: • Free tuition • $1000.00 stipend for the summer • A mini-medical school format • A focus on group learning, team building and peer support • Daily interactive presentations on the three major organ based systems • Clinical shadowing opportunities with physician mentors • Advising sessions with Pritzker deans and admissions officers • Bus passes for local transportation • Social and mentoring events with Pritzker faculty, students and staff The application for CAMP is available online at: http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/about/diversity/pipeline/ For additional information, please contact Bernadette Steele at (773)702-8946 or by email: bsteele@bsd.uchicago.edu Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:17:43 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=382363 Poster on file in the office. http://peir.path.uab.edu/pathgrad/article 88.shtml Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:22:45 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=380940 The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is again offering an NSF sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Biomolecular Science. We would appreciate it if you could post the attached pdf advertisement and announce the program in appropriate venues. More information can be found at http://www.uwlax.edu/ibisreu/ . Deadline for applications is February 22, 2008. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:25:26 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=378795 Maryland Sea Grant - especialy designed for students majoring in such fields as biology, chemistry, ecology, physics etc. Located on Chesapeake Bay: the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences. Deadline is February 29, 2008 Website: www.mdsg.umd.edu/REU Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:22:47 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=378793 DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15 Visit the website Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:32:12 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=378377 Once again this year we want to call your attention to a DIFFERENT REU site. The TIM Consortium is different from most other REU sites in that it is spread out over six campuses, each with two students working on problems related to Theoretically Interesting Molecules (TIM). The entire group of six faculty and 12 students will get together twice during the summer, once to spend a week at Chapel Hill for the Reaction Mechanisms Conference and again at the end of the summer to report on results. We especially encourage applications from underrepresented groups. See our web site at http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/chem/toms/REUsite/frames/frameindex.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:06:28 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=377207 Walt Disney World Professional Internship View flyer here Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:04:17 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=377205 Research Assistants Sought for a Study Examining Co-morbidity Between Panic Disorder and Nicotine Dependence Do you have an interest in health psychology, psychopathology, or neuroscience? Are you looking for research experience and perhaps authorship on a poster/article to strengthen your graduate school applications? Would it be helpful to receive Psychology 292 (Independent Research) credits? My lab team will examine a possible causal mechanism for the high rate of co-morbidity between panic disorder and nicotine dependence. In particular, we will compare smokers not in withdrawal and ex-smokers (the new populations) to smokers in acute withdrawal and non-smokers (previously studied populations) on fear reactivity to carbon dioxide inhalations. The primary purpose of the study is to ascertain whether acute nicotine withdrawal is necessary to demonstrate heightened fear reactivity to carbon dioxide among smokers. Possible reasons why smokers in withdrawal may be hypersensitive to carbon dioxide include a) high bloodstream carbon-monoxide levels from smoking affect a putative “suffocation monitor” (most likely located in the brainstem), and b) fear becomes a learned response among smokers to unusual somatic sensations (induced by either nicotine withdrawal or carbon dioxide). As a research assistant you would engage in a variety of activities, including the following: * screening potential participants for a variety of mental and medical disorders * running participants through the carbon dioxide re-breathing procedure * attending weekly meetings with the research team to discuss the protocol * assisting with data analysis and interpretation I’m looking for highly motivated students who are current (or future) psychology majors or neuroscience concentrators to join the lab team. Because of the training involved, preference will be given to students who would be interested in working on the team for three terms. Research assistants may elect to take independent research pass/fail or for a grade. To apply, please send an email by February 11 to kabrams@carleton.edu Include your year, psychology and overall GPA, and major/concentration. Also, please note the psychology/neuroscience courses you have taken along with your potential career goals. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Ken Abrams Department of Psychology Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:07:56 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=376144 The University of Florida invites students to participate in its NSF-funded International Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Program at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana from May through July 2008. The goal of this program is to expand the educational experience of participants through research in ecology, environmental science, and conservation biology in tropical sub-Sahara Africa. Participants will travel with the Program Director to the University of Cape Coast, Ghana during the summer to work on defined research projects under the mentorship of Ghanaian scientists. They will conduct carefully selected projects focusing on ecological studies in the Cape Coast area such as the Kakum National Forest, one of the few virgin forests in Africa. Weekly seminars and workshops, led by Ghanaian professors, will provide participants opportunities to learn beyond their disciplines. Field trips to cultural sites will take place during the weekends. Airfare, room and board will be provided. Participants will receive a stipend at the end of the program. Additional information and applications are available at http://www.honors.ufl.edu/ucc/. Deadline for receiving applications is March 21 2008. Daniel A. Wubah Associate Provost & Professor of Zoology University of Florida Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:34:45 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/biol/opportunities/?story_id=376053