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Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

TThe Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

 

The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is designed to   
provide a stimulating hands-on research experience for undergraduate  
students considering graduate education in the biomedical sciences.  
The program is conducted at the Stratford Division of the Graduate   
School of Biomedical Sciences on the campus of the 
School  of  
Osteopathic Medicine  in  StratfordNew Jersey.


Each student will have the opportunity to learn the basic skills   
necessary to contribute to the research effort while working with and  
under the guidance of a selected member of the graduate faculty. The   
program runs for a ten-week period from May 27 through 
August 1,  
2008
. Research opportunities for students are available in many areas   
of biomedical research including developmental biology, inflammatory  
mediators, aging, gene expression, stem cells, and cancer biology.  
Techniques a student might learn include: cell-culturing,   
electrophoresis, chromatography, immunoassays, animal surgery,  
immunochemistry, fluorescence imaging and protein and nucleic acid  
molecular biology. Students will attend various scientific seminars.  
Finally, all students will present their results at the close of the   
program.


ELIGIBLE STUDENTS The program is open to undergraduate students who are considering a research career in the biomedical sciences.  
Selection of students will be based on the completed application,   
transcript, and two letters of recommendation. Deadline for receipt   
of materials is 
February 1, 2008 . The SURE Program is open only to   
citizens or permanent 
US  residents.


FUNDING
All  students will receive a stipend of $3,000.00. Students must pay   
for their own housing and travel expenses to and from 
Stratford .  
There is no on-campus housing.


Download program announcement and application


For more information, please contact :
UMDNJ
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
42 E. Laurel Road, Suite 2200
Stratford ,  New Jersey   08084
856-566-6282
gsbs-stratford@umdnj.edu

 


 

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