The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE...to succeed) 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 Stratford , New 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 31 through August 5, 2005. Research opportunities for student available in many areas of biomedical research including molecular biochemistry, vision sciences, inflammatory mediators, cancer biology and molecular genetics. 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 and be invited to participate in our open house celebration of research held in March, 2006.

ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
The program is open to undergraduate students who are seriously 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 March 1, 2005.   The S.U.R.E Program is open only to citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.A.

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.

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For more information, please contact:

Diane Worrad, Ph.D. worraddi@umdnj.edu
Program Coordinator
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
42 E. Laurel Road, Suite 2200
Stratford, New Jersey 08084
856-566-6282

Diane Worrad, Ph.D. worraddi@umdnj.edu