10 week paid summer internships are available for visiting undergraduate students , secondary science teachers , and faculty at primarily undergraduate-serving colleges and universities. The goal of the program is to provide mentored research experiences in plant genomics and build relationships in the greater scientific community for visiting participants and the whole project team.
Information about past programs can be found by clicking below:
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Updated 04/12
Plant Genomics Researchers at Michigan State University collaborate on a summer training program for students enrolled in undergraduate studies in biology, chemistry, chemical engineering and computational sciences. The ten week program is designed to give students experience in the theory and practice of genomics and includes a wide variety of projects and participating laboratories. While the main emphasis is on gaining laboratory experience, the ten week program includes informal lectures from faculty and social activities.
To learn more and for application materials go to Internships.
Congratulations to 2011 participant Mike Veling for receiving a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Mike wrote: "My work in the Plant Genomics program taught me how to predict transcription factor DNA binding motifs using large scale expression data. I used this new knowledge in my home lab to enable my professor to produce and test new theories. Without the Plant Genomics Program, I would have never been able to do any of this!"
SUMMER 2012:
The seventh annual Plant Genomics @ Michigan State University Summer Undergraduate Research Program will run from May 21 to July 27, 2012.
For information about the 2012 program schedule, click here.
For information about the participants, click here.
If you have a question, please write to plantgen@msu.edu.
