Biotechnological Investigations - Ocean Margin Program (BI-OMP) - Summer Research

Offering Summer Internships in Marine Molecular Biology to Outstanding Undergraduate Students

Purpose: To support summer training of undergraduate students who are pursuing study in the biological sciences at one of 3 major research institutions: Princeton University, University of California at Santa Cruz and the Romberg Tiburon Center of SFSU. These internships are to provide summer research experience in marine molecular biology research laboratories as part of an on going multi-institutional research project.

This research project funded by the Department of Energy within their BIOMP program is a collaboration between Dr’s Frances Wilkerson and Richard Dugdale (http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~phytopl/) at SFSU, Dr. Bess Ward (http://geoweb.princeton.edu/faculty/index.html) at Princeton University and Dr. Jonathan Zehr (http://oceansci.ucsc.edu/CVs/zehrCV.html) at UC Santa Cruz. It is entitled "The coupling between carbon and nitrogen cycles in coastal upwelling ecosystems; biogeochemical cycling and its molecular basis". It is expected that successful undergraduates will acquire training in molecular and/or oceanographic tehniques and procedures and contribute to the on-going research programs in each collaborating laboratory.

  • Summer fellowship/stipend for minimum of 10 weeks $5000
  • Travel to research laboratory from San Francisco (at one of the 3 sites)

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Open to Juniors (i.e. 2 years away from graduation) who have a B (3.0) grade point average and have completed BIOL 230 and 240 (Introductory Biology I and II)

Please provide the following information:

  • Complete an Applicant Profile form
  • Write a 1-2 page statement of purpose describing your career goals and interests, and state which of the three labs interests you most, if applicable.
  • Request 2 letters of recommendation from science faculty that address:
    • Your potential for graduate study
    • Your potential for a career in molecular biology or marine science
  • Complete the All Science Transcript Form and provide unofficial copies of your transcript(s).

Contact:
Student Enrichment Opportunities (SEO) 415 338 1305 (ph)
Department of Biology 415 338 0927 (fax)
Science 200 seo@sfsu.edu
San Francisco State University www.sfsu.edu~seo
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

For further information about the different laboratories and the research project please contact Frances Wilkerson (fwilkers@sfsu.edu)

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Last updated January 30, 2006