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A training grant funded by the National Institutes of General
Medical Sciences (R25-GM62492)
Description
As biomedical research enters the post-genomics age, much of our understanding
of complex, system-level interactions which control biological processes
will arise from rigorous interdisciplinary interactions between the physical
and biological sciences. Stony Brook seeks to cultivate this interaction
through an innovative summer research program known as the Interdisciplinary
Biomedical Research Program (IBRP). Funded by the National Institutes
of Health, the IBRP will enable up to ten undergraduates who otherwise
would study and work solely in the physical sciences or engineering to
spend ten weeks working at the frontiers of biomedical research.
The students will have the rare opportunity to:
- Apply scientific, engineering and mathematical skills of their major
discipline - software and hardware development, mathematical modeling,
statics and dynamics, circuit theory and design, signal analysis, instrumentation,
statistical analysis, and materials characterization - to a specific
biological question being examined in an investigator's laboratory.
- Participate directly in the research and contribute to the biological
aspects of the study
- Learn about hypotheses-driven biomedical research, methods in biology,
and interpretation of results.
- Participate in several enrichment activities, including a weekly journal
club and seminar series which will enable them to learn about the work
of the other IBRP labs, as well as other newly-emerging fields within
the biomedical sciences.
Benefits of IBRP
Through the research and other activities students will:
- Gain a broad exposure to biomedical research
- Receive direct experience addressing one specific biological research
problem
- Develop an understanding of the essential role "non-biology" disciplines
ultimately play in efforts to more fully understand biological systems
- Obtain an appreciation of the interrelationships among
disciplines
- Discover the power of a multidisciplinary approach to research in
biological systems
- Realize the unique contribution that they, as physicists, chemists,
engineers or mathematicians, can make.
Research supervisors will benefit from the computational and technological
skills IBRP students, and these disciplines, bring to their laboratory
— skills which are not common to the life science majors who typically
gravitate to there. We anticipate that many of the student-faculty relationships
formed through the IBRP will persist into the academic year and beyond.
Students in the IBRP will have several projects to choose from, including
some at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Program Dates
June 2nd to August 11th, 2004.
Eligibility
Students concentrating in the hards sciences such as Physics, Math, Chemistry
and Engineering are eligible for the program. Students will recieve a
$4000 stipend for the duration of their fellowship.
Faculty Participating in the Program
| Clinton
Rubin, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
Professor and Director, Center for Biotechnology; Chair, Department
of Biomedical Engineering. |
| Carl
Anderson, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Chair, Biology Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory. National Cancer Institute, U.S. Army, and the Department
of Energy. |
| Helene
Benveniste, M.D, Ph.D.
Scientist, Medical Department, and Acting Associate Director of
Life Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory. |
| Danny
Bluestein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
| Weiliam
Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
| Ki
H. Chon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Physiology &
Biophysics |
| Benjamin
Chu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering |
Richard
A.F. Clark, M.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology and Medicine; Director,
Center for Tissue Engineering |
Avraham
Dilmanian, Ph.D.
Scientist, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL),
Upton, New York; Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering,
SUNY Stony Brook. |
Emilia
Entcheva , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics |
Molly
(Mary D) Frame, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology/Biophysics |
| Glenn
R. Gaudette, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. |
| Gene
Gindi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology and Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Rita
Goldstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Michael
Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Genetics and Orthopaedics |
| Bernadette
Holdener, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry |
Stefan
Judex, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
| Partap
S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurobiology, and
Orthopaedics; Graduate Program Director for BME |
| Caroline
Kisker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacological Sciences |
| Jerome
Liang, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Computer Science |
| Kenneth
Marcu, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
| Lisa
M. Miller, Ph.D.
Biophysicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University |
Lilianne
R. Mujica-Parodi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
| Iwao
Ojima, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemistry |
Yingtian
Pan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
Kathlyn
A. Parker, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry |
Yi-Xian
Qin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
| John
Reinitz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Applied Math and Statistics; Investigator
Center for Developmental Genetics. |
| Hermann
Schindelin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
Carlos
Simmerling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. |
| Steven
Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Interdisciplinary
Program in Structural Biology |
Helmut
Strey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
| Ilya
Vakser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics |
Stanislaus
S. Wong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University;
Assistant Scientist, Materials and Chemical Sciences Department, Brookhaven
National Laboratory; Member of the Biomedical Engineering Program
and the Biophysics Program at SUNY Stony Brook. |
Click below to download application form:
Application deadline is March 15, 2004.
Applications must be submitted to:
Programs for Research and Creative Activity
IBRP Summer Research Fellowship,
N3005 Melville Library
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York 11794-3357.
The completed application consists of the application form; a typed
attachment which identifies the applicant's prior research experience
and biomedical research interests (including reference to a participating
IBRP faculty research mentor and laboratory of interest); a transcript;
and a letter from a faculty member in the applicant's major field. The
letter should comment on the student's research or engineering capabilities
and potential (download application and guidelines above).
Please include 4 copies of the application form and essay with your application.
For more information, please contact:
Karen Kernan, Director
Programs for Research and Creative Activity
N3005 Melville Library
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794-3357
tel: (631) 632-7114 / fax: (631) 632-4525
kkernan@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
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