Out of 110 applicants, eight students have been chosen to participate this summer in an intensive undergraduate training program to learn about cellular and molecular imaging at The University of Texas at Austin.
The National Science Foundation funded the Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Therapeutics. The foundation is providing $55,000 per year, for three years, to fund this REU program.
The program, which runs from June 5 to Aug. 11, is for sophomores and juniors in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and related majors. The program allows undergraduates interested in cellular and molecular imaging research to learn laboratory methods and work on independent projects under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The students attend weekly research seminar series and professional development activities, and showcase their research results in a poster session towards the end of summer.
The Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Biomedical Engineering host the program. It is led by Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, chemistry and biochemistry professor, and Dr. Lisa Brannon-Peppas, biomedical engineering research professor.
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