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A matching grant awarded to Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Wilson has helped him add a sophisticated new piece of equipment to his lab. The portable infrared gas analyzer allows biology students to easily measure rates of photosynthesis.
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The Li-COR Environmental Education Fund has awarded a $49,000 matching grant to Jon Wilson, Assistant Professor of Biology, Haverford College.
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The recent graduate’s thesis work led to co-authoring a paper with Professor Jenni Punt and outside collaborators.
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Join us on Wednesday, April 6 for a screening of 'Race Against Drug Resistance' and a talk entitled, 'Antimicrobials as the Drivers of Shigella Evolution in Vietnam', with guest speaker, Dr. Stephen Baker of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam.
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Haverford College welcomes Jon Wilson to its faculty as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology.
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In an essay they co-authored for a new book, Professors of Biology Jenni Punt and Philip Meneely, and President Stephen Emerson, look at Haverford's focus on undergraduate research, and the College's unique Superlab course, as a way to foster future biomedical investigators.
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Haverford College is the unlikely setting for a new romance novel that features a biology professor as a lovestruck heroine. Author Abigail Reynolds, a Bryn Mawr alumna, says her familiarity with the campus wasn't the only reason she set her "modern love story with a Jane Austen twist" at Haverford.
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Students and faculty are enhancing their research with new, high-tech instruments purchased courtesy of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Haverford professors Jerry Gollub and Karl Johnson have co-authored a paper that has been named an "Editorial Selection" at Physical Review Letters Online.
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Two biology majors have Center for Peace and Global Citizenship internships this summer.
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Smith, a University of California San Francisco MD/PhD student in biophysics, is one of fifteen recipients of the prestigious fellowship, which is the nation’s most generous award for young innovators in the fields of applied science and engineering.
Read an interview with Smith
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Berman, who was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant, will spend next year at the Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology studying the formation of neural circuits that allow for vision.
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At the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, seniors Monica Stegman and Maryann Tekverk spent a semester gaining invaluable field and lab experience.
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He will attend with three Haverford seniors: Kate Alfieri, Connor Bischak, and Heather McMahon. They will blog from the meeting for its entirety between their departure on Feb. 19 and their return on Feb. 24. Their blog is one of four official Society blogs during this meeting, which includes approximately 6,000 attendees from around the globe.
Go to the blog.
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Cuesta has been named a Rubin and Sarah Shaps Scholar, honoring his participation in Sloan Kettering's Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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Figuring it Out: Research and Analysis of Veterinary Medicine on the Island of Nevis
Join Shanina Halbert '13 as she blogs during Winter Break from the Island of Nevis, where she will be interning at a veterinary office.
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Two articles by the Emeritus Professor of Biology, focusing on the history of notable scientific discoveries, have been published this fall in academic journals.
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The instruments, which include three different kinds of microscopes and a high-tech cell sorting system, will strengthen research capabilities for faculty and students in the biology and physics departments.
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Thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yusup Shin '11 and Adolfo Cuesta '10 are interning at world-renowned research laboratories this summer.
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Craig Borowiak (Political Science), Bret Mulligan (Classics), and Iruka Okeke (Biology) have been recognized for their classroom innovations with the Life Cycle of the Student Scholar Award.
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Cecily Moyer '09 and Kara Percival '11 will both spend the summer working as Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Interns
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Lewis is a Professor in Global Health, Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, serves as the board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, in Canada and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
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Oxford University Press will publish his textbook Advanced Genetic Analysis, which grew out of an innovative course of the same name Meneely has taught at Haverford for more than a decade.
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It's the people, says the biology department supervisor and longest-serving current Haverford employee.
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The grant will help strengthen Haverford's biological sciences by supporting research opportunities, curricular initiatives, technological advances, and outreach programs.
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Biology professor (and Haverford alumna) Andrea Morris, recent recipient of a five-year Career Development Award from NIH, is featured in Science magazine.
Big Science at a Small College
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Welsh is one of six fellows selected for their commitment to social justice and community action.
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Kim is one of six fellows selected for their commitment to social justice and community action.
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On Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:30 - 8:00 pm in Sharpless Auditorium we gathered for an alumni panel discussion of careers accessible to biology majors.
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The associate professor of allergies and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is featured in The New York Times Magazine cover story on new treatments for children with food allergies.
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The Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP): A ten-week summer research internship for students interested in careers in biomedical research. Program director is a Haverford alumnus.
Click here to go to the program website
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Dan was the primary-author of Clonogenic Neoblasts Are Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells That Underlie Planarian Regeneration
Read the paper on Science website >
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Melanie was the primary-author of Road to Ruin: Targeting Proteins for Degradation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Read the paper on Science website >
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The position is full-time and lasts through June 2014.
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Rockefeller University will be coming to campus to conduct interviews for Biomedical Research Assistant Positions on Thursday, February 23, 2012. Applications must be made through OCEAN, and the deadline to do so is Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11:59pm. This opportunity is open to current seniors at BMC and HC.
Students should be directed to OCEAN for full details and to apply. Any student interested in applying must have completed an Online Recruiting Tutorial during this academ
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Eight Summer Institutes for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) are scheduled for the summer of 2012. SIBS are open to all US undergraduate and beginning graduate students (US citizens or permanent residents) and are sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Center for Research Resources.
For more information, including dates for summer 2012 and online applications to individual programs, please visit our program web sites:
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Deadline is Approaching!
Apply for ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship! Great Experience and Benefits!
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This 10-week program provides summer research opportunities for students majoring in the life sciences.
The application is online at ** *https://docs.google.com/a/brandeis.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dEI1YWdPakZDOEdKM25URWx3Q0stRnc6MQ#gid=0 *and it is due by Feb 15th 2012.
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eligibility information for the Gateways to the Laboratory Program:
· Freshman and sophomores (at time of application) only.
· Underrepresented minority and/or disadvantaged backgrounds
· US Citizens/Permanent Residents
· Students who wish to pursue the combined MD-PhD degrees after college.
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The Hepatitis B Foundation, in a partnership with the Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research (DIBVR), provides a unique opportunity for junior and senior college students in its paid Student Research Internship Program. Eligible students who are considering graduate school, medical school or industrial research careers spend 10 weeks in this innovative, educational program.
Through this internship, students will gain firsthand experience in professional research, o
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Eight Summer Institutes for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) are scheduled for the summer of 2012. SIBS are open to all US undergraduate and beginning graduate students (US citizens or permanent residents) and are sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Center for Research Resources. The programs have been very successful, but space is limited!
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Summer Research Opportunities at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech
REU Site: Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology (MSSB)
Program Dates: May 30 - August 3, 2012 | Application Deadline: February 6,
2012
http://biomath.vbi.vt.edu/
REU Site: Microbiology in the Post Genome Era
Program Dates: May 28 - August 3, 2012 | Application Review Begins: January
31, 2012
http://microbiologyreu-ret.vbi.vt.edu/
Computationally-Driven Experimental Biology in Engineered Tissues
Program Dates: May 30 - Augus
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Lafayette College seeks an Instructional Technologist with significant relevant experience with technology used in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) such as statistical packages, computational software, data visualization tools, and spatial analysis software. As a member of the Instructional Technology department in ITS, the Instructional Technologist reports to the Director of Instructional Technology, and works closely with other members of ITS and the college communi
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Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York offers a Summer Research Scholars Program where undergraduate students can participate in exciting research projects within one of four disciplines including Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Entomology, Food Science and Horticulture.
The student interns will have the opportunity to work with faculty, their graduate students, postdocs and staff on research projects that can be laboratory or f
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The mission of this program is to increase scientific knowledge and technical expertise, and stimulate an interest in the biomedical science or medicine.
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Thank you for helping promote the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP). Applications are
now being accepted! Please encourage undergraduates with a competitive
GPA and a strong interest in a career in biomedical research to apply.
CRISSP is a new 10-week competitive summer internship program for
undergraduate students interested in careers in the biomedical
sciences. CRISSP offers opportunities in bas
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EID Laboratory Fellowship (public health/infectious disease)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are pleased to offer a unique fellowship opportunity which may be of interest to graduates of your academic programs.
The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program prepares laboratory scientists for careers in public health. The two-track program trains qualified candidates (bachelor’s and master’s level) to support public health initiatives, and provides
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Clinical research coordinator at CHOP.
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Now accepting applications for Summer 2012
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2012 Summer Internships for Undergraduate Students
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The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is offering offer its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program for the 25th year in 2012. The theme of the program is Translational Ecology for Undergraduates.
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The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) hosts a 9-week summer internship that is designed to provide research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students.
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This program supports ten undergraduate students to conduct research in marine science.
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75 fellowships are available in this research program, which includes cancer biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, and more.
10 students studying in the fields of mathematics, computer science, physics, or chemistry are also eligible to apply for the Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research fellowship. www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF
The application deadline is February 9, 2012. Both programs runs from June 4-August
Website and online applications
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Immersion in biological research and an orientation to a career in biological sciences.
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Matthew Sazinsky '99, a chemistry professor at Pomona College, has received the Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching from Pomona students.
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The University of Wyoming is proud to offer summer research
opportunities to external undergraduate students to engage in research in bioinformatics and computational molecular biology in Laramie. The summer research program will last from May 24, 2010 to August 6, 2010 and will include a stipend of $3500 for the period.
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MURF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
The MURF program aims to increase the participation of underrepresented students (such as African American, Hispanic, and Native American, females who are underrepresented in their discipline, and first-generation college
students) in science and engineering Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs and to make Caltech's programs more visible to students not traditionally exposed to Caltech.
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The MIT summer research program in the Biological and biomedical
sciences (MSRP Biology) is a 10-week training program for highly
motivated undergraduate sophomores and juniors who will greatly
benefit from an intensive research experience at a top notch research
institution.
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The Hepatitis B Foundation, in a partnership with the Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research (DIBVR), provides a unique opportunity for junior and senior college students in its paid Student Research Internship Program. Eligible students spend 10 weeks in this innovative, educational program.
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The Rockefeller University, one of the nation's premier centers for scientific research, invites college sophomores and juniors to apply for a unique summer research opportunity.
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The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine offers a unique opportunity to work for the summer in a research laboratory at one of the world's top-ranking scientific institutions. The program is specifically designed for students considering a research career in the biomedical sciences.
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Senior chemistry major Adam Subhas participated in a research cruise over winter break with Caltech professor Jess Adkins '90 looking for deep sea corals and mapping the sea surface in the process, as well as collecting oceanic data such as salinity and nutrient levels.
Read the blog >
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The Haverford senior will spend next year teaching and living at England's Chigwell School.
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Immunologist Steven L. Reiner '82 has demonstrated how the immune system generates two types of sophisticated T-cells. The discovery, hailed as one of 2007's top 10 breakthroughs, could have applications for new vaccines and cellular cancer research.
Read the full article.
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Fifty Haverford students begin a scientific odyssey as part of the College's outreach to Philadelphia-area secondary students.
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Nuvelo CEO Ted Love '81 speaks about the blood-clot dissolver alfimeprase and stem-cell research with the San Jose Mercury News.
Read the full article.
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Stremlau has been named the grand prize winner and the North American regional winner for the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists.
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10/30/07 - Haverford senior setter Emily Hinchcliff has been named the Centennial Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week ending October 28th.
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Jewell Sparks '92 has balanced her passions for fine arts and cellular biology as a biologist and manager of her own production company, Sparkie Brown Productions.
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Two Haverford students, Anna Klales ’09 and Justin Meyerowitz ’09, are the recipients of Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually to undergraduates who plan to pursue careers in science and mathematics.
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Molly Sheehan ’07 , is headed for Africa, to coach soccer and teach English.
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In the past, there has been an assumption that artists who suffer neurological damage will never be able to produce their art in quite the same way again. And though this largely appears to be true, it’s not necessarily a change for the worse, according to Anjan Chatterjee ’80.
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Ethan Roland ’04 is not particularly fond of the word “sustainable” when discussing environmental matters... That’s why the concept of permaculture design—the foundation for his current business venture, AppleSeed Permaculture (www.appleseedpermaculture.com) –appeals to him.
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As much as Amy Arundale valued the cultural and social benefits of her junior year in Scotland, it was always soccer that was at the top of her mind. In fact, it was a running joke among her friends that her penchant for all things soccer made her a rather distracted companion at pubs, where televised matches were extremely diverting.
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When Associate Professor of Biology Jenni Punt presented her research on “T-cell tolerance” to the Philadelphia Haverford Alumni Network (PHAN) Nov. 5, she turned the reins over to her assistants, who elaborated on their hypotheses, experiments, and results, as well as the “real-world” ramifications of their projects.
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Assistant Professor of Biology Iruka Okeke is one of only three international scholars to receive this year’s Branco Weiss Fellowship, traditionally given to researchers in the life sciences whose work can be viewed through a social and cultural context.
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Christen Fornandel, a senior biology major, wins a Fulbright Fellowship for research in Australia.
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We asked faculty from the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities at Haverford to give us their thoughts about the upcoming year by responding to the following question: "What do you think will be the most significant development or trend in your field of study in 2004 and why?"
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As the weather heats up, students and professors alike are abandoning the classrooms, but Haverford College’s new Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center is hardly gathering dust.
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Judith Owen, Haverford biologist and director of the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, is the 2003 recipient of an “Excellence in Mentoring” award from the American Association of Immunologists.
The Assistant Professor of Chemistry is being honored for his dual role as a “scholar-educator” with $505,424 to fund his research.
Smith, a biology professor who developed technology to identify specific proteins, teaches at the University of Missouri with his brother, historian A. Mark Smith.