Summer Research Opportunities for Underrepresented Students

Overview:

The Department of Genome Sciences has partnered with the University of Washington STAR and Genomic Outreach for Minorities programs to provide summer research opportunities for undergraduate students. The 2010 program will follow UW Summer Quarter dates: June 21 – August 20.

In addition to the opportunity to gain outstanding research experience with some of the top researchers in the field, participants will receive a stipend of $3000. Housing in UW student accommodations and transportation costs will be provided for students from outside the Seattle area. Outside the lab, you’ll enjoy summer in Seattle, one of North America’s most beautiful and dynamic cities, with sunny summer weather and mountains and water in all directions. Please see our Seattle website for more more information, links, and recommendations from our faculty and students.

Applicants must be:

- US citizens or permanent residents

- Currently enrolled in and returning to college following the summer research program to continue their undergraduate studies. We expect that competitive applicants will have had some college-level science coursework. Applicants who would like to work in a computational lab should have had college-level calculus and basic programming skills.

- members of a group that is underrepresented nationally in the biomedical sciences (African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander)

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is March 1.

Please send the following items to Genome Sciences academic manager Brian Giebel via email (preferred):
bgiebel [ a t ] u.washington.edu

We prefer that you send items by email, if possible, but if you would rather send your items by postal mail you are welcome to do so:

UW Genome Sciences
Attn: Brian Giebel
Box 355065
Seattle WA 98195-5065

1. Research Statement / Faculty of Interest (1 or 2 pages)
Tell us about your research interests & goals, including any past research experience and relevant coursework. Please indicate your current college class status. As part of this, please include the names of at least 3 Genome Sciences faculty members whose research interests you. Please choose from the following list. You may follow the links to find out more about their research.

Akey, Joshua - population genetics and molecular evolution
Berg, Celeste - drosophila development
Brewer, Bonny - yeast DNA replication
Bruce, James - proteomics, mass spectrometry and advanced technology development
Dunham, Maitreya - yeast genetics and evolution
Eichler, Evan - human genomics and molecular evolution
Felsenstein, Joseph - evolution
Fields, Stanley - macromolecular interactions and protein technologies
Furlong, Clement - human biochemical genetics
Green, Philip - genome analysis
Jarvik, Gail - genetics of complex disease
King, Mary-Claire - human genetics
MacCoss, Michael - proteomics and mass spectrometry
Manoil, Colin - bacterial molecular genetics
Miller, Sam - bacterial pathogenesis
Monnat, Raymond - human genetic instability
Nickerson, Debbie - human genome variation
Noble, William - computational molecular biology
Pallanck, Leo - drosophila neurogenetics
Queitsch, Christine - molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic robustness and evolvability
Shendure, Jay - DNA sequencing technology, medical genetics, synthetic biology
Stamatoyannopoulos, John - genomics of gene regulation
Swanson, Willie - evolution and function of reproductive proteins
Thomas, James - molecular evolution, gene families
Trask, Barbara - molecular cytogenetics and genomics
Waterston, Robert - genomics / gene expression / comparative sequence analysis

2. CV / Resume (1 page)
This should highlight your previous research experience and education. Please be sure to include your complete contact information (phone, email, mailing address).

3. Reference letter
One reference letter is required, but you are welcome to have two sent if you prefer. There are no forms necessary – the letter should be from a faculty member or others familiar with your abilities and discuss your research and/or academic experience and ability. Your referee may email this directly to Brian Giebel (bgiebel [ a t ] u.washington.edu) or mail it to the address provided above. Please do not send reference letters from non-research or non-academic settings (e.g. summer jobs unrelated to science, etc).

4. Transcript
Transcripts do not have to be official (i.e. you are welcome to email web versions, etc), although you are of course welcome to have your college send official transcripts if this is easiest for you. If you have attended more than one school, please send a transcript for every institution you’ve attended where you’ve taken a science or math course (i.e. you do not need to send transcripts from colleges where you took only non-science or math courses).

Application Review / Notification:

We will notify all applicants of their status as soon as possible, most likely within 1 month of the application deadline. Successful applicants may be asked to submit additional application materials to the University of Washington’s STAR or Genomic Outreach for Minorities programs.