Eligibility Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Preference will be given to non-MU students. Applicants should have completed at least one year of full-time college enrollment and should be pursuing a major in biology, biochemistry, plant science or a related field and intending to pursue graduate work in one of the life sciences. Students grduating prior to May 2002 are not eligible. The deadline for applying to this program is April 1, 2001. Students should also rank potential faculty mentors with whom they would be willing to work.
Funding is available for ten interns.
Students will be matched with faculty based on preferences indicated in the application form and on the student's research interests as described in the personal statement. Centromere structure and function in maize. Dr. Arun Chatterjee , Plant Pathology. Dr. Su-Shing Chen , Computer Engineering and Computer Science. Development of bioinfomatics resources for genomics research.