While some students spent their summer catching some rays or sleeping late, four students came to the University of Georgia to learn the intricacies of a relatively new branch of science called genomics. They took home cutting edge techniques and a leg up on other science students as well.
Science is interdisciplinary and team-oriented.
This program was designed to let undergraduate students get the real flavor of the new directions biology and math are going. The summer's work was intense for students Ono Oboh, Kenrick Pratt and Ikovwa Irune of Clarke Atlanta and David Glover of Morehouse. Oboh and Irune are from Nigeria, and Pratt is a native of the Bahamas. Ga. Funding for the program was provided by and CAU Provost Dr. Winfred Harris and UGA Provost Dr. Karen Holbrook. Dr. David Logan, a biology professor from CAU, led the program this summer, developing the curriculum with Arnold and supervising the lab procedures and training the students.