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Be a part of the 2008 INBRE Scholars
Program
and take advantage of the opportunity to use state-of-the-art
biotechnology lab techniques to investigate microbiology and
vaccine development. Find out how to ask research questions,
formulate hypotheses, and design experiments to test them. Use
bioinformatics techniques to design novel molecules as vaccines
against infectious diseases. These proteins will later be
expressed and purified in the lab for analysis in animal models.
Use what you have learned to present your conclusions at the
INBRE research conference and catapult yourself into 21st
century biomedical research.
Students will gain experience in a research laboratory at Boise
State University. They will be working as a research team using
bioinformatics and molecular biology techniques to bio-engineer
these proteins for use as potential vaccines. Working with
microbiologist Dr. Juliette Tinker and graduate students,
scholars will address questions dealing with vaccine development
and the pathogenesis of infectious disease. Background
information and training will be provided to make this research
experience appropriate for students with little previous
laboratory experience. An introduction to bioinformatics, the
scientific method and hypothesis-driven research will mark the
beginning of the scholar’s research campaign. Laboratory
techniques utilized in this workshop will include molecular
cloning, bacterial transformation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR),
protein purification, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),
SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDSPAGE), and Western
blot analysis. Scholars will record and analyze data and present
their findings in a scientific poster at the Annual INBRE
Research Conference. Although intensive lab experience is
scheduled, time for fun and relaxation is included.
When is it?
The Scholars Program spans about two weeks, beginning at Boise
State University July 23 and concluding August 6, after
participants present their research poster at the Annual INBRE
Research Conference, in Moscow, Idaho. All lodging, food,
research and group entertainment costs will be provided by the
INBRE Program. INBRE will also provide air travel to scholars on
an as needed basis.
Who is eligible?
Students from Albertson College of Idaho, College of Southern
Idaho, North Idaho College, Northwest Nazarene University,
Lewis-Clark State College, Brigham Young University-Idaho and
Eastern Idaho Technical College are eligible to apply. This year
up to 12 scholars will be awarded statewide. The minimum
qualifications are simple: the student must be enrolled in a
higher education institution for Fall of 2008 somewhere in
Idaho, and have an aptitude for biomedical science. Actual
research experience is not required. Applications are due to the
University of Idaho INBRE office by 4:00 p.m. PST, April 15,
2008. Awards will be announced the following. For
application materials, please visit our website at
www.sci.uidaho.edu/inbre.
Who
do I contact if I have questions?
Please contact either Rhena Cooper (trcooper@nic.edu), INBRE
Outreach Coordinator at 208/769-3476, or Kjelda Berg (kjeldab@uidaho.edu),
at 208/885-5373.
Applications may be
mailed to:
Idaho
INBRE Program
University of Idaho
Mail Stop
444207 (Student Health Building, Room 306)
Moscow,
ID 83844-4207
Application and Directions:
Who do
I contact if I have questions?
Please
contact the Moscow INBRE office at
inbre@uidaho.edu or 208/885-5373. |
