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Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Life Sciences Fellowships
Saturday Morning Science
MOREnet Science Programs
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Last update: 1/13/06 |
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Education at the Life Sciences Center
The Bond LSC seeks to support doctoral and postdoctoral training that emphasizes new and creative approaches to solving increasingly complex biological problems. This is best accomplished by attracting and retaining high-caliber students from diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds and by continuing to build upon the strengths of collaborative linkages across MU departments and divisions.
The Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (LS UROP) provides funding opportunities for students to conduct research with MU faculty involved in life sciences research from across the entire campus. LS UROP also coordinates summer programs for non-MU students, seminars and workshops for undergraduates interested in research, and funds travel grants for undergraduates to attend regional, national and international scientific conferences. Through the Office of Undergraduate Research faculty may post job opportunities in their laboratories for undergraduates.
The educational initiatives of the Bond Center also encompass the Genetics Area Program, the Life Sciences Fellowships Programs (doctoral and postdoctoral), and the NIH/NIGMS training grant. The Life Sciences Fellowship Program currently provides funding for nearly forty doctoral students and twelve postdoctoral fellows, while the training grant supports six students annually.
Toward this end, the Bond LSC will continue to support research opportunities for minority students participating in the LS-UROP undergraduate research summer program as well as encourage the attendance of life sciences faculty at national and international meetings that are focused on minorities in science. In addition, the Bond LSC will pursue educational program development opportunities, such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and Interfaces Initiative. These programming opportunities seek to remove barriers between historically disparate disciplines and encourage interdisciplinary solutions to scientific problems.
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