Biology + Technology = Awesome Paid Summer Research

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This University of Missouri-Columbia summer program pairs biologists with computational scientists to collaborate on projects involving high performance computing and big data biology.

Program Details

Duration: 9 weeks
Stipend: $4500
Room and Board: PROVIDED
Application Deadline: February 9, 2016

Research Projects

Finding the genes that are associated with the evolutionary appearance of live-birth in the mammals

Understanding how using more and different kinds of genes gives different views of the flowering plant tree of life

Understanding the biology of "ultraconserved" genomic regions in eukaryotes

Finding functional elements in animal and plant genomes using RNA sequencing

Application Process

Read more and APPLY here: http://muii.missouri.edu/reu/about.php

If you plan to apply, please contact Janet McGlynn at mcglynn@umbc.edu.