12/06/06
Summer Research Institute
Posted by jdudek on December 6, 2006 in Research Information and Opportunities
The University at Buffalo’s Summer Research Institute in Biomedical Materials Science and Engineering (RIBSE), is a 12-week undergraduate research training program integrating topics in the chemistry of tissue engineering, taught by a multidisciplinary faculty team from UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). RIBSE combines innovative pedagogical approaches with hands-on laboratory research related to some aspect of the complex problems facing biomaterials surface chemistry (such as chemistry of polymeric membrane materials, surface chemistry, the molecular biology of cell adhesion and growth and the in-vitro cell and tissue biology applicable for study of synthetic materials, molecular diagnostics of protein and growth factor structure and function, etc.). The overarching goal of RIBSE is the development of a cadre of interdisciplinary research scientists well-equipped to address increasingly complex research questions in biomedical materials science and engineering.
Through this program student can gain valuable experience in interdisciplinary research methodologies and team-based research, presented the results of their work at a research symposium held in August, and earn 3 credits in the process. This year’s programs will include some field local trips to local facilities such as Wilson Greatbatch, Hauptmann Woodward Medical Research Institute, the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and Bausch & Lomb.
2007 participants will receive tuition-subsidized academic credit and a stipend of $3,000 upon satisfactory completion of the didactic portion of the course. Detailed eligibility information and application requirements can be found at the program website, www.ribse.buffalo.edu or http://www.ribse.buffalo.edu/.
