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Duke iGEM Fellows 2006
All pre-graduate level students wishing to join the Duke iGEM Team must first apply and be accepted into the Duke iGEM Fellows Program. This program will require a commitment to brainstorming and preliminary research/training this spring, intensive research this summer (May 18-August 12), and participation in the 2006 iGEM jamboree at MIT in the fall. If you have questions/comments or would like to be put on the mailing list (for those who have not yet registered) email dukeigem@gmail.com.
Application
The Duke iGEM Fellows competitive application process begins December 16, 2005 and ends January 16, 2006.
Current Duke undergraduate students are eligible to enter the process by emailing igem2006@duke.edu with the following:
- Name
- NetID
- Year
- Major(s) and minor(s)
- C.V. (as .pdf or .doc attachment)
- Course/labwork undertaken that is applicable to iGEM.
- 300 words or less on what you hope to gain from a Duke iGEM experience.
- 300 words or less on what you hope to contribute to a Duke iGEM team (computational, experimental, etc.).
- External funding for which you plan to apply/have applied and when you expect a response.
Joining a team will depend on the number of applications received and commitment to the iGEM schedule. The organizers will begin contacting students from the applications received by mid-January 2006 with further information. Given the tentative schedule below, applications may be greatly improved by seeking out external funding support and accommodations for summer 2006.
Faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are highly encouraged to participate as advisers to the undergraduate teams and, should they desire, contribute independently through a "Free Style" category as well. Please contact the organizers below for further details.
Support
Duke iGEM may or may not directly provide student funding. However external support is available.
- At least 5 stipends for Duke iGEM Fellows will be offered to engineering majors through the Pratt Research Fellows Program
- Freshman are encouraged to apply to the Howard Hughes Research Fellows Program
- Sophomores and Juniors are encouraged to apply to the Howard Hughes Summer Scholars Program
- Sophomores and Juniors who have completed at least one biological science course are also encouraged to apply to the Duke IGSP Summer Fellowships in Genome Sciences and Policy
- Students not receiving stipends from Duke iGEM or through external funding will be eligible for 2 credits independent study in BME (or relevant department) and a half credit through the summer seminar series. Please note that stipends and course credit are mutually exclusive.
Schedule
- Spring 2006 - workshops, recruitment of teams, potential ideas brainstorming and training.
- Summer 2006 - seminar series, project development, implementation, and an intra-Duke jamboree.
- Fall 2006 - Duke teams at intercollegiate jamboree.
- Spring 2006 - workshops, recruitment of teams, potential ideas brainstorming and training.
Potential Projects
Student Participants and Contact Emails
Potential Teams and Students
- Team PGCT: Austen Heinz austen.heinz@duke.edu, Mark Johnson mark.e.johnson@duke.edu, Emmett Nicholas emmett.nicholas@duke.edu, Keddy Chandran keddy.chandran@duke.edu
- Team TEAMNAME2: STUDENT5 email_STUDENT5, STUDENT6 email_STUDENT6, STUDENT7 email_STUDENT7, STUDENT8 email_STUDENT8
- Team TEAMNAME3: STUDENT9 email_STUDENT9, STUDENT10 email_STUDENT10, STUDENT11 email_STUDENT11, STUDENT12 email_STUDENT12
- Team TEAMNAME4: STUDENT13 email_STUDENT13, STUDENT14 email_STUDENT14, STUDENT15 email_STUDENT15, STUDENT16 email_STUDENT16
Student Coordinators
- Austen Heinz austen.heinz@duke.edu
- Mark Johnson mark.e.johnson@duke.edu
- Emmett Nicholas emmett.nicholas@duke.edu
- Keddy Chandran keddy.chandran@duke.edu
Faculty/Staff Participants and Contact Emails
Advisers
- Jingdong Tian jtian@duke.edu
- Lingchong You you@duke.edu
- Fan Yuan fyuan@duke.edu
- Faisal Reza faisal.reza@duke.edu
Organizers
- Jingdong Tian jtian@duke.edu
- Fan Yuan fyuan@duke.edu
- Faisal Reza faisal.reza@duke.edu
Summer Seminar Speakers
Bob Cook-Deegan Available May 18-June 1
