SBCNY Fellow Spotlights
Jayanth Krishnan Jayanth Krishnan, currently enrolled in the Accelerated Physician-Scientist Program (BS/MD) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College, is a recipient of a 2011 Davidson Scholarship. Jay, who conducted research under the mentorship of SBCNY Investigator Avi Ma'ayan, was the winner in the Engineering category at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF). His project was selected as one of the top eight overall projects which earned him a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
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Johnson Ho Johnson Ho, City College of New York, Biomedical Engineering major, received the 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and was selected as the 2011-2012 Valedictorian of the Grove School of Engineering. Johnson was a summer 2009 SBCNY Fellow who worked under the mentorship of Kevin Costa (MSSM, Department of Medicine) on a project titled: Post-Infarction Left Ventricular Remodeling and the Law of Laplace.
[Project] [CCNY News]
Jayanth Krishnan Sara Wildstein from Queens College (Class of 2010), was one of the recipients of the 2010 Jonas E. Salk Scholarship. She is currently a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Under the mentorship of SBCNY Investigator Eric Sobie during the summer of 2009, Sara's project was titled: Computational modeling of 'leaky' ryanodine receptors and triggered arrhythmias in heart cells.
[Project] [2010 Salk Scholars]
2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Program

How to Apply

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible individuals are those who are entering their junior or senior years in an undergraduate degree program within a college of City University of New York (CUNY). Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents. Applicants should have plans to pursue PhD or MD/PhD degree programs after graduation and have an interest in incorporating systems biology approaches into the research that they pursue.


Application Procedure

Each applicant is required to submit a completed application form along with a personal statement, resume and copies of school transcripts. The application form is available in two formats: Adobe PDF version and Microsoft Word version which should be saved to your computer before you begin filling it out.

Adobe PDF Version

  1. Open the PDF version of 2012 summer program application.
  2. Save the file to your computer using the Save icon from the Adobe toolbar before you begin filling out the application. Save the document in the following format: Last Name_Application.pdf.
  3. Complete all of the fields. Use the Tab key to advance to the next field.
  4. Personal Statement: Please provide a personal statement in a separate Word document (1 - 2 pages). Your statement must include responses to the following topics:
    • Describe your reasons for wishing to obtain training in the Systems Biology Center New York.
    • Please discuss your current plans for post-college study (e.g. MS, PhD, MD, MD/PhD work and general field) and your long-term career goals.

Microsoft Word Version

  1. Open the Word version of the 2012 summer program application
  2. Save the file to your computer before you begin filling out the application. Save the document in the following format: Last Name_Application.doc.
  3. Complete all of the fields. Use the Tab key to advance to the next field.
  4. Personal Statement: Please provide a personal statement in a separate Word document (1 - 2 pages). Your statement must include responses to the following topics:
    • Describe your reasons for wishing to obtain training in the Systems Biology Center New York.
    • Please discuss your current plans for post-college study (e.g. MS, PhD, MD, MD/PhD work and general field) and your long-term career goals.

Please submit your completed application form along with your personal statement, resume, and copies of school transcripts via email to oaaresearch@mail.cuny.edu. The subject line of your email should be: Systems Biology Center New York Summer Program.

Application Deadline
The closing date for all application materials is March 1, 2012.

Acceptance Date
Successful candidates will be notified by April 1, 2012. Accepted applicants will have 2 weeks to accept or decline the offer.

Questions about the summer program:

Terry Krulwich, PhD
Educational and Outreach Director
Systems Biology Center New York
E-mail: terry.krulwich@mssm.edu

Sherry Jenkins, MS
Senior Technical Analyst
Systems Biology Center New York
E-mail: sherry.jenkins@mssm.edu

Technical questions about the application forms:

Pedro Martinez
Web Developer
Systems Biology Center New York
E-mail: pedro.martinez@mssm.edu



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