Research Experience for Undergraduates

The Whitney Laboratory Research Experience for Undergraduate program (REU), funded by the National Science Foundation ( Site Award 0648969), offers an exceptional opportunity for the motivated undergraduate to participate in scientific research. If you are serious about science but have never had the opportunity to perform like a scientist, then this program is for you.

• Program description and how to apply
• Links of interest
• 2007 Summer Interns

Areas of Research Available
to Undergraduate Interns

• Physiology and Biochemistry of Olfaction (Barry Ache)
• Structure and Function of Ion Channels (Peter Anderson)
• Biochemistry of Vision (Barbara-Anne Battelle)
• Plasticity and Homeostasis in Motor Systems (Dirk Bucher)
• Membrane Physiology (Bill Harvey)
• Molecular and Cell Biology of Complex Systems (Paul Linser)
• Synaptogenesis and Synaptic Physiology (Epley)
• Genomic Bases of Neuronal Identity and Plasticity (Leonid Moroz)
• Structure and Function of Neuropeptide Receptors (David Price)
• Cellular Neurobiology and Signal Transduction (David Zacharias)