The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) provides one of the few places in the world where young people are instructed in the techniques of modern biology while becoming integrated members of a vibrant scientific community.

Approximately 25 students from around the world will be accepted to the 10-week summer program to work with senior Laboratory staff members on independent research projects, specifically in areas of:

	Cancer Biology
	Neuroscience
	Plant Biology
	Cellular and Molecular Biology
	Genetics
	Macromolecular Structure
	Bioinformatics

Program dates for 2009 are June 7 - August 15, 2009
Deadline for receipt of applications is January 15, 2009

Summer 2008 Undergraduate Research Program Participants