<html><head><base href="x-msg://202/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Eleana Ricci" <<a href="mailto:ericci@MIT.EDU">ericci@MIT.EDU</a>></span>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Simons Center for the Social Brain UROP Announcement: Spring Semester 2013 </b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Greetings:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I am writing on behalf of Mriganka Sur. The Simons Center for the Social Brain will support several full-time UROPs during<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Spring</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>201</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">3</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for pay. We have posted our announcement on the UROP website and provided a list of potential faculty supervisors (with key words to help assist students). I have attached the link on our SCSB website<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://web.mit.edu/scsb/uropann.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://web.mit.edu/scsb/uropann.html</a></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for your reference.</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">With many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Eleana Ricci<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">SCSB UROP Coordinator/Payroll Coordinator</span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">Simons Center for the Social Bra</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">i</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">n</span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">43 Vassar Street, 46-6237</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">tel: 617-253-934</span><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">0</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); ">; fax:617-253-9829</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); "><a href="mailto:ericci@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ericci@mit.edu</a></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" align="center" style="color: rgb(79, 129, 189); "></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Announcement<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 102); ">UROP Department: Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB)<br>Faculty Supervisor: Varies (see below)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB) will support up to 8 full-time UROPs during the 2013 Spring Semester academic year.<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><br><b>Project description:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Undergraduate research topics may address any aspect of the social brain and its disorders, importantly including autism and related neurocognitive disorders. Topics may include but are not limited to: genes and genetic analyses; other risk factors; epidemiology; developmental time course; animal models; human stem cell models; human brain imaging; behavioral studies; mathematical modeling; biological and cognitive therapies; sensors and aids; and diagnosis and biomarkers.<br><br><b>Applications for Spring 2013 Simons</b></span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">UROPs should include a brief proposal with a clear focus on the social brain and autism spectrum disorders, developed with a faculty mentor who will supervise your work.<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><br>If you have a faculty advisor in mind, please work together to develop a two to three page proposal which describes the context and scope of the project, a tentative work plan, your role in the UROP, and what you hope to get out of the experience, both academically and personally.<br><br>If you do not have a faculty advisor in mind, you can find potential advisors via the SCSB UROP Faculty website [</span><a href="http://mit.edu/scsb/uropfac.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">http://mit.edu/scsb/uropfac.htm</span></a><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(27, 67, 113); ">l</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">] and contact them directly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Please submit your proposal to the UROP office<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>no later than 12 noon on Monday, February 18</b>. Should your project not be among those funded by the Simons Center, you will be automatically considered for Direct Funding through the UROP office.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Simons Center UROPs are supported by the Simons Center for the Social Brain, the mission of which is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and behavior, and to translate this knowledge into better diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Simons Center seeks proposals from undergraduates interested in studying ASDs from a diversity of perspectives including life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering.</span><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(27, 67, 113); "><o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eleana Ricci [</span><a href="mailto:ericci@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ericci@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">], 617-253-9340</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>