[bioundgrd] Fwd: Reminder: Deadline Dec. 1 for Internship Opportunities for Course 7

[Janice Chang]

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From: Jeanne Fahey <jmfahey at mit.edu<mailto:jmfahey at mit.edu>>
Date: November 22, 2013 12:07:08 PM EST
Subject: Reminder: Deadline Dec. 1 for Internship Opportunities for Course 7




Fully-funded Summer internships for Course 7 in Israel 2014

   Wealth of historical sites all in a few hour drive * No language course requirement * All expenses paid * 5 Day trip/in-country seminar

More information at MIT-Israel Program<http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-israel/>

If interested, please apply through the MISTI portal<https://misti-csm.symplicity.com/students/> by Nov. 30, 2013.



Opportunities in Israel for Course 7:

Explore the field of medicine at Sourasky Medical Center<http://www.tasmc.org.il/e>. As an intern you will research IBD, colorectal cancer and liver diseases, with focus on innate immunity. Applicants should have knowledge of immunology.

Explore the fields of food science, signal processing, smartphone application design, and software. As a summer intern at BT9 Ltd.<http://www.bt9-tech.com>, you will create prediction models, programs for data mining and reports generation, engineer hardware for sensors and RF communication devices, or program sensor devices. Applicants should have experience in the aforementioned areas (at least one).

Explore the fields of research and development at Protalix<http://www.protalix.com>. As a summer intern you will work on characterization of recombinant proteins produced in plant cells. Applicants must have knowledge and experience in cell biology as well as biochemistry (ELISA/WB/enzymatics). Exceptional applicants will have a Masters degree or above.

Explore the fields of business development and strategy, chemicals, construction, maritime, and environmental science. As a summer intern at IDE Technologies<http://www.ide-tech.com>,  you will contribute to novel water desalination technologies and wastewater treatment via product or business development work. Applicants must have good mathematical skills and have knowledge of process/mechanical/maritime design or business development.

Explore the fields of biology and medicine at Ben Gurion University. As a summer intern you research how specific fat depots contribute to diseases associated with obesity. Applicants should be familiar with the following: molecular biology, cell culture, methods related to sampling of environmental particles, and laboratory animals.

Explore the fields of biology, medicine, and neuroscience at Hebrew University. As a summer intern you will study miRNA changes under acute stress, inflammation, ischemic stroke and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease to understand their contributions to higher brain functions. Exceptional applicants are familiar with experimental molecular neuroscience and bioinformatics analyses of high throughput datasets.

Explore the fields of education and information technology at Technion. As a summer intern may choose to work on a variety of research projects: middle school science education, innovation in MOOCs, and outdoor authentic learning via Wandering. Applicants should be familiar with science education research, teaching and learning methods, online education tools, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Explore the fields of biology and neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. As a summer intern you will combine electrophysiology and super resolution microscopy to study the molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in health and in brain disorders. Applicants should have basic knowledge of biology or neuroscience. Exceptional applicants are familiar with cloning, electrophysiology, and imaging.

Explore the field of computational structural biology at Hebrew University. As a summer intern you will model and test the structures of proteins and/or their interaction with partners. Applicants should be familiar Perl/Python/Java/C++ (at least one). Exceptional applicants are familiar with protein structure.

Explore the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology at Tel Aviv University. As a summer intern you will study the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by phagocytes, specifically mapping of the hotspots of interaction between the catalytic oxidase component Nox2 and the cytosolic activator p67phox. Applicants should have theoretical knowledge or biochemistry and molecular biology, hands-on experience in basic techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Explore the fields of cognitive science and experimental psychology at Hebrew University. As a summer intern you research high level unconscious processes, including unconscious reading or math and emotion perception. Applicants should be familiar with experimental design, programming, and data analyses.

Explore the fields of medicine and neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. As a summer intern you will develop sensitive functional assays and novel methods for transcriptome profiling. The research group aims to discover novel biological principles by which RNA affects formation and inheritance of complex traits. Applicants must be seniors or graduate students who can stay for a 3+ month period.

Explore the fields of biotechnology, nanoscience, physical chemistry, and physics at Technion. As a summer intern you can develop an algorithm to identify and predict the regulatory output of DNA sequences that control gene expression. Alternatively you can work on applications to detect single molecule sub-cellular processes and make nano-scales models of complex chemical processes. Exceptional applicants are enthusiastic and have quantitative skills.

Explore the fields of agriculture, biology, chemistry, and physics at Hebrew University. As a summer intern you will study cell wall structures that lead to twisting and coiling awns in seed dispersal units of grasses. Applicants should be comfortable with basic laboratory research.

Explore the field of computational biology at Weizmann Institute of Science. As an intern you will develop tools for metabolomics analysis. Applicants must have programming experience and some biology background.

Explore the fields of ecological and evolutionary physiology at Tel Aviv University. As an intern you will conduct field work on circadian rhythms.

Explore the field of desalination and water treatment at Ben Gurion University. As an intern you will research antibiofouling surface development or novel desalination membrane fabrication. Applicants should be familiar with organic chemistry.

Explore the field of medicine at Tel Aviv University. As an intern you perform genomic analysis of diseased individuals.

Explore the field of water irrigation at Ben Gurion University. As an intern you will research pathogens and indicators in treated wastewater, irrigated soil and crops, and changes in soil microbial diversity and secondary metabolites production following desert rain. Applicants should have completed basic biology and chemistry coursework.


Jeanne Fahey
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