Research Opportunities at Mayo Graduate School

Dear Colleague: We'd like your help in getting the word out about research opportunities at Mayo Clinic for your students who are going on to PhD or MD/PhD training. You are undoubtedly familiar with the excellent reputation of Mayo Clinic in clinical medicine. Mayo Graduate School offers equally excellent biomedical research and education programs. We especially want to highlight three upcoming admission deadlines: Mayo Graduate School offers PhD and MD/PhD training to future leaders in biomedical research and education. Training is especially distinctive for the world-class research laboratories at Mayo Clinic campuses in Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona, and Mayo Clinic's unique funding model where all PhD students are awarded 5-year internal fellowships to select the mentor of their choice with no teaching responsibilities. Mayo Graduate School particularly welcomes applications from international and underrepresented students. The Mayo Graduate School application deadline is Dec. 1, 2014.   Mayo Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program offers a world-class opportunity for undergraduates to conduct a summer research project for 10 weeks while developing technical skills, networking, and enjoying special weekly seminars about current research. The SURF application deadline is Feb. 1, 2015.   Mayo Graduate School created and sustains the oldest competitive NIH-funded Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) in the U.S. This program enriches PhD- and MD/PhD-bound post-baccalaureate students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research, with the goal of a future biomedical research workforce whose diversity matches that of our country. Participants benefit from mentored research, graduate courses, and focused training in communication skills. The PREP application deadline is May 1, 2015. Look for more information about these remarkable training programs on the Mayo Graduate School website. Best Regards, Bruce Horazdovsky, Ph.D. Associate Dean Mayo Graduate School

Introducing the 1st Annual Regenerative Medicine Summer School

I am writing to share with you the attached announcement for the Regenerative Medicine Summer School that I am organizing at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.  The program is designed to provide a week-long didactic and experiential learning experience addressing the science and engineering related to the multidisciplinary field of regenerative medicine.  The target audience are undergraduates, enrolled in a science or engineering program that will have completed their 3rd year of study; exceptional candidates who will have completed their 2nd year of undergraduate study will be considered.

Please share the attached with students who may be interested in this program.

Bryan Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Department of Bioengineering,
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Email: brownb@upmc.edu<mailto:brownb@upmc.edu>

 McGowan Institute - Regenerative Medicine Summer School 2014

July 14-18, 2014

Announcing the 1st Annual Regenerative Medicine Summer School

Objective:

• To provide national and regional students with a week-long didactic and experiential learning experience addressing science and engineering related to the multidisciplinary field of regenerative medicine.

Target Audience:

• Undergraduates, enrolled in a science or engineering program that will have

completed their 3rd year of study; exceptional candidates who will have completed their 2nd year of undergraduate study will be considered.

Venue:

• McGowan Institute-Pittsburgh, PA

• July 14-18, 2014 o Students will be provided accommodations in a University of Pittsburgh dormitory for the week (shared student suites)

o Please plan to arrive on July 13th and depart on July 19th

Tuition: $695 includes room, board, and select social and networking events

Program Outline:

Combination of lecture and hands-on laboratory activities, including:

• Review of Laboratory Basics o Review – Chemical Hygiene

o Cell culture basics

o Sterile environments: procedures and precautions

• Tissue Engineering o Overview of Tissue Engineering

o Biologically derived scaffolds

o Immune response

o Synthesized scaffolds

• Cell-Based Therapies o Overview of Cellular Therapies

o Adipose derived cells and applications

o Muscle derived cells and applications

o Ectopic organogenesis

o Whole organ tissue engineering