The National Cancer Institute's Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) offers 2008 summer research opportunities

Program Description:

The Summer 2008 Cancer Research Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity for sophomore or junior level college students to engage in innovative, integrative biology approaches to cancer research through the National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP). The ICBP, composed of nine multi-disciplinary Centers across the United States, focuses on the analysis of cancer as a complex biological system. Researchers within each ICBP Center utilize the integration of experimental biology with mathematical and computational modeling to gain new insights into the biology and possible management of cancer.

Selected student participants will be paired with ICBP faculty-mentors from a Center based on the student's indicated research interests. Through mentored research projects and/or laboratory work, faculty lectures, seminars, discussions and other activities, the students will gain an understanding and appreciation of major questions currently under investigation as well as the novel approaches being used within the ICBP Centers.

To access additional information about the Summer 2008 Program and online application process, please visit the NCI - ICBP website at:

http://icbp.nci.nih.gov/education_outreach/student_resources/undergraduate_opportunities/

Please distribute this announcement to your colleagues and interested students. Thank you.