Biotechnology
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LI-COR Biosciences Announces Student Award Program for Undergraduate Programs Using Its DNA Analysis Systems
Lincoln, Nebraska: LI-COR Biosciences is introducing a Genomics Education Poster Scholarship (GEPS) program for undergraduate students who are using a LI-COR DNA Analyzer as part of their college’s curriculum. “LI-COR has an ongoing commitment to support undergraduate training in molecular biology that emphasizes inquiry based learning,” says LI-COR Product Manager Jeff Harford. He adds that the program includes awards for both students and their academic institution. “Either an individual or team of students may submit a poster,” says Harford. “The poster must show how the LI-COR analysis system was used as part of the student’s work.”
LI-COR has an established history as an active partner working with colleges to help train and prepare undergraduate students for careers in science. This new program is in addition to the company’s Genomics Education Matching Funds program (GEMF), which is designed to help undergraduate colleges and high schools establish or enhance their programs in genomic studies by providing matching funds for acquisition of the company’s Model 4300 DNA Analysis System.
“We are constantly seeking innovative methods for teaching undergraduate molecular biology and related courses,” says Harford. “This new GEPS program is designed to encourage undergraduate students to communicate the results of their coursework.” Harford explains that poster presentations are an important element in the research process, especially as students’ progress to graduate work.
Poster must be submitted on or before April 14, 2008. For complete rules, please contact:
Jackie Potts
GEPS Program Coordinator
LI-COR Biosciences
4647 Superior
Lincoln, NE 68504
877-564-4094
402-256-9422
jackie.potts@licor.com
Email Jackie for a complete GEPS information package.
Download a PowerPoint Template for GEPS posters.
LI-COR congratulates and thanks all of the students who entered the 2006 poster competition. Each of these projects involved undergraduate research incorporating the LI-COR 4300 DNA Analysis System.
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Additional Posters
Using Site Directed Mutagenesis in the CheY Protein from T. Maritima to Characterize Hydrophobic Contributions to Thermophilic Protein Stability
Jeffrey Reichert, Thomas Sladewski, and William A. Deutschman
Piattsburg State University, Plattsburg, N.Y.
Characterization of Plasmid DNA from Helicobacter Pylori Strain AL207 Utitilizing the EZ::TN™ <R6Kyori/KAN-2> Transposon
G. Gómez, N.W. Cooper, S. A. McIntire
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
Investigation of Plasmid DNA from an Alaskan Indian Strain of Helicobacter Pylori
T. Ebron, N.W. Cooper, S. A. McIntire
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
Nucleotide Sequence Variation in Control Region of Basque Mitochondrial DNA
Ericka Anderson & Greg Hampikian Ph.D.
Boise State University, Boise, ID
Structural and Functional Analysis of the ß-Hemoglobin Encoding Gene in Paramecium tetraurelia
Chrissa Wright
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
DNA Sequencing of Toxoplasma Gondii Genes Using Plasmid Vector
Kuan Shen Wong, Todd Hoffmann, and Quinn Kurtz and Dr Christopher Kvaal
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Growth Curve Analysis of INVSc.1: Expressing Tg Cyc1 and Tg Cyc2 from Toxoplasma gondii
Quinn Kurtz, Amber Achman, Marijo Roiko, Dr. Christopher Kvaal
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
DNA Sequencing of Toxoplasma gondii Genes Using Plasmid Vectors
Todd Hoffmann, Kuan Shen Wong, Quinn Kurtz, Dr. Christopher Kvaal
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
