Modeling Interest Group (MIG)

Visiting Scholars/ Researchers Program in Systems Biology

Visiting Scholars/Researchers Program in Systems Biology

The University of California, Irvine has initiated a Visiting Scholars/Researchers Program in Systems Biology to begin in 2008. This new program is made possible by the recent major award of support for an NIH- NIGMS P50 National Center for Systems Biology focusing on how biological systems in model organisms process spatial information during development, intracellular signaling, and cell proliferation. Other efforts within the Center include the development of computational and optical tools needed for measuring and modeling spatially dynamic systems. Besides the new Center, research and training in systems biology at UCI is fostered by several interdisciplinary research units and Ph.D. training programs in Bioinformatics, and Mathematical and Computational Biology (for more information, see http://ccbs.bio.uci.edu).

Several Fellowships will be awarded for up to $2,500 for travel expenses; $2,500/month for room and board; and $2,000 for lab supplies and materials per attendee.  The term of awarded Fellowships typically may run two weeks to two months. 

The successful applicant is expected to explore opportunities for collaborative research and/or contribute to the teaching of undergraduate and graduate students in systems biology.  At UCI, particular strengths exist in Developmental and Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Physiology and Biophysics, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, and Statistics. Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, bibliography, three letters of reference, and statements of research and teaching interests to the Center Administrator <kymartin@uci.edu> electronically as pdf or Word files. Letters of recommendation should be sent separately by the writers.

For additional information regarding this program and other CCBS activities, please contact  the Center Administrator, Karen Martin, E-mail: kymartin@uci.edu