INBT Hosts 11 Undergraduates for Summer Research Experience

2008 Research Experience for Undergraduates Students at the Institute for
NanoBioTechnology. Credit: INBT / JHU

Conducting original research is not strictly the realm of graduate students and faculty. Undergraduates from universities across the nation have gathered at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University to participate in the Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Eleven students were chosen to participate in this highly selective REU from a pool of more than 240 applicants for the opportunity to perform research in nanotechnology—science at the scale of one billionth of a meter. Each student was chosen because of their superior academic performance, interest in pursuing research, and faculty recommendations. This is the first time INBT has offered an REU program. >> read the rest of this article