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The 2005 Herman R. Branson Summer Mini-Course in Biophysics
Case Studies in the Physics of Life
Dates: June 12 - July 17, 2005
Boston University
The Biophysical Society and the National Society of Black Physicists
are sponsoring the 2005 Herman R. Branson Summer Mini-Course in
Biophysics. The first ever course was held June 13-July 3, 2004 at
Hampton University. The 2005 course will be held at Boston
University.
The course is co-sponsored by the Biophysical Society and the National
Society of Black Physicists and aims to encourage African American,
Hispanic American, Native American and other underrepresented minority
students to consider careers in biophysics. Students must be American
citizens or legal residents. The course is open to 12 juniors or
seniors from various academic majors and backgrounds, including but
not necessarily limited to physics, computer science, chemistry or
biochemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering. However, two
semesters of calculus-based introductory general physics are a
prerequisite, as well as some background in biology and chemistry.
Study groups will be organized to maximize the benefits from the
different academic majors of the students, and perhaps the different
approaches to biophysical problems.
Dr. Bernard Chasan, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at
Boston University, and Professor Mark Jack, Assistant Professor of
Physics at Florida A&M University, will teach the course and lead
associated labs. Lectures will be supplemented by seminars and
discussions that illustrate modern research in a given topic and/or
relate the lecture topic to issues of current societal or biomedical
interest. Seminars will be presented by leading biophysicists, whose
visits will be planned to coordinate with the lecture schedule.
Visits to local biophysics labs are also planned.
Students admitted to the course will receive full support including
full tuition, housing and a $2500 expense stipend. They will also
receive placement assistance for summer research positions in
biophysics research laboratories.
Course details and applications for the 2005 Herman R. Branson Summer
Mini-Course in Biophysics are available at the Biophysical Society
website, www.biophysics.org. An
application and detailed course description are also attached. The
application deadline is March 7, 2005.
Best Regards,
Dr. Barry Lentz, President-Elect, Biophysical Society
Dr. Keith Jackson, President, National Society of Black Physicists
Biophysical Society
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 634-7114 Phone
(301) 634-7133 Fax
society@biophysics.org
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