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Application For SUN Program
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Introduction
The Summer Undergraduate Neuroscience (SUN) program offers Louisiana's
undergraduate students hands-on experiences in laboratory research
and education in the neurosciences, with the goal of stimulating
an interest in medicine, neuroscience and research as a career.
During the past decade, the Neuroscience Center has become a driving
force behind the development of the neurosciences at the LSU
Health Sciences Center.
Overall, the mission of the Center is to contribute to the creation
of an environment of high standards, where investigations on
the nervous system and the diseases that affect it are conducted.
To this end, the identification and recruitment of outstanding
faculty to build a critical mass of expertise is already a tangible
asset.
Objectives
The purpose of this program is to attract top undergraduate students
in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Psychology, and related
fields who would be interested in having summer experience in
the basic and fundamental sciences of the nervous system. Students
are expected to attend formal lectures in such areas as human
genetics, molecular and developmental neurobiology, as well
as to carry out research in one of the laboratories of the Faculty
of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
Highlights of Program
The core program includes specialized neuroscience lectures (investigative
neuroscience, molecular neurobiology, and behavioral neuroscience,
cell biology). Summer research at faculty laboratories provides
the students with research experience. Students are expected
to attend the neuroscience seminar series, and the many other
brain science activities sponsored by the LSU Health Sciences
Center.
Impact on Education
The Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Training Program at LSU
Health Sciences, Neuroscience Center of Excellence, is a multidisciplinary
program offering research training in the fundamental neurosciences.
Training is designed to provide undergraduate students with
a broad general knowledge of neuroscience.
The undergraduate participants have attended these Louisiana Colleges
and Universities:
Anticipated Benefits
Since its inception, the Neuroscience Center of Excellence has
become a nucleus of academic achievement, and contributes in
attracting out-of-state businesses to New Orleans, as well as
distinguished experts and private and federal funding to support
research. High quality, intensive research is our best hope
for discovering why brain diseases occur and to conquer them.
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