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Undergraduates who are interested in the program should select a general area of research from those listed on the BE Website and talk directly to the faculty members. Below are some guidelines that may be helpful to you for finding a UROP. They have been adapted from Prof. David Pritchard, UROP coordinator for Course 8.
- First, realize that the key word to be emphasized in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, is "opportunity" (for you), not "program" in the sense of a preplanned program for which you "sign up". Some faculty advertise by e-mail or posting a notices. You can find the best positions through seeking them out via the web, acquaintances, in recitation, at departmental welcome parties, etc.
- Look at the Biological Engineering research web page at http://web.mit.edu/be/research/index.htm to decide what types of research appeal to you, and then look at the faculty research areas pages to find faculty members in your area of interest http://web.mit.edu/be/people/index.htm.
- Some professors may seem less approachable than others, but don’t let this dissuade you from contacting them - they may have UROP positions too. Research projects in biological engineering can be found in other initiatives, departments or labs. See for example Computational and Systems Biology and Tiny Technologies. If your interests overlap with other departments, scout for relevant professors in those departments.
- Go by to visit. If the Prof. is unavailable, get a copy of the annual group report, the key journal articles that the group has written, a recent letter written on hottest results, etc. from the Administrative Assistant/Group Secretary (you can't overestimate the value of getting this person on your side). Read these materials to get ideas and knowledge about the given research area, then arrange an appointment.
- Network with upperclass UROPs. MIT’s Biomedical Engineering Society is an ideal place to accomplish this.
- When you do visit, remember that the visit shares many aspects of a job interview: take a resume (with phone numbers for your references, if any), stress your interest in and knowledge of this particular group's activities without being overbearing. Have a ready mental list of the skills you possess (these should be on your resume also) that might be applied to the group’s research. Even if you only helped build a room on your house, the knowledge that you can use a screwdriver is comforting to someone contemplating hiring you to work in his/her lab. The post-docs and graduate students will not only provide a lot of your supervision if you work in that group, but will be the likely beneficiaries of your work - so talk to them at length, if possible. Ask intelligent questions and show how vitally interested your are in their work.
- There is unlikely to be an immediate positive response; try to get them to indicate a date by which they will call you back, and contact a few days after that if they don't. Rather than accept a flat "NO,” emphasize your interest in this specific group and indicate your willingness to come by again next semester, your availability if anything comes up in the near future, etc.
- If the first group does not pan out, go back to step 3. Don't get discouraged.
- Prof. Eric Alm, 48-317, x3-2726, ejalm@mit.edu
- Computational and experimental approaches to understanding the evolution of gene regulatory networks in environmental microorganisms.
- Prof. Mark Bathe, NE47-323, x4-5685, mark.bathe@mit.edu
- Integration of high resolution light and
electron microscopy data with mechanistic models of cytoskeletal function.
- Prof.
Angela Belcher, belcher@mail.utexas.edu
- Biomaterials, biomolecular materials and organic-inorganic interrfaces.
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- Prof. Chris Burge, 68-230A,
x8-5997, cburge@mit.edu
- Mechanisms of gene regulation.
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- Prof Arup Chakraborty, E19-502C, x3-3890, arupc@mit.edu
- Computational Modeling of Biological and Physiological Processes.
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- Prof.
Peter
C. Dedon,
56-787A,
x3-8017, pcdedon@mit.edu, Dedon
Lab Web
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- Chemical, biological, and physical mechanisms of endogenous DNA damage; free radical chemistry and biology.
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Prof. Edward F. DeLong, 48-427, x3-5271, delong@mit.edu
- Environmental genomics, microbial diversity, photobiology, integrating microbial systems biology with systems ecology.
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- Prof.
C. Forbes
Dewey
Jr.,
3-254,
x3-2235, cfdewey@mit.edu
- Cell, tissue, and fluid biomechanics; biological imaging.
- Prof. Drew
Endy, 68-623,
x8-5152, endy@mit.edu
- Biological Systems Analysis, Design and Synthesis.
Prof.
Bevin
P. Engelward, 56-631,
x8-0260, bevin@mit.edu, - DNA damage induced loss of genomic integrity.
Prof.
John M.
Essigmann,
56-669,
x3-6227, jessig@mit.edu,
Essignmann
Lab Home
Page- Molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis; mechanism based drug design.
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Prof.
James
G. Fox, 45-106,
x3-1757, jgfox@mit.edu
- Animal models for disease.
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- Prof. Ernest Fraenkel, 68-323A, x8-8702, fraenkel-admin@mit.edu
- Computational Biology; Systems Biology; Transcriptional Regulation.
- Prof.
Linda
Griffith,
66-466,
x3-0013, griff@mit.edu
- Tissue
Engineering.
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- Prof.
Alan J.
Grodzinsky,
NE47-377,
x3-4969, alg@mit.edu
- Cell mechanobiology, molecular electromechanics, and tissue engineering.
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- Prof. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, 56-341C, 452-2385, schiffer@mit.edu
- Bioengineering, manufacturing, manipulation of biologiical molecules, chemistry, nanotechnology,materials science
- Prof.
Jongyoon
Han,
36-84,
x3-2290, jyhan@MIT.EDU
- Micro/nanofabrication.
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- Prof.
Darrell
Irvine, 8-425, x2-4174, djirvine@mit.edu
- Immune system bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, biomaterials.
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- Prof. Alan P. Jasanoff, NW14-2213,
452-2538, jasanoff@mit.edu
- Molecular imaging in neurobiology, functional MRI, systems neuroscience.
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- Prof.
Roger
D. Kamm, 3-260,
x3-5330, rdkamm@mit.edu
- Cell, tissue, and fluid biomechanics.
Prof.
Alexander
Klibanov,
56-579,
x3-3556, klibanov@mit.edu
- Enzyme biotechnology; therapeutic proteins .
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- Prof.
Matthew
Lang, 56-651,
x3-3159, mjlang@mit.edu
- Biological imaging and functional measurement; macromolecular biochemistry & biophysics; molecular, cell and tissue biomechanics.
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- Prof.
Robert
S. Langer, E25-342,
x3-3107, rlanger@mit.edu
- Biomaterials; tissue engineering.
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Prof.
Douglas
Lauffenburger,
56-341,
x2-1629, lauffen@mit.edu
- Cell, tissue and biomolecular engineering; computational modeling of biological and physiological systems.
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Prof.
Harvey
Lodish,
WI-601,
x8-5216, lodish@wi.mit.edu
- Cytokine- and cell-based therapeutic biotechnology.
- Prof.
Scott Manalis, E15-422,
x3-5039, scottm@media.mit.edu
- Molecular, cell and tissue biomechanics, biological imaging and functional measurement, new tools for genomics, functional genomics, proteomics and glycomics.
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- Prof.
Paul
Matsudaira,
WI-667,
x8-5188, matsudaira@wi.mit.edu
- Microfabrication biotechnology; molecular- and cell-level biological imaging.
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- Prof.
Leona
Samson,
56-235,
x8-7813, lsamson@mit.edu
- Cellular responses to damaging agents; the repair of alkylation damage and its influence on alkylation induced cell death, apoptosis, mutation, chromosome damage and cancer.
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- Prof.
Ram Sasisekharan, 16-561,
x8-9494, rams@mit.edu,
- Glycotechnology and therapeutics.
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- Prof.
David
B. Schauer, 56-787B,
x3-8113, schauer@mit.edu,
- Bacterial pathogenesis; infection and cancer risk.
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- Prof.
Peter
T. C.
So,
NE47-279,
x3-6552, ptso@mit.edu
- Biomedical optics; micromanipulation and fabrication; molecular, cell and tissue biomechanics; non-invasive optical biopsy.
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- Prof. Subra Suresh, 4-104, x3-3320, ssuresh@mit.edu
- Single cell and single molecule mechanical response, experiments and computations.
- Prof.
Steven
Tannenbaum, 56-731A,
x3-3729, srt@mit.edu,
- Nitric Oxide, Metabolism and toxicology of drug development, mass spectrometry and proteomics.
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- Prof.
William
G. Thilly, 16-743
x3-6221, thilly@mit.edu,
- Origins of genetic change in humans.
- Prof.
Bruce
Tidor ,
32-212,
x3-7258, tidor@mit.edu
- Tidor
Lab Home
Page: http://web.mit.edu/tidor. Computational biology and bioengineering;molecular biophysics; rational drug design; biochemical networks and signal transduction; Systems biology.
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- Prof. Forest White, 56-787, 8-8949, fwhite@mit.edu
- Proteomics, protein phosphorylation analysis, mass spectrometry
- Prof.
K. Dane Wittrup, E19-551,
x3-4578, wittrup@mit.edu
- Molecular bioengineering, protein engineering, therapeutic protein biotechnology.
- Prof.
Michael
Yaffe, E18-580,
x2-2442, myaffe@mit.edu
- Regulation of protein-protein interactions; structure and function of modular signaling domains; design of bioinformatics tools for proteomic analysis.
- Prof.
Ioannis
V. Yannas,
3-332,
x3-4469, yannas@mit.edu
- Tissue engineering.
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