• Press Release

Systems Biology Center New York Accepting Applications for the 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Program

City University of New York undergraduates interested in an intensive summer research training experience in computational systems biology are invited to apply.

  • New York, NY
  • (November 11, 2011)

The Systems Biology Center New York (SBCNY) Undergraduate Research Program offers summer research fellowships to City University of New York (CUNY) undergraduates who are planning to pursue PhD or MD/PhD degree programs after graduation and who are interested in incorporating systems biology approaches into the research that they pursue.

The SBCNY Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine is a full-time 10-week research-intensive computational systems biology training program within laboratories of the Center. The fellowship provides a stipend of $4000 for the research training period from June 4, 2012 to August 10, 2012. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis based on academic achievement, research motivation and compatibility of long-term goals with interests of SBCNY. We invite applications from students entering their junior or senior years. Apply online at www.sbcny.org by March 1, 2012.

  • Ten week research intensive hands-on computational systems biology training program at the Systems Biology Center New York located at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Students majoring in Biological, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences are encouraged to apply
  • Weekly research seminar series
  • Students present their research at the conclusion of the program at the SBCNY Summer Research Program Poster Session
  • $4000 Stipend
  • Open to US Citizens and US Permanent Residents

Please visit the SBCNY website for application materials and complete program details.

Center Overview

The Systems Biology Center New York (SBCNY) is one of the National Centers for Systems Biology funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Researchers and educators from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, Stony Brook University (SUNY), City University of New York (CUNY), National Centre for Biological Sciences (India), and the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, form the Systems Biology Center New York. The Center is organized as three major sections: 1) Education and Outreach Core (EOC); 2) Experimental and Computational Core (ECC) and 3) Research Projects. All of the research projects have opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. The research activities of the Center form a continuum with our education and outreach activities that include pre- and postdoctoral training, a summer undergraduate research program focused on recruiting underrepresented minority groups and training for educators.

SBCNY investigators want to understand how the effects of molecular interactions are propagated across scales of organization from cells to tissues and organs affecting physiology and pathophysiology. We posit that the dynamic organization of motifs (regulatory loops) within multi-scale networks provides the basis for propagation of effects across scales from molecules to cells to tissues. We study drug action at a genomic scale to understand and predict adverse events. We are actively engaged in the development of the new discipline of Systems Pharmacology. READ MORE

SBCNY is supported by grant number P50GM071558 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.

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