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Integrated Systems: Integrative Sciences
Developing systems perspectives in undergraduate biology at Duke
In summer 2006, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded $1.9 million to Duke University to develop a comprehensive program linking undergraduate biology education to emerging systems-level transformations in science research. Integrated Systems: Integrative Sciences will foster the development of a systems perspective within biology at Duke and will build new educational collaborations between Arts and Sciences, the Medical Center, and the School of Engineering.
Felicia Walton, Research Fellow 2004
Read our summer student blogs
Week one
“A busy first week, adjusting to Central Campus housing, familiarizing myself with the lab, and attending our first series of seminars.”
Week Two
“Yesterday I did a ligation, trying to piece the BlueScript vector with the mutated DNA I made from PCR. I then did a transformation in the afternoon, expecting to see the colonies when I come in this morning.”… and “Yesterday I interviewed my mentor.”
Week three
“With two weeks of experience under my belt, I feel a lot more confident and independent about my work in the lab. Tomorrow I will begin the actual experiments that will hopefully answer my research question – I’m pretty excited!”
Week four
“Still waiting on my experiments to work out… the cells grow when they want to and at a very slow rate. I did complete a flow cytometry on some of my cells and send them to a lab for results and I will report those back as soon as I can”…and “This past week we had seminars and discussions on ethics and proper behavior for research.”
Week eight
“I had a fantastic time at the poster session!!! I think it was one of the best experiences of my life. I really enjoyed explaining my project to others and surprisingly, I got to meet some people who were specifically interested in it.”
Recent Student Publications
David A. Orlando, Charles Y. Lin, Allister Bernard, Edwin S. Iversen, Alexander J. Hartemink and Steven B. Haase. 2007. A Probabilistic Model for Cell Cycle Distributions in Synchrony Experiments. Cell Cycle Vol 6, No. 4. p. 478 - 488 Feb. (2007) (Summer Scholar 2004)
Cantlon, J., Fink, R., Safford, K. and Brannon, E. M. (2007) Heterogeneity impairs numerical matching but not numerical ordering in preschool children. Developmental Science 10 (4) 431-440. (Research Fellow 2004)
Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium. 2007. The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Science Nov 10;314(5801):941-52. (Including Rahul Satija, Research Fellow 2003, Summer Scholar 2004)
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