Program Description
The
NSURP program for undergraduate research in neuroscience at the
University of Texas Medical Branch on the beautiful island of Galveston,
Texas provides undergraduate students the opportunity for cutting-edge,
interdisciplinary research in the area of neuroscience. One of the
program goals is to promote the success of women and underrepresented
minorities in science.
In order to capitalize on our nation’s
intellectual potential and develop viable treatments to debilitating
neurological diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease,
Parkinson’s Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, and understand the
mechanisms of addiction and pain, we need to train a new generation of
scholars in neuroscience who can creatively approach problems in a
variety of ways. Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, you will learn
biomedical neuroscience research skills related to cell and molecular
biology, translational sciences, toxicology, infectious disease
research, stem cells, and tissue engineering, just to name a few! You
will also become familiar with techniques like cell culturing, isolation
of stem cells, immunoassays, animal surgery, mass spectroscopy, and
electrophysiology.