April
McLauchlin, who will receive the
Ph.D. in the Genetics; and Kimberly Jones, who will receive the
Ph.D. in Biology; have been selected for the Minority Fellows
Program of the Biotechnology Institute.
The year-long
Minority Fellows Program pairs undergraduate and graduate students,
post-doctoral researchers and faculty from underserved populations
at colleges and universities with industry Mentors. Fellows are
introduced to the biotechnology industry during the Biotechnology
Institute's Conference on Biotechnology Education, where Mentors
and Fellows attend sessions on new and emerging technologies,
mentoring, scientific content updates, and field visits to local
industry and research facilities. All Fellows attend the BIO Annual
International Convention. The program continues with a year of
mentoring. The Minority Fellows Program is sponsored by Amgen Inc.
Additional funding is provided by Connetics Corporation, Exelixis,
Inc. and BIO.
According to
Dr. Irelene P. Ricks, Ph.D. '96, director of Biotech Talent for the
Institute,
there
are 40 Minority Fellows selected competitively each year. This
year's program runs from May 2007-May 2008.
For more information on the program, call Dr. Ricks on (703)
248-8681 or visit the web site at
www.biotechinstitute.org
