The boot camp will be an immersive two-week program, offered in January. It will provide broad introductory exposure to the language and the experimental/theoretical underpinnings of Molecular Biology, Macromolecular Biochemistry/Biophysics, Structural Biology, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, and Bioinformatics. Instruction will take the form of lectures on fundamental aspects of biology,
a broad range of collaborative hands on wet- and dry-laboratory practical exercises (including simulations of biological phenomena using statistical physics, mathematical modeling, and computational chemistry), tours of some of Rutgers’ state-of-the-art facilities for interrogating biological phenomena, a student-driven topic-of-the day, fun activities for relaxing at multiple points each day and during two end-of-week parties, and a culminating symposium before which the participants will gather data on one of three fluorescent proteins (akin to a scavenger hunt) and teach each other about their findings so they can synthesize a rich biological story to share. Boot camp might interest you if you have ever:
* wanted to learn new methods for exploring research biology
*wondered how to convert your quantitative talents into ways to help solve challenging problems in biology
*wished you could figure out who might be a suitable partner for collaboration
*wondered what people are really doing when they sit in front of their computers or work at a lab bench doing biological research
