2024 FLC Monitoring Environmental Microbiomes Application
The goal of the workshop is to introduce participants to the connection and importance of the natural world to molecular biology and genomics. Participants will gain hands-on laboratory and computational experience to explore the presence of bacteria in environmental samples affected by mining contamination. This experience will introduce the latest DNA technologies, current computational biology tools and data science methods to investigate the hidden world of microbial communities. This year, the workshop has been extended to include more data science methods. Participants will learn about science career paths and leadership philosophy/practices.

**We've expanded this workshop two days to explore more data science methods and analysis**

This workshop is supported by the National Library of Medicine, via the Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus (T15LM009451-12S1).
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Location: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

Date: May 19 – 24, 2024

Presented by:
Joslynn Lee, Ph.D., Fort Lewis College
Jennifer Lowell, Ph.D., Fort Lewis College
Lawrence Hunter, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Housing and all meals will be arranged and paid by the workshop. Students will receive stipends for their time. Attendees will be responsible for travel to Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.

Tentative schedule
March 2024 - Sample Collection in Colorado
Sun May 19 - Arrive at Fort Lewis College campus, Durango, CO
Mon May 20 - Visit waterways of Southwest Colorado and meet local scientists
Tues May 21 - Introduction to Bioinformatics: 16S rRNA data processing of environmental samples
Wed May 22 - Introduction to sequencing technologies
Thurs May 23 - Data Science: Understanding microbial communities through statistics and predictive modeling
Fri May 24 - Half-day presentation/Discussion and Depart from Fort Lewis College campus, Durango, CO
Images from 2017 Sample Collection and Workshop
ELIGIBILITY

Must be a current undergraduate student majoring in science or science education, and/or be currently in a science internship and have a GPA of 2.5. Students from groups underrepresented in science are encouraged to apply. American Indians and Alaska Natives students will be given priority, but no one will be excluded from consideration based on their background.

APPLICATION
DEADLINE : April 15th, 2024; until spots are filled - we can extend
Prepare documents for this online application:

1. Statement of Interest (one page limit, word or PDF format): Describe your educational and career plans and how this workshop experience will benefit you.

2. Resume

3. Most recent college transcript(s) (unofficial is acceptable in word or PDF format)

4. Reference
Name / phone number / email of a science faculty or science staff member who will serve as a reference.
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Questions?
Contact Dr. Joslynn Lee (jslee at fortlewis.edu) using the subject line: MEM Application Question
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