Summer&2014&Opportunity&for&LMC&Biology&Students&&
Join&the&LMC&Bioscience&Research&Team!&&
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Conduct&Bioscience&Research&at&LMC!!
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Who:!!! LMC!Biology!students!working!as!a!team!with!Professor!Liubicich!
What:!! Research!project:!Exploring!the!impact!of!endocrine!disruptors!on!freshwater!spong e!development.!!
Freshwater!sponges!are!a!potentially!important!bioindicator!for!changes!in!our!waterways.!!We!will!work!
together!to!examine !the!effects!of!en docrin e!disrup tor!che m icals!on!tissu e!m orph olog y!and !gene !expre ssion!
during!sponge!development.!!We!will!also!organize!a!student!research!symposium!for!Fall!2014!at!LMC.!!
Research!team!members!will!earn!$10/hr!
When:!! June!9
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! 9am!to!4pm,!Monday!–!Thursday,!with!some!Friday!field!trips!around!the!Bay!Area!
Where:! LMC!Campus,!Pittsburg,!CA!
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The!culmination!of!the!research!program!will!be!a!presentation!of!student!research!at!the!first!annual!Los&Medanos&
College&STEM&(Science,&Technology,&Enginee ring,&Ma th)&Research&Symposium!during!the!Fall!2014!semester.!!
This!event!will!highlight!the!scientific!work!students!completed!as!part!of!on!or!off!campus!internships,!research!
programs,!or!voluntary!laboratory!work.!!This!Symposium!will!provide!students!the!opportunity!to!share!what!th ey!
learned!with !ot he r!stu d en ts!a nd !ins pire !oth e rs!to !follow!in!their!footstep s. !!
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ADDITIONAL&JOB&DETAILS
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Duties!in!the!Lab!
• learn!bioscience!tec hn iqu es !to!co nd u ct!e xp er im en ts!u sing !fresh w a ter !spo n ges !as!a !m od el!sy ste m !!
• participate!in!journal!club!style!discussions!of!primary!literature!
• work!together!as!a!team!to!conduct!experiments!
• follow!all!safety!p ro ce du re s!a n d!la b!p ro to co ls !
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Duties!for!organizing!the!STEM!Student!Rese arch!Sy m po sium :!
• research!similar!symposia!elsewhere!(2yr,!4yr!institutions)!
• identify!reason a b le !for mat!for!the!LMC !sy mposium!!
• establish!a!schedule!of!events!for!the!symposium!(with!faculty!advisor)!
• help!advertise/recruit!LMC!student!participation!–!Summer!/!Early!Fall!Semesters!
• coordinate!marketing!materials!for!the!symposium!!
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APPLICATION!
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To!be!considered!for!a!position!on!the!research!team,!students!must!meet!the!following!requirements:!
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Please!submit!your!completed!application!with!the!following!documents!to!M argie!A hola !(SC 213 )!by!Friday,!April!25
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1. Application!Form!
2. Transcripts!(unofficial)!for!completed!colleg e N le ve l!co ur sew o rk !
3. Essay!
4. Recommendation!forms!from!2!faculty!(to!be!directly!submitted!by!faculty!to!Margie!Ahola)!
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