Research Opportunities

Participating Rockefeller Laboratories

The BRSS program is centered around an intensive laboratory research experience. Students work 20-25 hours per week in a laboratory at Rockefeller University doing research in molecular biology, neurobiology, biochemistry, developmental biology, biophysics, or genetics.

Below is a list of the investigators at Rockefeller University who will serve as mentors in the Spring 2010 program, with links to their web pages.

James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D., Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience

Sanford M. Simon, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics

Hermann Steller, Ph.D., Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology

Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D., Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior

Shai Shaham, Ph.D., Laboratory of Developmental Genetics

Michael W. Young, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Laboratory of Genetics