{"id":207475,"date":"2022-08-29T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/?p=207475"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:46:27","slug":"ires-summer-biology-research-program-in-japan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/2022\/08\/29\/ires-summer-biology-research-program-in-japan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IRES: Summer Biology Research Program in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This grant-funded international research program allows students to engage in scientific collaborations at top biology institutes in Japan.<\/p>\n<h2>2023 Program Dates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>September 1, 2022 &#8211; November 9, 2022: Application Period<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January &#8211; May 9: Online pre-departure introduction (in the U.S.)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 13: Students depart for Japan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 16 &#8211; May 19:Introduction to laboratory techniques in Nagoya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 22 &#8211; July 14: Eight week program on site<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Institute of Genetics (Mishima, Japan)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Institute of Basic Biology (Okazaki, Japan)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 15: return to US\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funded by the National Science Foundation (<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1952513&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\" target=\"_blank\">NSF Project #1952513<\/a>), this summer program (including nine weeks in Japan) will provide students with invaluable research and intercultural experiences while working with an international team of biologists on CRISPR-Cas9 techniques generating transgenic fish to study genetic elements regulating\u00a0 behavior. Students will receive a $5000 stipend along with compensation for travel and accommodation expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The program is open to Montclair State and non-Montclair State students who are advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in state-of-the-art gene editing molecular biology techniques. See Eligibility section for details. The program consists of nine weeks of full-time research in a Japanese laboratory, mentored by faculty member from the Japanese institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montclair.studioabroad.com\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&amp;id=59826\">Full Program Information &amp; Application<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research focus for this program is Novel Genetic Elements Regulating Behavior of Medaka and Zebrafish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":207476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207475"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207638,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207475\/revisions\/207638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}