We are pleased to announce the 23rd annual New England Biolabs Molecular Biology Summer Workshops held at the Clark Science Center, 44 College Lane, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 01063 USA. Well over 3000 research scientists have attended this intensive program in the past twenty-one years.

INTENSIVE BENCH EXPERIENCE: This intensive, two week course emphasizes hands-on molecular biology laboratory work. About eight hours each day will be spent working at the bench. All the research is hands-on; there are no demonstrations.

EXPERIMENTS WILL INCLUDE: Microarrys, RNAi, Construction and screening of a genomic library, PCR, RT-PCR, PCR subcloning, purification of DNA and RNA, restriction enzyme digestion, gel electrophoresis, construction of recombinant DNA molecules, cloning in plasmid and phage vectors, cloning strategies, bacterial transformation, Southern transfer and hybridization, methods for labeling DNA, DNA sequencing, protein expression, Western blots, bioinformatics, etc. All of these techniques are woven into a cohesive research project carried out by each participant during the two week session. Lectures and discussion sessions will deal with all of the above topics and the application of these methods in molecular biology research.

NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IS REQUIRED OR EXPECTED: Forty-eight participants per session will be selected from a variety of disciplines and academic backgrounds. Last year's participants included: Medical doctors, sales associates, equipment engineers, principal investigators, directors of programs, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research assistants. Their fields of research included various disciplines of medicine, biochemistry, ecology, immunology, microbiology, pharmacology, plant biology, genetics, physiology, and others. They came from large universities, small colleges, medical schools, hospitals, industry and private foundations. 75% came from the USA and 25% from overseas. With 8 instructors and staff, the student to staff ratio is 6:1.

REGISTRATION FEE: $3995 per participant in Sessions 1 and 2; $1995 per participant in Sessions 3 and 4 . Fee includes lab manual, use of all equipment and supplies, room and board (all rooms are singles), use of the libraries, campus athletic facilities, and computer facilities (no analog phone lines are available for computer hook up in the rooms, however, Ethernet is available. Be sure to have an Ethernet card!).

APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED NOW!  
Applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, so apply now!

Please note that we will continue to accept applications until the course is full. After all sessions are filled applications will still be accepted for the waitlist. Please specify the session to which you are applying (1, 2, 3, or 4) and list one of the other sessions as a second choice.

Apply online! Click here to access the online application form.

WHEN:

• Session 1: Sunday, June 1, 2008 -- Saturday, June 14, 2008.
• Session 2: Sunday, June 15, 2008 -- Saturday, June 28, 2008.
• Session 2: Sunday, July 6, 2008 -- Saturday, July 12, 2008.
• Session 3: Sunday, July 13, 2008 -- Saturday, July 19, 2008.

WHERE:

Clark Science Center

44 College Lane

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

FACULTY:

• Dr. Steven A. Williams

Department of Biological Sciences

Smith College

Northampton, MA

Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

• Dr. Barton E. Slatko

Senior Research Scientist

DNA Sequencing Group,

New England Biolabs, Inc.

Beverly, MA

• Dr. Lori Saunders (Lecturer/Laboratory Director)

Department of Biological Sciences
Smith College

Northampton, MA

COURSE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT:

• Susan Haynes (biolabs@smith.edu)

Department of Biological Sciences

Smith College

TO APPLY:   Apply online or mail your application to:

Molecular Biology Summer Workshops
Dr. Steven A. Williams

Clark Science Center

Smith College

44 College Lane

Northampton, MA 01063

 

 

Online applications are prefered. To apply on line click here.