UBMTP |
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Dollars at Work: I have begun an
Undergraduate Biology and Math Training
Program at NJIT. It's funded by the US Government through the
National
Science Foundation, which looks good on a resume and I get
paid.
It started the spring semester and will continue through the summer and
fall 2005 semester. |
UBMTP Links:
description
on NJIT site
description on NSF site.
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We will learn to use Math for Biology in one of the following three labs:
Invasive species lab: (or battlefield) They pit plants against
each other in little pots/arenas.
Nerve Lab 1: They zap neurons from the inside with tiny glass
electrodes then watch how they react. I took the picture of the
nerve at that lab, it is really cool so ask me about it.
Nerve Lab 2: They investigate how certain chemicals effect
programmed death in certain neurons. They use electrophoresis, the
same technique they use for certain DNA analysis.
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This is a photo of a crab nerve cell growing in
culture. I took it by sticking my digital camera up to the lens
of a microscope. |
Getting Accepted:
They weren't planning to accept freshman, and I had taken none of the
suggested courses . . . but they read my recommendation, looked at this
website, then I showed them a bit of offline math I've done. Now I
am one of the 6 students in the program. They never asked for my
Transcript, SAT score, or even my GPA!
I would like to thank
Prof. Moore for writing
me the
recommendation
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