Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty for the Amgen Scholars program.
Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions! Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. For additional tips on identifying a mentor click here.
Please remember:
- Students pursuing Amgen must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or students with DACA status.
- Students pursuing Amgen must complete the 10-week program from June 15 - August 21, 2020. Students must commit to these dates. No exceptions will be made.
- Accepted students must live in provided Caltech housing.
| Project Title |
Disciplines |
Mentor |
Posted |
|
Information bottleneck in autism spectrum disorder
|
Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems
|
Brooks Fu |
14-Feb-20 |
|
Analyze an Innate Decision-Making Behavior in Mice
|
Neuroscience
|
Markus Meister |
14-Feb-20 |
|
Dynamics of Self-Organized Transport in a Developing Macroscopic Single-Celled Organism
|
Biology, Physics
|
Elliot Meyerowitz |
30-Jan-20 |
|
Deep learning for cellular image analysis
|
Computer Science, Biotechnology
|
David Van Valen |
25-Jan-20 |
|
Investigating the impacts of endogenous “natural antibiotics” on heterogeneity within biofilms and microbial community structure
|
Biology, Biochemistry
|
Dianne Newman |
24-Jan-20 |
|
Membrane protein biogenesis
|
Biology, Biochemistry
|
Rebecca Voorhees |
23-Jan-20 |
|
Novel U-series dating of eggshells
|
Geochemistry, Geobiology
|
Elizabeth Niespolo |
18-Jan-20 |
|
Programmable Conditional CRISPR/Cas9 Regulators for Scalable Synthetic Biology
|
Bioengineering, Synthetic Biology
|
Niles Pierce |
22-Dec-19 |
|
Encoding of odors from natural sources in the fly brain
|
Neuroscience, Bioengineering
|
Elizabeth Hong |
19-Dec-19 |
|
Next Generation Genome Synthesis and Engineering Technologies
|
Bioengineering, Biology
|
Kaihang Wang |
19-Dec-19 |
|
Quality control of mitochondria
|
Biology, Cell biology
|
David Chan |
16-Dec-19 |
|
Ultrasound neuromodulation of human brain
|
Neuroscience, Bioengineering
|
Shinsuke Shimojo |
12-Dec-19 |
|
Data analysis for spatial genomics
|
Computer Science, Data Science
|
Long Cai |
12-Dec-19 |
|
Automated instrument for single cell spatial genomics
|
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
|
Long Cai |
12-Dec-19 |
|
Editing of gut microbiota to reduce brain pathology in Huntington’s disease
|
Neuroscience, Biology
|
Ali Khoshnan |
06-Dec-19 |
|
Molecular and neurobiological basis of social and symbiotic evolution
|
Biology, Evolution, Neurobiology, Chemical Biology
|
Joseph Parker |
06-Dec-19 |
|
Resilience of neuronal activity in brain circuits
|
Neuroscience, Computation and Neural Systems
|
Carlos Lois |
24-Nov-19 |
|
Psychometric testing over the internet
|
Computer Science, Medical Engineering
|
Ralph Adolphs |
18-Nov-19 |
|
Structural and Function Characterization of Mega Assemblies
|
Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Cell Biology
|
Andre Hoelz |
05-Nov-19 |
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