The Physical
Biosciences Division strives to create meaningful research experiences
for students. By creating an atmosphere that welcomes a diverse
pool of students, we believe we will help advance Berkeley Lab's
efforts to create a community that values and celebrates our
diversity.
Have you registered at the Physical Biosciences
Student Website?
If you haven’t done so already, please visit the PBD Student
Website at www.lbl.gov/pbd/students and follow the link to our Student
Registration page. By registering, you’re helping to keep
you appraised of valuable opportunities and services here at Berkeley
Lab. The student website is your one-stop shop for student resources,
events and opportunities.
PBD announces undergraduate mentoring program PBD undergraduates have a unique opportunity to
work with graduate students in a new program designed to help develop
career paths, network with division researchers, and learn about
graduate schools and other opportunities. The PBD Undergraduate
Mentoring Program connects undergrads with PBD researchers who can
provide useful guidance and support. The mentoring relationship
is limited only by participants’ flexibility and creativity:
Undergrads (protégés) and mentors can talk via phone,
email, or lunch meetings, and for as little as 20 minutes a week.
If you’re interested in finding or becoming a mentor, please
contact Delia Clark (x6331, dnclark@lbl.gov).
Trends in Undergraduate Education: Making Room for Diversity Makes
Sense from Science
Magazine
Successful diversity programs
level the playing field for women and minorities by addressing
their needs and teaching undergraduates the unwritten rules
of academic science
As part of her doctoral studies in
public health at Harvard University, Alissa Myrick spent this
month collecting blood samples from malaria victims in Senegal.
Using the latest molecular biology techniques, Myrick hopes
to understand drug resistance in the parasite that causes
the disease. But Myrick, 25, says she would not be working
on the problem--or have even completed a bachelor's degree
in biology--if not for University of California (UC), Berkeley's
Biology Scholars Program
that targets women and underrepresented minorities in the
sciences.
