Predoctoral Training Grant in Genetics
NIH-funded training grant T32GM008216 has supported predoctoral training in Genetics at UPenn for 25 years. The grant supports the stipends of 8 dissertation-stage students per year, and also provides these trainees with additional funds for travel to scientific conferences and for purchase of lab supplies. The trainees and a set of faculty trainers meet as a group four times per year to discuss the progress of their research.
New trainees are selected each March by a competitive process. An email announcement soliciting applications will be sent to all BGS students and T32 trainers. Applications must include the student’s CV, a 1-page description of their research project, and letters of recommendation from the thesis advisor and two other faculty members. The relevant graduate group office provides the students’ academic records, including laboratory rotation evaluations. For a nominee to be considered for a position, their academic record should include Genetics coursework (e.g. CAMB550/Genetic Principles and one or more Genetics seminars) that demonstrates their commitment to Genetics research. All T32 trainees must be U.S. citizens or green card holders.
PI: Meera Sundaram
Executive committee: Marisa Bartolomei, Russ Carstens, Doug Epstein, Tom Jongens
Trainers:
| Edwin (Ted) Abel | Brett Kaufman |
| Marissa Bartolomei | Mitchell Lazar |
| Greg Bashaw | Paul Lieberman |
| Shelley Berger | Stephen Liebhaber |
| Ben Black | Mary Mullins |
| Gerd Blobel | Scott Poethig |
| Edward (Ted) Brodkin | Richard Schultz |
| Russ Carstens | Amita Sehgal |
| Vivian Cheung | Eileen M. Shore |
| Peter Crino | Jim Shorter |
| Steve DiNardo | Nancy Spinner |
| Douglas Epstein | Doris Stoffers |
| Donna George | Meera Sundaram |
| Brian Gregory | Sarah Tishkoff |
| Brad Johnson | Mitch Weiss |
| Thomas Jongens | Kenneth Zarat |
| Klaus Kaestner | Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou |
Current trainees (2012-2013):
| Renske Erion (Sehgal lab) |
| Samantha Falk (Black lab) |
| Chris Hsiung (Blobel lab) |
| Richard Jimenez (Schultz lab) |
| Rob Plasschaert (Bartolomei lab) |
| Ian Silverman (Gregory lab) |
| Michael Soo (Shorter lab) |
| Katie Wood (Zhou lab) |
