The 2017 JCVI Summer Internship Program
JCVI’s long-running internship program just concluded its summer 2017 session with a well-attended poster symposium held in both its Rockville and La Jolla locations. Eighteen of our interns presented their research in a session open to all JCVI faculty and staff. Montgomery College professors and staff attended, as well to support our Genomic Scholar Program (GSP) Interns in Rockville.
This past session was one of our most competitive yet, with over 1700 unique candidates applying to the program. A total of 20 interns took part in the program, 10 at each campus. Of the entire intern cohort, eight were part of our Genomic Scholar Internship Program (GSP), which is a 15-month long internship focused on helping community college students transition successfully into a four-year university. This year, the GSP was excited to include a bioinformatics intern into the program for the first time. Four of our GSP interns successfully completed their internship and are continuing their undergraduate careers at various universities, including Georgetown University, University of Maryland and UC Davis. Our remaining GSP cohort will be staying on throughout the academic year as they continue their studies at local universities.
JCVI strives to prepare future scientists by exposing them to multiple facets of scientific research as well as the professional working environment. During our summer internship program, interns not only conduct their own research project and present their findings to the JCVI community, but also are involved in a variety of professional development activities. Our interns participate in a weekly journal club, which exposes them to current scientific literature. There they present and discuss a scientific journal article selected by JCVI mentors. JCVI also holds a weekly intern-only seminar series, where our cohort has the opportunity to learn more about JCVI research, talk with graduate students and learn about different career options in the field of science.
If you are interested in JCVI’s internship program, please check our website for additional information and updates about our upcoming 2018 summer session.
