APPLICATION FORM
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES
IN MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
June 13 – August 18, 2016
Please complete this application and forward as an email attachment to: cwill@bsd.uchicago.edu. For full consideration,
applications, letters of recommendation and transcripts must be received by February 1, 2016. Information from this form
will be used to select interns and place them in laboratories suited to their interests. Interns are expected to arrive on
campus no later than June 13th, 2016. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
1. Documents
Transcript(s) and two letters of recommendation: We do not require official transcripts for the initial application, so
you are welcome to send an unofficial transcript, listing courses taken and grades received. Students selected for the
program will be required to send official transcripts at that time. Your completed application, transcript and letters of
recommendation should be sent as email attachments (MS Word or pdf) to Catherine Will at cwill@bsd.uchicago.edu.
Alternatively, applications and supporting documents can be sent by mail to Catherine Will, MGCB REU Program, 920 E.
58th Street, Chicago IL 60637. In either case, the application and supporting documents must be received by
February 1, 2016.
2. Biographical Information
Name (Last, First, and Middle Initial): ________________________________________________________
E-mail address (required): ___________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: ______ / ______ / ______ Gender: ___ Female ___ Male
U. S. Citizen _______ Permanent Resident of the U.S. ______
Full Permanent (Parent’s) Address:
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
City: ____________________________________________ State: _______________ Zip: _____________
Phone (include area code): _________________________________________________________
Current Address (if different from permanent address):
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
City: _____________________________________________ State: ______________ Zip: _____________
Phone (include area code): _________________________________________________________
When do you expect to receive your Bachelor’s degree? _______ / _______ (Month/Year)
(STUDENTS WHO WILL HAVE COMPLETED ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR’S DEGREE
BEFORE JUNE 2016 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THE REU PROGRAM.)
Ethnic origins (check all that apply)/other information:
___ African American
___ Asian (A person with origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, of the Indian subcontinent
including Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.)
___ Native American or Alaska Native
___ Puerto Rican
___ Other Hispanic/Latino (A person of Mexican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish
culture or origin, regardless of race.)
___ Native Pacific Islander (a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other
Pacific Islands.)
___ White, non-Hispanic
___ First generation college
___ Low income
Is there anything else about your background, that you would like us to know?
Note: As stated on the REU Program website, we will not accept applicants who are currently enrolled in institutions
possessing PhD programs in Cell and Molecular Biology that are comparable to those at the University of Chicago.
Your current Institution: _____________________________________________________________
Highest Degree that your current institution awards: Bachelors Masters PhD Other: _______________
Major: _______________________________________
GPA in Major: ________ Undergraduate GPA: ________ SAT or ACT Scores: _________________
List the names, addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers of the people you asked to write letters of reference.
1. Name: __________________________________________ Phone #: ___________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Email address: ____________________________________________________________
2. Name: __________________________________________ Phone #: ___________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Email address: ___________________________________________________________
3. Research Interests
From the list below, please indicate 2 faculty members, in order of preference, whose research interests you. While we
will make every attempt to assign you to one of the laboratories of your choice, the availability of some faculty
listed could change due to sabbatical, vacation and/or travel to attend conferences and meetings. If we cannot
assign you to one of your two listed choices, we will confer with you before making an assignment.
1. __________________________ 2. __________________________
Faculty Participants in the Summer 2016 REU Program:
Please see MGCB REU Trainers for more information on each of these faculty members.
Douglas Bishop: Regulation of recombination and chromosome segregation in meiosis
Richard Fehon: Regulation of epithelial polarity and proliferation during development.
Ben Glick: Biogenesis of secretory pathway organelles in yeast and mammalian cells, and directed evolution of
fluorescent proteins
Michael Glotzer: Cytokinesis in animal cells
Jean Greenberg: Plant defense against bacterial infection, and bacterial virulence mechanisms
Sally Horne-Badovinac: Epithelial morphogenesis and organ shape
David Kovar: Actin assembly in fission yeast, from fundamental cellular mechanisms to cancer
Stephen Kron: Signal transduction, cell cycle control, and checkpoints. Technology development
Jocelyn Malamy: Root system growth and development in plants
Ed Munro: Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell polarization and morphogenesis
Ilaria Rebay: Transcriptional regulatory circuits in development and disease
Lucia Rothman-Denes: Transcription regulation, and bacterial-virus interactions
Michael Rust: Biophysical and biochemical analysis of Circadian clocks
Alex Ruthenburg: Molecular mechanisms underlying chromatin structure and function
Jonathan Staley: Pre-mRNA splicing and quality control in yeast
Aaron Turkewitz: Membrane traffic and evolution in protozoa
4. Essay
In the space below, submit an essay including the following information:
A. Briefly summarize your research experience or other relevant training (science courses, laboratories, laboratory
assistantship, independent research, etc.).
B. What are you hoping to get out of this program? Briefly outline your goals, both for the summer and following
graduation from college. Please explain why you have chosen the two faculty members as potential advisors (on the
previous page). What aspect of their research program interests you?
SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________ DATE: ____________________
(Please type your name to sign your application)
If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Will, MGCB-REU coordinator, by phone at 773.834.8344, by email at
cwill@bsd.uchicago.edu, or by mail at Catherine Will, MGCB REU Coordinator, 920 E. 58th Street, Chicago IL 60637.