ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship Awarded to School of Science Student

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected Tiffany Blackgrove from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as a 2009 award recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

This fellowship is aimed at highly competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers (Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.) in microbiology. Fellows have the opportunity to conduct full time summer research at their institution with an ASM mentor and present their research results at the 2010 ASM General Meeting in San Diego, CA if their abstract is accepted.

Each fellow receives up to a $4,000 stipend, a two-year ASM student membership and reimbursement for travel expenses to the 2010 ASM General Meeting.

This year, sixty-nine applications were received and thirty-three were awarded. Of the thirty-three awardees, twelve students were from doctoral/research universities—extensive institutions, four students were from doctoral/research universities—intensive institutions, one student was from a specialized institution—schools of engineering and technology, eight student were from a master’s college and university institutions, and eight students were from baccalaureate colleges.
Dr. Anna Malkova from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is Tiffany Blackgrove’s mentor. The title of the research project is: Analysis of proteins in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involved in break-induced replication.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), headquartered in Washington, DC, is the oldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000 members worldwide. Please visit http://www.asm.org/students for more information on this fellowship.