Mass Academy Grad Chosen for Respected Science Internship
Bar Harbor, Maine—Natasha Shylo, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science class of 2008, has been selected to participate in this year’s installment of The Jackson Laboratory’s Summer Student Program. The prestigious program draws high school and undergraduate students to the coast of Maine for an intensive, hands-on learning experience. For eight weeks, Shylo will study cancer biology under the guidance of a staff scientist.
In Dr. Kyusun Yun's laboratory, Natasha will be studying 45 genes related to brain cancer. By observing the locations that these genes are functional in mouse embryos, Shylo will be able to infer their function at later points of development.
Natasha will be attending Clark University in the fall, where she plans to study Environmental Science. She hopes to use this summer internship to round out her research experience. She wants to try research on a different scale.
Shylo joins 28 other college and high school students in this summer research opportunity. Their individual projects vary from genomics to development to bioinformatics.
Participants reside at Highseas, a nearby century-old mansion, and revel in the many opportunities that Mount Desert Island offers. Weekend camping trips, spontaneous hikes throughout Acadia National Park and a white water rafting adventure complement their time spent uncovering new data in the lab.
Since its inception in 1924, the Summer Student Program has led many students into the world of professional research. Eighty-percent of the program’s more than 2,200 alumni have gone on to successful careers in medicine or biomedical research. Two particular program graduates, Drs. David Baltimore and Howard Temin, received the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The summer interns are an integral part of the Jackson Laboratory’s operation, providing fresh perspectives and keen enthusiasm.
The Jackson Laboratory (www.jax.org) is a nonprofit biomedical research institution and National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center based in Bar Harbor, Maine. Its mission is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human diseases, and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community.
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