The 2024 TECBio application cycle is now closed. Thanks for applying!

 

2024 PROGRAM FLYER

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Meet Amanda Shaheen, New TECBio Program Coordinator

Amanda (Mandy) Shaheen will be replacing Emily Hayhurst as the new TECBio program coordinator. We wish Hayhurst the best of […]

Alumni Feature: Bekah Jenkins, TECBio 2020

Congratulations are in order for TECBio alumni Bekah Jenkins, who has been commissioned into the US Navy as a Cyber Warfare […]

Alumni Feature: Behrgen Smith, TECBio 2021

After spending his summer in Pittsburgh with TECBio in 2021, Behrgen Smith has been building off of his experience, skills, […]

10-WEEK PROGRAM

“Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology” REU program is a 10-week summer program that will provide a challenging and fulfilling graduate-level research experience to undergraduate students. Housing, travel, and a stipend allowance will be provided*

RESEARCH

TECBio focuses on computational, quantitative, and systems-level, research over multiple scales. Research topics at various scales include computational analyses of protein dynamics and binding (molecular scale), computer modeling and simulation of signal transduction pathways (subcellular/cellular scale), automated image analysis and reconstruction (cellular/tissue scale), and genomic and metagenomic studies of variation in tissues and organs as well as between organisms and within populations (tissue/organ/organismal/population scale).

EXPERIENCE PITTSBURGH

Students will present their work at a Pittsburgh-wide annual research symposium, and experience the various social and cultural activities available in Pittsburgh – America’s most livable city.