272731news13914218571475896547<![CDATA[Petit Institute Announces 2014 Class of Petit Scholars]]>
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech announces its 2014 class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars. The "Petit Scholars" are top undergraduate students from Atlanta-area universities who are selecdted from a highly competitive selection process to conduct independent research projects for a full year at the Petit Institute.
In its fifteenth year, over $50,000 was raised to support the program which has now soared to support 20 new scholars in 2014.
From January through December of 2014, each of the 20 scholars will be mentored by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow in a Petit Institute laboratory. During this period, the scholars will work to develop their own research projects which they themselves have selected after a thorough interview process with potential mentors. Research is conducted within the areas of cancer biology, biomaterials, drug design, development and delivery, molecular evolution, molecular cellular and tissue biomechanics, regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering and systems biology. Many scholars will have made enough progress in their research by the end of the year to participate on scientific publications and/or present at conferences.
The class of 2014 is represented by students from Georgia Tech, Emory University and Morehouse College:
Funding for the Petit Scholars is supported by Atlanta area community members, including the Friends of the Petit Institute, as well as corporate sponsorship. Funds for the 2014 class were provided by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Beckman Coulter Foundation, Medtronic, Jim and Sarah Borders, Karl Dasher, Terry and Sharon Dewberry, Bob and Tina Guldberg, The Kolpitcke Family, Bob and Marily Nerem, Henry and Mary Pruitt, Tom Stribling, and Bill and Carol Taylor. If you are interested in donating to this valuable program, please contact us.
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2014-02-03T00:00:00-05:0020 elite undergraduate scholars awarded full-year research opportunity]]>272761image<![CDATA[2014 Class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars]]>198676image/jpegTodd McDevitt, PhD - Faculty advisor Colly Mitchell - Program administrator]]>1292http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/petit-scholarshttp://www.ibb.gatech.edu/1292248