Bridge to ReBIO
Penn, Lincoln, and Haverford Students Assist
Project BioEYES
One of the primary goals of the IRM scientific and educational outreach program is to grow the next generation of scientists, who will build upon the foundation provided by this program and put this knowledge to work in many potential areas--medicine, research, industry, etc. Starting with elementary school age children, we intend to stimulate the growth of a new generation of scientists by educating children both culturallly (What is a scientist? What does a scientist do?) and practically, with hands-on research.
Project BioEYES
Project BioEYES is a K-12 science education program which provides classroom-based learning opportunities through the use of live zebrafish. Project BioEYES is designed to incorporate teacher empowerment and provides professional development seminars and a co-teaching experience with trained university science consultants, called Outreach Educators. Project BioEYES has partnered with the IRM and the Netter Center for Community Partnerships Access Science Program to target underserved school districts in Philadelphia. Since the program’s inception in 2002, BioEYES has reached over 18,000 students nationally and has satellite programs at the Carnegie Institution for Science and at the University of Notre Dame.
To learn more or to get involved, please contact Jamie Shuda at jshuda@sas.upenn.edu
Bridge to ReBIO (click here for Powerpoint presentation)
The Bridge to ReBIO program is the next step in the collaboration of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Project BioEYES.
The primary goals of Bridge to ReBIO are to:
- provide a pipeline to educate and train students, of all ages, about regenerative biology and its societal impact; and,
- provide educational resources that enhance learning for both students and teachers.
We plan to reach these goals by creating research teams made up of experienced high school science teachers, undergraduate mentors, and Philadelphia high school students. Each team will build an experimental design plan and generate a school-based research project focused on regenerative biology that can be entered in local, state, and national science competitions.
Bridge to ReBio Mentors Needed!
Bridge to ReBio has a focus on empowering minority students. Therefore college level participants will undoubtedly be role models by: 
- becoming a mentor to four high school students;
- gaining experience in designing and implementing research projects;
- developing teaching skills;
- and networking with leaders in the regenerative medicine research field.
Commitments include:
- attending a training workshop on Thursday, October 1st at 4 pm.
- developing and implementing a team research project using Penn resources; and
- meeting with one high school team a minimum of eight times to carry out the research project.
Mentors must begin working with their teams in October 2009, design a research project by November 2009 and complete research by March 2010.
All mentors who uphold these commitments will earn a $500 stipend.
Deadline for applications is October 16, 2009.
- Click here for the mentor application
- Click here for the teacher application (which also includes the high school student application)
- Click here for the high school student application only