Bioengieering/Bioinformatics Summer Institute (BBSI)

2008 Students 2010 Program Dates: June 1 - August 7
The Application Deadline is February 8, 2010

BBSI: Summer Institute for Quantitative and Integrative Bioengineering (SIQIB)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Award Number: 0609225

Are you a junior or senior undergraduate student interested in biomedical engineering and/or bioinformatics? Are you thinking about graduate school in these areas?

This great summer opportunity is for you! Be a part of this exciting state-of-the-art research experience.

What is Biomedical Engineering?

Biomedical engineering integrates engineering, life sciences, and medicine with the result that engineering principles can be applied to human medicine. The Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Science (SBES) combines the resources of two major universities to create an ideal and exciting venue. SBES is a fully joint venture between Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech, integrating the capabilities of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, the Wake Forest University (WFU) School of Medicine, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM). Internships, laboratories, and workshops are located on the Virginia Tech campus.

Please check out some of our SBES Centers and Labs:

  • Kevin P Granata Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab
  • Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases
  • BSL-3 Laboratory
  • Computational Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Lab
  • Industrial Ergonomics & Biomechanics Lab
  • Tissue Engineering Lab
  • Bioimaging Systems Lab
  • Biomedical Imaging Division
  • Center for Injury Biomechanics
  • Human Integrative Physiology
  • Locomotion Research Lab
  • Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Lab
  • Center for Comparative Oncology

What is Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics weds cutting-edge biological research with state-of-the-art computational sciences, making way for scientific discoveries from agriculture to technology. The VBI facilities provide state-of-the-art supercomputing servers and networks. Understanding complex biological principles now requires an integrated approach. Such complex biological systems include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, computer modeling, and advanced analytical tools. The many projects in which our research teams collaborate epitomize the multidisciplinary approach to which the institute is dedicated.

Some of the VBI research groups:

  • VBI science
  • Applied Discrete Mathematics Group
  • Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Lab
  • Synthetic Biology

2010 BBSI promotional flier

BBSI is funded by NIH/NSF Award Number 0609225