Research Initiative for Scientific EnhancementThe RISE Intensive-Undergraduate program targets students for participation in their junior/senior years. The goal is to prepare Cal Poly students in several facets necessary in order to become competitive for acceptance into PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. The program consists of two phases: Developmental (summer) and Intensive (academic year).
The research Developmental phase is to ensure that rising juniors and seniors begin to master laboratory techniques and perform research in biomedical-related laboratories during the summer. The research Intensive phase continues the students' training in a specific field of study dictated by the area of research of their chosen Faculty Research Mentor (FRM). The program places Cal Poly Pomona students in research laboratories primarily at Cal Poly Pomona. There will be limited opportunities for a few students to do research at surrounding institutions, including Caltech, City of Hope Cancer Center, UCLA, Western University of Health Sciences and the Keck Graduate Institute. Participation also entails the formal training of students with regard to poster and oral presentations of scientific results, grant writing, comprehension of scientific literature and performance on the GRE (Graduate Record Examination).
Students accepted in the program are awarded a stipend as follows:
Below you will find a detailed table of dates and activities that comprise the RISE Intensive-Undergraduate program.
| Two weeks in June | ||||
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Two meetings with Coordinator by each participant; participants read about different biomedical research techniques in preparation for the summer research activities; participants select a FRM for their summer research project. |
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| Two weeks in July (Weeks One – Two) |
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| Time | Mon. | Tues. | Weds. | Thurs. |
| 9 am – 12 pm | Laboratory experiments for students to achieve a basic level of proficiency in performing and using basic biomedical research techniques, such as DNA, RNA and protein isolation and characterization, tissue culture procedures, transfection using various vectors, Western and Northern blotting, gradient separation techniques and animal handling. |
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| 12 – 1 pm | Lunch and 1X/week brown-bag lunch meeting with CPP research active professor |
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| 1 – 4 pm |
Laboratory experiments for students to achieve a basic level of proficiency in performing and using basic biomedical research techniques, such as DNA, RNA and protein isolation and characterization, tissue culture procedures, transfection using various vectors, Western and Northern blotting, gradient separation techniques and animal handling. |
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| Eight weeks July and August (Weeks Three – Ten) |
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| Time | Mon. | Tues. | Weds. | Thurs. | Week Ten |
| 8 am – 5 pm (lunch from 12 to 1 pm) | Participants work in a research intensive laboratory; initially work with experienced research student under the close supervision of the FRM to learn about additional techniques that they will use for their independent research project; read the literature relevant to their research topic, which will be related to other work in the research laboratory; attend and participate in weekly research laboratory meetings |
Participant Poster Presentations | |||
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| 9 am – 10 pm | Safety Workshops with RISE Invitation and RISE Intensive students (Weeks 1-4) |
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| 10 am -3 pm | Field Trips with Rise Invitation students (see above) |
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| 3 – 4 pm | Individual Participant Meetings with FRM |
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| 4 – 5 pm | Minority Speaker Research Seminar (Weeks 2,5,8) or -1st hour Journal Club (Weeks 1, 4, 7) |
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| 5 – 6 pm | Informal group meeting with Seminar Speaker (Weeks 2,5,8) or 2nd hour Journal Club (Weeks 1,4,7) |
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