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Biological Sciences
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Beyond the Classroom: Internships & Research Abroad
While abroad, you can extend your education beyond the classroom through
an internship or research project focused on your specific interests.
Below are some examples. Check the main Beyond
the Classroom page for country-specific information and EAP's policies
governing academic credit for internships and research projects.
Sample Internships
Note: Internship opportunities vary term to term and placements CANNOT
be guaranteed or arranged prior to arrival at your program site. The
following are past examples only and do not indicate future availability.
Past EAP biology students have interned (for academic credit) with:
- The West African Primate Conservation Action at the Accra Zoo. Duties
focused on public education and awareness of biological conservation
projects undertaken by the zoo. (Ghana)
Sample Research or Independent Study Projects
Past EAP biology students have done special research papers and projects
on:
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Demographic and diet analyses of the toadfish (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
in temperate and tropical mangrove systems. Research focused on resource
and habitat utilization of toadfish between and within estuary systems
in Moreton Bay. (Australia)
- Antibiotic levels in sponges as predictors of antibiotic resistance
in pathogens. Research focused on whether leakage of antibiotics from
fish farms impacts the natural production of antibiotics in Bread Crumb
(Halichondria panacea) and Red Encrusting (Ophlitaspongia pennata) sponges.
(Canada)
- Distribution in the Monteverde region of Chagas’ bug (Triatoma
dimidiata) and the associated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which spends
part of its life cycle in the digestive tract of Chagas’ bug and
is responsible for Chagas’ disease (trypanosomiasis). (Costa Rica)
- The parturition (birth) process in goats. This project included working
with a veterinarian and observing pre-birth behavior, giving birth,
and after-birth characteristics and behavior of the newborn and mother.
(Mexico)
- Damselfly populations in Sweden. Read more.
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- The interrelationship between anxiety-like behavior and fear conditioning.
Research focused on the role of corticotrophin releasing receptor 2
(CRFR2) and the molecular responses to stress in the lateral septum
and hippocampus. This project occurred in the department of Molecular
Neuroendocrinology at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine.
(Germany)
- The role of Natural Killer T cells in the autoimmune disease diabetes.
Research focused on levels of CDld expression in the mouse model, called
NOD (non-obese diabetic), of this human disease. (Sweden)
- Checkpoints in cell-cycle regulation of Xenopus (frogs). Research
focused on the role of the gene cut5, including laboratory experiments
on the effects of mutations there on the cell’s checkpoint functions.
(Japan)
- Molecular and cellular analysis of chemokine receptors in the plasma
membrane. Research focused on the association of certain receptors (CD4
and CCR5) with lipid rafts on the membrane. These receptors play a significant
role in recruitment and function of immune response cells, and are crucial
components for HIV and other viral infection. (United Kingdom)
- Gene expression of the apicoplast in the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma
gondii. Lab research focused on general apicoplast gene expression at
different maturation stages of the parasite, as well as the differences
between tachyzoite and bradyzoite gene expression. (France)
- Neurochemical properties of endomorphins and their relationship to
the mu opioid receptor. Research focused on the antinociceptive effects
of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in relation to the opioid system.
(Barbados)
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