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Admission to this internship program is by application only and is at the discretion of the individual research scientists - space is limited. The program is open to all undergraduates at Rutgers and NJIT. Specific course of skill prerequisites will vary by instructor.
For more information, contact Connie Sadaka
at 973-353-1080 x 3294 |
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Student Summaries
The follow list outlines some of the work performed by Research Interns who have come and gone through the doors of the Aidekman Neuroscience center. The list is currently being compiled.
Interned for:
I am currently working on a project entitled, "The Effect on Emotional Content on Negative Priming." I enjoy working in the lab because my supervisors guide and support me in realizing my goals. They advise and inspire me to further my education and apply to graduate school. During my first year as an intern I ran subjects, recorded and analyzed data and worked on two new analogs, Paper Doors and Faces. In addition, I learned about basic research methods, how to decipher scientific articles and effectively use new computer programs. This year I am working on my Senior Honors Project on Negative Priming and I plan to have it completed by the Spring. This experience has definitely helped me shape my career goals and decision to become a clinical psychologist. I definitely recommend this internship, it's a worthwhile and enrichening experience.
Interned for:
In the Tallal lab, I primarily worked on the lab's current testing paradigms (administration of tests) and completing the subject files for statistical evaluation. I also worked in the lab as the computer manager. In the Benasich lab, I was awarded the RU Undergraduate Research Fellowship and worked on the development of a paradigm to test Auditory Temporal Processing in children between the ages of 2 and 4. I also learned all of the testing paradigms given to the infants and older children.
In the Zaborskzy lab, I primarily was the computer manager, but I also did a great deal of 3 dimensional reconstruction of rat brains and dendrite tracing of cholinergic neurons within the basal forebrain. Before I became a graduate student here, I began working on an analysis of the neuronal distribution within the basal forebrain - analyzing the spatial and organizational attributes of the cholinergic neurons in relation to the GABA cells that contain the three calcium-binding proteins, parvalbumin, calretinin, and calbindin. This work is still in progress.
The program influenced me to change my career path, which was originally directed towards human clinical research, to neuroscience, where I can study the neural circuits of the clinical disorders that I am interested in. With the guidance of both the students and faculty here at the Center, I chose to continue my education by choosing to do graduate work here.
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