Achievement

Six IGERT Trainees and a dozen UC Berkeley faculty attended the 2012 meeting of The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), the largest professional conference for minority students in the US who wish to pursue advance degrees in STEM. The meeting attracts approximately 3,300 individuals. Students attend from over 350 U.S. colleges and universities. More than 500 representatives from graduate programs at US colleges and universities also attend. During the conference, over 1,500 students participate in poster and oral presentations in twelve disciplines in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, including biophysics and mathematics. IGER Trainees and faculty served as judges and had the opportunity to talk with students about their research projects and future career choices. IGERT Trainees not only inspired students, but saw the value of incorporating diversity into their own future programs.