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BIO5 Institute's KEYS (Keep Engaging Youth in Science) Research Internship Program

A unique summer opportunity for motivated Arizona high school students with a strong interest in bioscience, engineering, environmental health, or biostatistics to work side-by-side with top faculty in University of Arizona laboratories.

2020 KEYS PROGRAM |  JUNE 1 - JULY 17, 2020

Applications for the 2020 KEYS Internship are closed.

 

 

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Congratulations to 2019 KEYS alumna, Swapnika Raola, for being featured for her KEYS research project under Dr. Jeong-Yeol Yoon! Swapnika presented her research at the AZBio Awards as a current high school senior at BASIS Ahwatukee.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Marti Lindsey, PhD, Honored As Arizona Bioscience Educator of The Year

Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) announced that Marti Lindsey, PhD, community engagement director for the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and founder and co-director of the KEYS High School Student Internship program at the UA BIO5 Institute, will be honored as the Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year at the AZBio Awards on Oct. 2, 2019.
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Teen researcher hopes his work helps to heal lands damaged by copper mining

Saturday, August 10, 2019
Sixteen-year-old Evan Chaparro spent much of his summer vacation in a lab in Tucson, extracting plant DNA and analyzing soil samples. He now hopes his summer research project will eventually lead to programs that help heal and repair lands damaged by copper mining. As an intern with the KEYS program at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute, Chaparro lived the life of a scientist for seven weeks in June and July, residing on campus and researching the impact plants have in healing damaged terrain. “I worked in the lab every day from nine to five,” he said. “I wanted a summer program where I would be treated more like a scientist and not just a high school student. I had a great time and learned a lot.”
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