Peter Williamson

Email Address: prw@uic.edu
College: Medicine Department: Medical Education
Secondary Department: Medical Education
Title: Clinical Professor of Medicine
Office: (301) 402-1830
Webpage: http://www.uic.edu/com/dom/id/Faculty/williamson.html
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: No

Research Interest:
This is a summer opportunity off campus at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, just outside of Wash DC. Immunoregulation, relationship of TOR signaling and mRNA processing in macrophage and T-cell function. Cell Biology of virulence of the AIDS-associated pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans Translational research: Identification of primary immune deficiencies in fungal infections

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 40

Qualifications of a Student:
Major in Biology or Biochemistry. Minimum GPA of 3.5

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
Work hard, have fun!

NOTE: This researcher is currently not accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research Experience program.

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