2025 Summer Scripps Computational Biology Research Camp Payment Options
Check
– payable to “miRcore”
– memo: camper full name and camp name
– send it to miRcore, 1100 North Main St. Ste 214, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
or
Paypal/Credit Card
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Please indicate the name of the camp your are paying for and the full name of your child (camper) in the note before you complete your payment.
All in-person camps
miRcore volunteer membership is included for all campers.
Camps with virtual option included
miRcore volunteer membership is included for all campers.
As a high school student, Marianne Cowherd (currently a doctoral student in Environmental Engineering at Berkeley) shared her experience in our camp and volunteer program.
Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH talks to miRcore students about the role of genomics in modern medicine.
More questions
JH1440 at mircore.org
Our goal for high school student camps
- Give high school students an opportunity to enjoy science. (Hear Marianne talking about it at TEDxYouth.)
- Provide high school students tools for Science Fair projects.
- Recruit high school miRcore volunteers.
* In-depth computational biology research throughout the school year.
* Opportunity to be leaders of GIDAS (Genes In Diseases And Symptoms) club.
* Prepare high school students for the Genes and Health Contest.
* Prepare high school students to present at the Research Conference and publish an abstract.
* Learn various aspects of computers, science, and medicine in real world.
- May write a research paper in the Jounal of Emerging Investigators.
Activated NF-κB Pathway in an Irf6-Deficient Mouse Model for Van der Woude Syndrome. Sanika S. Kulkarni(1), Jungwoo Chang(2), and Inhan Lee(3): (1) Pioneer High School, (2) Huron High School, (3) miRcore, Ann Arbor, MI.
Transcriptional Regulators are Upregulated in the Substantia Nigra of Parkinson’s Disease Patients. Marianne Cowherd(1) and Inhan Lee(2): (1)Community High School, (2)miRcore, Ann Arbor, MI.
Upregulation of the Ribosomal Pathway as a Potential Blood-Based Genetic Biomarker for Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and PTSD. Karthik Ravi (1) and Inhan Lee: (1) International Academy, Bloomfield, Michigan, (2) miRcore, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Differential MERS-CoV response in different cell types. Rafe Symonds (1), Shreeya Thuppul (2), Inhan Lee (3), Chi-Chiang Li (4): (1) Saline High School, (2) Fulton Science Academy, (3) miRcore, (4) University of Michigan.
TNF signaling pathway upregulation as a potential pharmaceutical target for cocaine-addicted individuals. Sarah Motorwala (1), Akash Raman (2), Felicia Sang (3), Ranya Liu (4), Inhan Lee (5): (1) Plymouth High School, Canton, Michigan, (2) Cranbrook Kingswood High School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, (3) Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (4) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (5) miRcore, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Gene expression profiling of MERS-CoV-London strain. Alexandra Ulery (1), Eric Feng (2), Ankita Chatterjee (3), Pranav Balachander (4): (1) Saline High School, Saline, Michigan, (2) Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia, (3) Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, (4) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Identify talents for mentored advanced research project from miRcore volunteers.
Publication
H. Kabat, L. Tunkle, and I. Lee. ceRNA Search Method Identified a MET-activated Subgroup Among EGFR DNA Amplified Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 22, 438-448 (2017).
I. Imirowicz, A. Saifee, L. Henry, L. Tunkle, A. Popescu, P. Huang, J. Jakpor, A. Barbano, R. Goru, A. Gunawan, et al. Unique tRNA Fragment Upregulation with SARS-CoV-2 but Not with SARS-CoV Infection. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25, 399 (2024).
DREAM challenge participation
Minjun Kim under the mentorship of Prof. Yuanfang Guan (Univ. of Michigan). Team PureMichigan. Tied 2nd place in Disease Module Identification Challenge. 2016.
Team those kids without phds. 11th place in Alzheimers Disease Big Data DREAM Challenge 1 Subchallenge 2. 2014.
Team FastRun. 42nd rank in NIEHS-NCATS-UNC DREAM Toxicogenetics Challenge Subchallenge 1. 2013.
Jungsoo Chang (6th) and Marianne Cowherd (16th) in NCI-DREAM, Drug Sensitivity and Drug Synergy Challenge Subchallenge 1. (unofficially ranked by DREAM submitted after the challenge due date) 2012.
Science Fair participation
* Various award winners based on the summer camp learning.
Neerja Garikipati, Semi Finalist of Siemens Competition. 2016.
Grace Ganzel, 2nd Place Grant Award at the Southeast Michigan Science Fair (invited to Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) 2014.
Scholoarship for studnets with free or reduced price lunch
We have a limited number of partial scholarships available for students. If you would like to apply for the scholarship, please submit the copy of the following documents to
miRcore summer camp scholarship, 1100 North Main St. Ste 214, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
We will inform you of our decision via email.
- First two pages of Federal income tax return for 2024 or 2023 (if you did not file for 2024 yet).
- Proof of free lunch or reduced price lunch.
- Please have your student answer the following questions: Why do you want to take this camp? What are your favorite subjects and why?
- Please indicate how much you can provide of the total fee as well.