Associate Professor Jan Tennet

The Bio21 Cluster is:

·Victoria’s leading biomedical research peak body
·21 Members with international strengths in biomedical research, healthcare & education
·Fostering collegiality & supporting innovation for social &economic benefit
·An advocate for policy change and investment priorities
·Build capability through education & training
·Enhance interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, productivity, skills development and create jobs
·Providing a paid employment scheme designed to give undergraduate students an early opportunity to experience real life in a research laboratory and gain insight into careers in biomedical research

Benefits of UROP Experience life as a member of a research team

· A place where students make valuable contributions to the research teams they join
· Open to all research organisations
· Placements from 6 months to 2 years
· Full-time over vacations and 8 hours a week in semester. Paid $29/hour
· Develop expertise in laboratory techniques and experimental design and benefit from workshops
Share in the excitement of working in an internationally competitive laboratory

· Potentially contribute to publications, patents and presentations
· Develop networks for the future
· Open to students from all Victorian universities2nd year onwards
· Two rounds each year requiring written application and interviews and custom matching with supervisor / mentor

How does UROP work?