2025 High School Bioinformatics Summer Camp

Class of 2025

Below is a summary of the High School Bioinformatics Summer Camp:

• 4 weeks in length, starts July 7th and ends August 1st 

• After being selected to the program, students will receive a welcome email with of information, including some pre-course work and administrative paperwork, by the end of May

• The pre-course work develops basic programming skills, and these short online courses should be completed prior to the start date of July 7th 

• Participants are expected to be available for lectures, small group sessions, and seminars (all virtual)

• The camp will teach the basic skills of R coding, high performance computing via the command line, and RNA sequencing data interpretation and visualization as a project-based program analyzing various neurodegenerative disease datasets (such as Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, ALS, Parkinson's disease, & more)

• All participants will present their completed bioinformatics research project on August 1

• Participants are invited to present their final project in-person as a research poster at the annual RNA Institute RNA Day on August 1

• Participants unable to present their final project on RNA Day will submit a virtual poster presentation on August 1

• Official Certificate of Completion and Introduction to Bioinformatics Skills digital badge will be awarded based on the successful completion of the program

• Early Application Deadline: February 1, 2025 (for reduced price)

• Application Deadline: March 31, 2025 (for full price)

• High school academic level only
• Must have GPA above 3.0
• Time commitment of 15-20 hours per week for four weeks
  • Includes daily lectures, daily small group sessions, weekly seminars, & independent work
• At least one-year high school biology credit
• Access to consistent high speed internet

• Accepted trainees who apply prior to the Early Application Deadline of February 1, 2025:
  • Price: $900.00 (25% off)
• Accepted trainees who apply after Early Application but prior to the final deadline of March 31, 2025:
  • Price: $1,200.00
• Important note: payment waivers may be available based on financial need (details in application form)
• Payments will be required after confirming acceptance into the High School Bioinformatics Summer Camp

Full schedule TBA

Daily Lectures at 12:00PM-1:00PM EDT

Daily Small Group Sessions 3:00PM-4:00PM EDT