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Program Summary:  

This internship is offered as a part of the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program (LHSI). This program connects 125 IUI undergraduates per year with internships on campus with faculty and staff in a variety of health and science related campus areas/programs. All LHSI internships start in August 2025 and end in May 2026 and are paid $13/hour for up to 10 hours per week. Work-study is accepted but not required. 

Supervisor: Dr. Ashay Bhatwadekar

Department/Office: Medicine; Ophthalmology

Overview of the internship site: Internship in Eye Research. Our research is focused on understanding the molecular basis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). We study how dysregulation of circadian regulatory genes results in development of the DR. We are using a variety of in vitro (tissue culture) techniques and animal models to understand the pathophysiology of the DR. Several short-term projects ongoing in our laboratory will provide a hands-on experience on a variety of routine techniques (e.g., immunofluorescence, qRT-PCR, and western blotting). In addition, the students will also get an opportunity to learn specialized experiments used in eye and circadian research. The students will gain experience working on techniques like optical coherence tomography (OCT) and electroretinogram (ERG) studies to assess the ocular function in experimental animals.

Website for more information: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/22571/bhatwadekar-ashay

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Tissue culture, molecular and cell biology experiments, and image analysis

Work Environment and Dress Code: The work is performed primarily in a lab setting with dress code of no special dress code requirements

Hours per week: 10, scheduling is flexible within regular work hours

By the end of the LHSI program, you will:

·        Carefully consider, explore, and articulate your career goals, including an analysis of how you arrived at that path and what steps you need to take next. (Community Contributor, Communicator)

·        Understand your role and strengths on a professional team and analyze who you would like to become as a professional. (Communicator)

·        Gain and strengthen skills relevant to next steps after graduation, such as communication, collaboration, teamwork, analysis/synthesis/evaluation, independence, confronting/challenging failure, problem-solving and perseverance, and constructive criticism. (Problem Solver, Communicator)

·        Convey ideas and knowledge effectively through an ePortfolio and presentation of your internship work. (Problem Solver, Communicator)

·        Set and meet your own additional learning goals identified with your supervisor.

LHSI Qualifications  

·        must be graduating May 2027 or after (usually a current freshman or sophomore in Spring 2025)   

·        Current full-time IUI undergraduate

·        minimum overall GPA of 2.0 

·        All majors welcome

To apply:

LHSI accepts at least 125 interns per year. Complete the application for LHSI at lhsi.indianapolis.iu.edu and select 3-4 internship sites on that application. All available sites are listed in Handshake and will start with the position title “LHSI Intern.” You will meet with at least 2 of these if selected for interviews.