Internships

The Danforth Center Summer Internship program exposes students to a rich research environment in a small, friendly institution with a welcoming atmosphere. We have created a program that gives students experience with all aspects of modern scientific research, from design to experimentation to reporting. At the same time, we provide insight into the personal qualities of a good researcher, the steps to take on the road to becoming a scientist, and the broader implications of scientific discovery.

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Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is home to more than 130 scientists who are conducting fundamental research with short-, mid- or long-term applied goals. Research team leaders, referred to as Principal Investigators, have strong interdisciplinary research skills with diverse training and are committed to collaborations between research groups within the Danforth Center, among the Danforth Center Alliance, and with researchers across the globe.

• Douglas Allen analysis of metabolic networks of oilseed plants to enhance biomass composition by combined experimental and computational methods
• Ivan Baxter A systems approach to elemental profiling to understand how plants adapt to the environment
• Roger Beachy Virus Resistance-Virus movement and gene expression control
• Claude Fauquet Cassava Nutrition and Disease resistance
• Eliot Herman Soybean improvement: Improve protein and oil content and quality, Reduce allergins, Enzyme production
• Jan Jaworski Seed oils: Plant oils for use in plastics and other products
• Toni Kutchan Medicinal Natural Products: Synthesis of Morphine and other medicinal plant products for treatment of a variety of diseases
• Mark Manary Compositional assessment, bioavailability and human trials of nutrient-enhanced crops, as well peanut biology
• Sona Pandey Plant hormone signaling: Abscisic acid and drought response
• Richard Sayre Algae biofuel production systems
• Dilip Shah Fungal Resistance- Role of defensins in enhancing plant fungus defense
• Thomas Smith Virology, Nutrient Transport
• Sam Wang Lipid signaling-Role of lipids in regulate plant growth and stress responses
• Oliver Yu Health promoting isoflavonoids: Increasing healthy isoflavonoid levels, high-scale production of flavonoids