B.E.S.T. INTERN PROGRAM WITH CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA
NOW ENROLLING FOR SPRING 2024
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BIO-TECH, EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
The BEST Internship program is a collaboation between Contra Costa College and I-Cultiver Inc. Created by Dr. Rajnish Khanna and Dr. Katie Krowlikowski, this program is designed to give bio-technology students paid opportunitiesto increase their eduction by working on real life experiments and product trials. The BEST Program enrollsstudentsthree times a year; in Spring, Summer and Fall for respective semesters.
If you are a current CCC Student, and interested in applying for our BEST Internship Program.
please email: Raj@i-Cultiver.com
B.E.S.T. PROGRAM DIRECTORS
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Rajnish Khanna, M.Sc., Ph.D., Lead Scientist i-Cultiver Founder and Executive Director Urban Green Project
Katie Krolikowski, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Biotechnology
Contra Costa College
B.E.S.T. PROGRAM FALL 2023 INTERNS
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Rosangelica Ortega Lopez
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Jose Luis Larios
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Robert Reed
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Brandon
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
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Ashley Larios
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Christopher
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Zavdi
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
Samir
CCC Student
Intern Scientist
POTENTIAL BIO-TECHNOLOGY STUDENT PROJECTS
Biotechnology Internships may involve one or more of the following:
- Fractionate soil, rhizosphere and rootsamplesfor microbiome analysis
- Microbial DNA extraction and sample preparation for 16S rRNA gene sequencing
- Bioinformatics support
- Plant-seedling assays, including plating on nutrient media, growth, imaging, Image J analysis and statistical evaluation
- Metabolomics, including assay kit- and chromatography -based element quantification
- Scale growth of microbialcommunitiesfor applications in agriculture
- Remote Sensing technologies(training will be included)
Science Communication Internships may involve one or more of the following:
- Public communication and content development
- Public education and promotion of scientific awareness through social media and online articles
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GREENHOUSE STUDIES
FIELD TRIALS
PUBLISHED FINDINGS
GREENHOUSE STUDIES CONDUCTED AT LEADING U.S. UNIVERSITIES.
Each study isresearched, applied as a trial, recorded and placed into a report for peer review. Once peer reviewed by academic professionals. we are proud to publish our findings.
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