Paid undergraduate intern research positions are available at WALII campuses across the US every summer. Summer interns work on projects relevant to anhydrobiosis for 9-12 weeks. Interns are trained and mentored by graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from the WALII network. Interns working on WALII projects are expected to spend 40 hours per week working on research in the labs, attending internship and networking opportunities at their host institution, and participating in virtual WALII network activities.

Applications for the 2026 Summer Internship Program are now open! Click the button below to learn more.

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2024 Summer Seminars

Interns attend virtual talks from world-class scientists working in WALII labs to learn about their career paths and current work. The 2024 summer seminars are at 8 am PT / 9 am MT / 10 am CT / 11 am ET.

June 25, 2024
Summer Seminar Series (Fleming lab)
Speaker: Grace Fleming

July 2, 2024
Summer Seminar Series (Iwasa lab)
Speaker: Janet Iwasa

July 9, 2023
Summer Seminar Series (Boeynaems lab)
Speaker: Steven Boeynaems

July 16, 2024
Summer Seminar Series (VanBuren lab)
Speaker: Rose Marks

July 23, 2024
Summer Seminar Series (Holehouse lab)
Speaker: Alex Holehouse

2024 Special Events

June 11, 2024
WALII Welcome Meeting
Interns are encouraged to attend the annual WALII welcome meeting to learn about summer activities, ask questions about the network, and meet interns at other campuses.

July 12, 2024
Presentation Workshop
This is a special event for the WALII members to learn about best practices for sharing research in poster and PowerPoint presentations.

August 5, 2024
Technical Training Workshop
This workshop series is designed to introduce WALII members to tools, techniques, and resources unique to different WALII labs in an effort to foster cross-lab collaborations. In this workshop, we will hear from the MSU Core Facilities and Boothby Lab.

Tony Schilmiller (MSU Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core facility) will be presenting about the equipment available at the MSU campus and how to submit samples for analysis.
Thomas Boothby (Boothby Lab) will be presenting “A survey of approaches for assessing water content and behavior in biological samples”

Post-Summer

Interns working on WALII projects are part of the nationwide WALII research team. We encourage all interns to remain connected to the network long-term. Interns are able to join the Alumni network and stay involved post-internship.