High School Internship and Ambassador PositionsThe Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is an internationally renowned non-profit research institute dedicated to the study and application of systems biology. Founded in 2000 in Seattle, Washington, ISBs goal is to unravel biological complexity by deciphering vast amounts of data in order to gain valuable insights and achieve breakthroughs across scientific disciplines.This summer, we are offering . The application process for each of these opportunities is the same. When completing the Google form portion of the application you will be prompted to indicate which of these experiences you are most interested in. The deadline for application is 4:00pm Pacific Time on Friday, March 15, 2024. No late applications will be accepted.Timeline for applying, notification and hiring:Mid-January: Application window opens.March 15: Application window closes promptly at 4:00 pm Pacific Time. Late applications will not be accepted.March 19-April: Application Review. You will be contacted at least two times throughout this time period by email. Please make sure to set your email client to mark emails from "isbscience.org" and "systemsbiology.org" as important and not spam or promotions. If you do not know how to do that, please .If your application was completely submitted (all parts were received and thoroughly completed), you will receive an email inviting you to sign up for a "Systems are Everywhere" 2-hour workshop.You will be contacted again by the end of April regarding the status of your application.April 15-May 31: Phone interviews, video interviews and informal offersJune: Formal offer letters sent to selected applicantsBrief Position Descriptions:1) Systems Thinkers in STEM Ambassadorship (STiSA)Current 10th and 11th graders can apply for STiSA. All applicants who complete the full application will be accepted into STiSA and can choose whether or not to participate. You can participate in STiSA even if you are selected for an internship. As a participant, you will first be invited to attend a 2-hour, virtual workshop: "Systems are Everywhere." You will learn about systems modeling and how systems thinking is used in research and careers. You will then have the opportunity to enroll in one of two virtual micro-courses: "Introduction to Systems Medicine" or "Environmental Systems, Research, and Stewardship." From there, you will be invited to participate in the final virtual micro-course of the series, "Learning in Motion: Taking Action within Your Community." These workshops will be held several times throughout the spring and early summer of this year. The invitation to this workshop will come to the email address you share with us in your application materials. After you attend a 2-hour workshop, you will be invited to join our virtual workspace via Slack or WhatsApp. This will allow you to stay connected with our team, and to the year's cohort of ambassadors, to hear about upcoming opportunities to advance your systems thinking in STEM. These opportunities will be a combination of virtual and in-person offerings that you can participate in according to your interest and availability. See below and for more information.2) 8-Week Summer Internship for Rising SeniorsCurrent 11th graders only are eligible for ISB's paid 8-week (300 hours) in-person summer internship. This summer's possible internship topics include but are not limited to: computational biology (which can include scenarios in health and/or the environment), microbial interactions, resilience and collapse of complex systems, the microbiome, microbial evolution, cancer, (medicine that is predictive, preventative, personalized and participatory), and bioengineering with algae. All projects are aligned with a current ISB project which is driven by a mentor. Students will learn ab