Kendell Clement will be going to Germany as a participant in the Fulbright program.  He plans to work in the computational sciences laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin  while taking graduate classes on bioinformatics at the Freie Universität in Berlin.  Although he is not exactly sure what research he will be involved in, he hopes it will be a good experience and give him exposure to interesting research topics in bioinformatics.  He will be in Berlin from September 2009 until July 2010.

Upon returning, Kendell has been admitted to the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology graduate program.  He will be joining the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG) PhD Training Program.

Kendell is very excited about the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics program. He said, “When I went out to Boston for interviews, I felt relatively underqualified because it seemed as if most of the other interviewees had some sort of post-undergraduate experience like working at a biotech company or having earned a masters degree. As I talked to the professors and other students, and visited the research labs, I knew that I wanted to be a part of the research there. As the result of certain divine intervention, I was admitted into the program as one of seven BIG class members for 2009.”

After receiving notification of the Fulbright Scholarship offer earlier this year, Kendell was granted deferment of matriculation in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology graduate program until the fall of 2010.

Kendell said, “I am grateful for the help and support of my professors and classmates, as well as the great research opportunities provided by BYU and the CS department that have contributed to my qualification for these opportunities.”