Mentor Areas
Research in the Kamberov lab is focused on understanding the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that control the development, population-level diversity, regeneration, and evolution of human and other mammalian ectodermal derivatives including the skin and the brain.
Description:
An independently minded undergraduate student is being recruited to train and eventually lead a project focusing on defining the function of a novel regulatory/enhancer element in the vertebrate brain and the basis for its requirement for post-natal survival. The project will entail characterizing the comparative embryonic and post-natal traits of mouse mutants that have deletions of a regulatory element/enhancer with a goal to defining why and how this enhancer is essential for life.
Preferred Qualifications
Background course work or lab experience in basic molecular biology and developmental biology is preferred. Students intending to train towards a future career in biomedical science or medicine are especially encouraged to apply. The project requires handling of and experimentation on mice.
Details:
Preferred Student Year
Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Project Academic Year
2023–2024
Volunteer
Yes
Paid
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.