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Bio 153 Phage Discovery Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2025

Undergraduate TAs for Phage Discovery will learn teaching techniques and increase their understanding of Phage Discovery Laboratory course material by assisting with lab sections.

6 sp. | 37 appl.

1-4 h/wk5-7 h/wk

Project categories

BiologyMicrobiologyMolecular Biology

Social processes and health psychology lab

We study how features of the social environment affect health-related behaviors and outcomes. This includes a range of social processes, including mimicry and peer social networks. We also examine a…

4 sp. | 52 appl.

5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk

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Green Urea Production via Electrocatalytic C-N Coupling

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2RR) technology has emerged as a highly promising strategy to address the pressing environmental and energy challenges posed by the excessive emissions of carbon…

2 sp. | 13 appl.

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Chemical Engineering

Systems neuroscience and behavior

Experimental design/construction, data collection and analysis, literature review/synthesis. Participate in lab meetings. Possibility of independent projects after sufficient experience in the lab.

3 sp. | 84 appl.

5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk

Project categories

Animal Behavior (+3)

Animal BehaviorAnimal PhysiologyBiologyNeuroscience

Data Mapping for Food Insecurity Analysis

Data mapping for predicting food insecurity at the census-tract level, its causal factors, and suitable combination interventions (joint programs and policies) tailored to population needs.

1 sp. | 8 appl.

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Mathematics & Statistics (+2)

Civil EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMathematics & Statistics

Ticks and tick-borne diseases

The laboratory of medical zoology is focused on translational work with ticks and tick-borne pathogens. Skills developed and work will progress from a very basic introduction (field work collecting…

3 sp. | 56 appl.

1-4 h/wk5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk11-14 h/wk15+ h/wk

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Pre-Veterinary Science (+6)

BiologyEntomologyMicrobiologyMolecular BiologyPre-Veterinary SciencePublic Health SciencesScience (Interdepartmental)

Help create a nudibranch brain connectome

This project is to build virtual 3D models of neurons from thousands of electron micrographs using specialized software. This will help us build a connectome of all neurons the brain of a nudibranch.

2 sp. | 55 appl.

5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk

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Personal Design Project

This is a project that you are interested in carrying out in the ISB 355 research space under the direction of Dr. Paradise. This project is of your own design and is possible to do with the…

1 sp. | 1 appl.

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Develop learning material for intro to data science course

In this project, you will develop (1) lab materials for teaching statistical concepts using R language and by analyzing real datasets, (2) "statistics nuggets" which are 15 min short activities…

1 sp. | 8 appl.

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Mathematics & Statistics

Summer internship in Srimathveeravalli Research Group

The Srimathveeravalli Research Group (SRG) has a paid, 10-week summer internship opportunity. The duration of work can be anytime in the months of June - August (before semester start). SRG studies…

1 sp. | 25 appl.

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Mechanical Engineering (+1)

Biomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to study the gene regulation in plant

The Facette Lab is seeking undergraduate researchers interested in plant biology and genetics to work on the gene expression regulation of development in the grasses (how plants grow and develop stem…

1 sp. | 50 appl.

8-10 h/wk11-14 h/wk15+ h/wk

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Cellular Biology (+3)

Cellular BiologyDevelopmental BiologyMolecular BiologyPlant Biology

Photochemistry of Coffee

The Photochemistry of Coffee is a really broad umbrella project. The goal is to understand all of the chemistry of the components of coffee that are used in the development of black and white film…

2 sp. | 9 appl.

8-10 h/wk11-14 h/wk

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