Announcements of Opportunity
SURF: Announcements of Opportunity
Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty and JPL technical staff for the SURF program. Each AO indicates whether or not it is open to non-Caltech students. If an AO is NOT open to non-Caltech students, please DO NOT contact the mentor. Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions!
Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. Click here for more tips on finding a mentor. Announcements for external summer programs are listed here.
*Students applying for JPL projects should complete a SURF@JPL application instead of a "regular" SURF application.
*Students pursuing opportunities at JPL must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
<< Prev
Record
51 of
56
Next >>
Back To List
| Project: | Role of nuclear migration in wrapping glia in Drosophia eye development | ||||||||
| Discipline: | Biology | ||||||||
| Mentor: |
Y. Henry Sun,
Distinguished Research Fellow and Professor, (BBE),
mbyhsun@gate.sinica.edu.tw, |
||||||||
| Mentor URL: | http://www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/en/research/faculty/mbyhsun.html (opens in new window) | ||||||||
| Background: |
NOTE: This project is being offered by a Caltech alum and is open only to Caltech students. The project will take place at the Institute of Molecular Biology at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. Nucleus movement within a longitudinal cell is related to cell division and differentiation. Blocking nuclear migration may result in cell death. We will explore the role of nuclear migration in the wrapping glia in the eye disc of the fruit fly Drosophila. |
||||||||
| Description: | The study would involve genetic manipulation (blocking nuclear migration in specific cells), confocal microscopy and live imaging to follow nuclear migration during development, and examining degeneration in the nervous system. | ||||||||
| References: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27182060/ | ||||||||
| Student Requirements: | Genetics | ||||||||
| Programs: |
This AO can be done under the following programs:
|
<< Prev Record 51 of 56 Next >> Back To List