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.
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Project: | Whole genome sequencing of mucosal microbiomes to explore connections with human health and disease | ||||||||
Disciplines: | Bioengineering, Biology | ||||||||
Mentor: | Rustem Ismagilov, Professor, (CCE), rustem.admin@caltech.edu | ||||||||
Mentor URL: | https://ismagilovlab.caltech.edu/ (opens in new window) | ||||||||
AO Contact: | Natasha Shelby, tshelby@caltech.edu | ||||||||
Background: | The Ismagilov lab has recently developed many novel methodologies enabling new investigations into how the mucosal microbiome impacts human health and disease. We will be applying these methods to contexts such as microbial biogeography, Celiac Disease, IBD, IBS, and Parkinson’s Disease. We also are part of the NIH Human Virome Program and working to define the healthy human virome. | ||||||||
Description: | Generation and/or analysis of whole genome sequencing datasets. | ||||||||
References: |
See Publications section of website, in particular: Natalie J. Wu-Woods, Jacob T. Barlow, Florian Trigodet, Dustin G. Shaw, Anna E. Romano, Bana Jabri, A. Murat Eren, and Rustem F. Ismagilov. 2023. "Microbial-enrichment method enables high-throughput metagenomic characterization from host-rich samples." Nature Methods 20: 1672–1682. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-02025-4. |
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Student Requirements: | Some familiarity with EITHER molecular biology wet lab techniques (pipetting, PCR, etc.) OR coding (python or bash preferred). Interest in human health. | ||||||||
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This AO can be done under the following programs:
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