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Research experience in environmental flows and renewable energyEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Renewable Energy LabWe are looking for students interested in applying their love of mathematics and physics to measurements of turbulence and wind energy. We are conducting laser-based flow measurements of wind-wave flows and investigating wind energy in offshore environs. |
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How to apply | Email Corey-markfort@uiowa.edu with short statement of interest and applicable qualifications. |
Start Date | Spring semester; Summer semester; Fall semester |
Compensation | TBD |
Hours/week | Negotiable |
Timeline |
Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Novel gene discovery in cardiovascular biology and diseaseBoudreau LabThe Boudreau Lab is working to discover new genes that regulate healthy heart functions. We are looking for energetic students who are interested in learning advanced techniques to help us with general lab duties. |
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How to apply | Click HERE for more information |
Start Date | Near future |
Compensation | Academic Credit; Pay |
Hours/week | 15-20 |
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Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Apply By | Sunday, August 1, 2021 |
Impact of alcohol abuse on human healthLuo LabTraining in cellular and molecular biology in neuroscience and cancer biology |
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How to apply | Click HERE for more information |
Start Date | Immediate; Fall Semester; Spring semester; Summer semester |
Compensation | Academic credit; Pay |
Hours/week | 10+ in blocks of 4+ hours at a time |
Timeline |
Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Social-Emotional Development from Infancy to AdolescenceChild LabWe study children’s social-emotional development from infancy to adolescence. Students in this lab have the opportunity to work on a longitudinal study to help collect data during laboratory sessions, code behavioral data from videos, and perform preliminary data management. |
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How to apply | Click HERE to fill out interest form. |
Start Date | Spring semester; Near future; Fall semester; Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer; Academic credit |
Hours per week | 9 |
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Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Molecular mechanisms of aging and heart and kidney diseasesDai LabWe focus on oxidative stress and mitochondrial and metabolic signaling, using mouse and human iPSC derived cells to model human diseases. Students are expected to do either bench and/or mouse works under supervision. |
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How to apply | See "More Information". |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future, Fall, Spring, or Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer; Academic credit |
Hours per week | 10+ |
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Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Ceramide induced lipotoxicity in metabolic diseasesChaurasia LabChaurasia Lab aims to understand how lipid metabolite ceramides: impair nutrient sensing in adipose tissue and contribute to development of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases etc. |
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How to apply | Email Dr. Chaurasia with interest and CV. |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future, Fall, Spring, or Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer |
Hours per week | 10-15 |
Timeline |
Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Women's health - ovarian and endometrial cancerLeslie LabThe current focus of our lab is to improve the outcomes for women with endometrial and ovarian cancer. |
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How to apply | See instructions in "More Information" |
Start Date | Immediate |
Compensation | Volunteer; Academic credit |
Hours per week | 10+ |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Investigate the biological effects and mechanisms of electromagnetic energy fieldsSheffield Lab, Holden Cancer Center/Diabetes Research CenterWe seek highly motivated candidates to help us investigate the biological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) using animal models of chronic disease. We are conducting pre-clinical studies exploring mechanism of action and safety in preparation for clinical trials. |
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How to apply | Email calvin-carter@uiowa.edu (See complete instructions in "More Information") |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future; Fall semester; Spring semester; Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer |
Hours per week | 15+ hours per week |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
Relationship between diet quality and clinical outcomesWahls Lab, Internal MedicineThe Wahls Research lab is interested in the relationship between diet quality and clinical outcomes. Motor function is assessed using timed walk and hand function tests. Vision function, quality of life and blood biomarkers are also assessed. |
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How to apply | Email ehlingerma@healthcare.uiowa.edu (See complete instructions in "More Information") |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future; Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer; Academic Credit |
Hours per week | 10+, minimum of 3-4 hour blocks 2-3 days per week |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
Neural circuit mechanism in compulsive alcohol drinking and aversive behaviors during withdrawalMarcinkiewcz Lab, Neuroscience/PharmacologyOur lab is focused on the neural circuit mechanisms that drive compulsive alcohol drinking and aversive behaviors during withdrawal. The dorsal raphe nucleus is a serotonergic nucleus in the midbrain and pons that is exquisitely sensitive to alcohol and has a diverse molecular composition that orchestrates a wide range of behaviors, including reward, anxiety, pain and sleep. We are trying to understand how alcohol changes the molecular and signaling properties of the DRN to impact these behaviors in alcohol dependence and other diseases including Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. |
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How to apply | Email catherine-marcinkiewcz@uiowa.edu (See complete instructions in "More information") |
Start Date | Immediate or Near Future |
Compensation | Volunteer (Optional 0-semester hour registration for transcript recognition); Academic credit (1-4 credit hour independent study); TBD |
Hours per week | 10-15 |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be a continuous position |
Vascular function in health and diseaseIrani Lab, Internal MedicineThe Irani lab broadly studies molecular mechanisms regulating vascular function in health and disease. We are currently examining the role of dynamic protein lysine acetylation in the regulation of vascular endothelial function, and how microRNAs expressed in the vascular wall protect against or promote vascular disease. We are working toward identifying novel mechanisms that contribute to vascular health and disease in response to changes in the gut microbiome. We are also collaboratively looking at the role protein lysine acetylation plays in governance of cardiac electrical activity. Finally, we are interested in identifying vasospecific factors that are players in whole body energy utilization and metabolism. |
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How to apply | Email Modar Kassan at modar-kassan@uiowa.edu (See complete instructions in "More Information") |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future; Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer ; Academic Credit |
Hours per week | 10+ |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
NanoMedTrix BiotechAssouline Lab, Biomedical EngineeringThe laboratory has various projects based on a platform technology making use of small nanoparticles to provide high-level contrast with medical scanners such as MRI, CT and Ultrasound. In addition, the particles are porous and can serve as a reservoir for loading of bioactive drugs. Our group performs experiments on campus and off campus where we developed a biotech company, NanoMedTrix (NMTx). Our mesoporous silica nanoparticles (the MSNs) are advanced nanotechnology material which dramatically enhance bladder cancer diagnostics for much earlier detection as well as uniquely serve as a vehicle for targeted drug delivery. Current technology is expensive, insensitive and is therapeutically indiscriminate and ineffective. Our nanoparticles specifically target only bladder cancer cells to improve detection significantly and have also been impregnated with anti-mitotic drugs to deliver high concentrations of these drugs only to the cancer cells thereby sparing the surrounding bladder tissue and patient from excessive side effects. The unique experimental and commercial opportunity our products resides in the breadth of clinical applications and the ease of usage. |
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How to apply | Email jose-assouline@uiowa.edu with a resume attached. |
Start Date | Immediate; Near future; Summer semester |
Compensation | Volunteer ; Academic Credit |
Hours per week | 10 (academic year); 20-40 (summer semester) |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
Uterine endometrial cancer characterizationYang Lab, PathologyUterine endometrial cancer incidence (~63,200 new cases/year) and deaths (~11,300 deaths/year) are on the rise. To help endometrial cancer patients and cure endometrial cancer, we need understand the characteristics of this disease. The current focus of our work is to understand molecular mechanisms of endometrial tumor progression and utilize target therapy or molecular enhanced hormonal therapy to treat endometrial cancer and other hormone-driven cancers. Specific research initiatives include: 1) systematic dissection of the mechanisms of progesterone receptor (PR) downregulation in endometrial cancer and enhancement of progestin therapy with epigenetic modulators in endometrial cancer, 2) identification of novel small molecular drugs to increase PR expression and activity to sensitize progesterone therapy, 3) targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in endometrial cancer, 4) relationship between the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and oncogene Myc in endometrial tumors, and 5) application of molecularly enhanced progestin therapy to other cancer types. Dr. Yang’s laboratory is located in the building of Medical Education Research Facility (MERF). |
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How to apply | Email Shujie Yang (shujie-yang@uiowa.edu) (See complete instructions in "More Information") |
Start Date | Spring, Summer, or Fall semester |
Compensation | Volunteer, Academic Credit |
Hours per week | 10+ hours per week in 4+ hour blocks for 2+ days a week |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
Endometrial and ovarian cancer progressionMeng Lab, PathologyDr. Meng’s laboratory is located in the building of Medical Education Research Facility (MERF). The long term research goals of our laboratory are to understand the molecular and cellular basis of endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer progression in order to develop new treatment of these diseases. Current efforts are focused on the role of AEG-1/MTDH/LYRIC in drug resistance and DNA damage response in this process. AEG-1/MTDH/LYRIC was recently identified as an ER resident RNA-binding protein, which may contribute to the ER-mRNA transcription in cancers. |
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How to apply | Email Dr. Meng (xianbing-meng@uiowa.edu) (See complete instructions in "More Information") |
Start Date | Spring, Summer, or Fall semester |
Compensation | Volunteer, Academic Credit |
Hours per week | 10+ hours per week in 4+ hour blocks for 2+ days a week |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |
Developmental Psychopathology LabWhat We Study: |
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How to apply | Submit the following application: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6foZRkaDKfsPf49 |
Start Date | Spring, Summer, or Fall semester |
Compensation | Volunteer, Academic Credit |
Timeline | Ongoing or potential to be continuous position |