Mentor Areas
Gastrointestinal cancer and hereditary gastrointestinal cancer predisposition syndromes
Description:
Projects include:
1. Understanding the role of the epigenetic scaffold protein menin in colon cancer growth.
2. Exploring the role of menin mediating in colonic inflammation.
3. Work with patient-derived colonic organoids
The available projects in the laboratory involve a wide variety of biological techniques and models including work with cell culture, with mice, and with patient-derived organoids.
Preferred Qualifications
Wet lab experience is ideal, but is not necessary
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
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.