The student helper will contribute to a project studying interferon related mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration. They will be supervised by the PI and work directly with a postdoctoral fellow to perform experiments. They will learn basic techniques in molecular biology, image analysis, and cell culture and perform literature review on topically related papers in neuroscience and cell biology.

• Prepares and conducts laboratory research experiments.
• Meets with the PI weekly and presents a final report in lab meeting.
• Maintains an organized electronic lab notebook.
• Performs morphometric analysis of immunohistological images.
• Performs molecular biology approaches including DNA, RNA and protein extractions, molecular cloning, and PCR.
• Performs cell culture.
• Assists with general laboratory chores.

• Must be a High School or College Student (undergraduate or graduate).
• No experience required.

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