Role of lipid mediators in ocular innate and adaptive immune responses and neurodegeneration
Karsten Gronert, Professor
Optometry
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
My research team is part of a handful of laboratories around the world that is focused on elucidating the role and molecular mechanisms of protective lipid mediator programs that are essential for regulating and orchestrating routine and healthy immune responses and neuroprotection. Research in our lab uses in vitro and mouse models and bioinformatics to discover and define protective pathways and therapeutic targets in ocular immune diseases and glaucoma.
Role: Assist, learn and eventually carry out independently procedures such as RNA extraction, PCR, immunohistochemistry, cell culture, tissue sectioning, microscopy-image analysis, animal procedures, genotyping, data analysis of bulk RNA-seq and single cell RNA-seq experiments.
Qualifications: Highly motivated, detailed oriented, ability to learn and execute complex procedures, work in a large team. Research and coding experience is a plus but not required. Able to dedicate large time blocks (4 hrs or more/day) to research activities in the lab.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Shubham Maurya or Shruthi Karnam, Post-Doc
Hours: 12 or more hours
Related website: https://gronertlabberkeley.org/
Biological & Health Sciences