How C. elegans can suspend life under freezing
Dengke Ma, Professor
UC San Francisco
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
The nematode C. elegans can be frozen alive, suspend life and revive later virtually any long after freezing, unlike many other multicellular organisms, including flies, fish, mice and humans. How C. elegans achieves this feat remains a fascinating unsolved mystery. This project will use our newly established reporters and assays to explore genes and pathways underlying the freezing tolerance of C. elegans.
Qualifications: The undergraduate student will be learning experimental techniques and scientific methods in this project with Dr. Changnan Wang, in our lab, under the supervision of PI.
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute 555 Mission Bay South Blvd, SCVRB Room 214 San Francisco
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Biological & Health Sciences