| Affiliations: | DeBakey Research Leadership Program |
| Project Leader: | Koedi Lawley koedilawley@tamu.edu Veterinary Integrative Biosciences |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Candice Brinkmeyer-Langford, Ph.D. |
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Team Size:
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3
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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We need students to assist with: – various mouse procedures, such as weighing and phenotyping – extracting RNA and performing qPCR |
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Description:
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For some individuals, infection by certain viruses can cause neurological symptoms and diseases. We use a mouse model of neurotropic viral infection to study how the genetic background of an individual influences their responses to a viral infection, particularly neurological outcomes |