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Spring 2020 – Effects of Early-Life Stress and Western-Style Diet on Adult Functioning: A Behavioral and Biochemical Approach

Affiliations:
DeBakey Executive Research Leadership Program, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Texas A&M Institute of Neuroscience. (TAMIN)
Project Leader: Omar Sial
omarsial@tamu.edu
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Bolanos, Ph.D.
Meeting Times:
Fridays 10:30-11am -tentative (ILSB-3181)
Team Size:
6 (Team Full)
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
Students will learn basic laboratory techniques, including how to work with rodents (e.g. husbandry and behavior) and perform biochemical assays (e.g. western blots, PCR, ELISA). Advanced students will present their work to the lab and potentially create a poster and present it at a conference.
Team Needs:
There is a wide range of duties that will be required for this project. New members of the team will begin with basic laboratory tasks (i.e., washing dishes/cleaning equipment, data input, buffer washes, etc.). As students in the team spend more time in laboratory, demonstrating responsibility/ reliability, and building trust, they may move to more advanced tasks (i.e., animal husbandry/behavior, data analysis, biochemical assays). Students who spend more than a year in the laboratory may be able to oversee their own small side-project moving forward, and will have the opportunity to present their work at our weekly lab meetings. Students are expected to take some initiative in the project and be self-motivated. Students will be evaluated every semester to determine whether they will continue participating on the project. Though it is preferred that the applicants have a goal to attend graduate school or are majoring in neuroscience-related fields, (i.e., neuroscience, psychology, biology, biochemistry, etc.) it is not a requirement
Description:
This is a preclinical project that focuses on the effects of concurrent social stress and western-style diet (high fat/carb) during adolescence and the long-term behavioral and neurobiological deficits it may cause.

Written by:
Jennie Lamb
Published on:
February 18, 2020

Categories: FullTags: Spring 2020

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