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| Project Leader: | Lilia Sanchez lilia.sanchez01@tamu.edu Veterinary Integrative Biosciences |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Weston Porter, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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Variable, TBD. |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Students will gain experience in standard cellular, molecular, and genetics research techniques. They will also be able to present their findings at Student Research Week or other local meetings. Significant contribution to the project will result in authorship on any subsequent publication.
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Team Needs:
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Students must have or will need to acquire BSL2 training. They will assist in cell and tissue culture, data collection and image analysis, and contribute to overall lab maintenance. |
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Description:
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Cellular biology has long focused on investigating the functions and dynamics of organelles as if they were isolated entities. We are now discovering that organelles work together through specialized contacts and this inter-organelle communication is important for complex cellular processes such as differentiation and stress adaptation. Disruption of these contact sites underlies many pathologies such as Parkinson’s disease, metabolic disease, and cancer. This project involves investigating the role of metabolism and inter-organelle interactions in normal mammary gland development. These findings will help us understand how the interruption of these inter-organelle contacts impacts diseases such as breast cancer. |