The Choe Lab offers students and fellows the opportunity to study molecular mechanisms of physiology in one of the most experimentally tractable animal models (i.e., C. elegans) at the flagship research University of the State of Florida.
Postdocs - As funding permits, we invite post-docs to join our lab that are interested in studying regulation and function of a central and conserved stress responses in C. elegans. If interested, please contact Dr. Choe ([email protected]).
Graduate students – As funding permits, we seek graduate students who are interested in molecular mechanisms of physiological processes. Specific projects and approaches are flexible within the areas of stress biology, physiology, signaling, parasitology, or aging. Students can apply through the Department of Biology. The Biology department guarantees at least six years of stipend, tuition, and health insurance support for new graduate students and fellowships are available. If interested, please contact Dr. Choe ([email protected]).
Undergraduate students – Motivated and responsible undergraduate research assistants are an essential part of the Choe Lab. Dr. Choe has trained over 20 undergraduate students in research. Several of these students are co-authors on publications and the majority later entered graduate or professional schools. Undergraduate students considering graduate school are especially encouraged to inquire with Dr. Choe ([email protected]). Competitive fellowships are available for undergraduates.
C. elegans is an ideal system for training in molecular, physiological, cellular, genetic, and bioinformatic research for the following reasons:
· Sophisticated approaches such as RNA interference, gene knockout, epistasis, and transgenics are strait forward and inexpensive. Few other animal systems provide access to this combination of powerful approaches.
· It is inexpensive to culture and does not require animal use committee (i.e., IACUC) approvals allowing students to explore and be creative in their experimental design in a way that is not possible with vertebrate systems.
· It has a 3 day life cycle, so students can perform experiments rapidly.
· There are thousands of interconnected labs using C. elegans to study diverse biological processes world-wide, so acquired skills are highly transferable.
· Students can reference an extensive, but user-friendly and freely open, database that contains nearly all published information on C. elegans and other nematodes (www.wormbase.org).
Why train at the University of Florida?
The University of Florida is the 4th largest University in the United States and is a major research institute with 16 colleges and over 150 research centers. The University receives over $1 billion in research funding annually. Biology-related research is conducted by scientists in the University’s Genetics Institute, McKnight Brain Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Medicine.
The Department of Biology includes close to 40 faculty and 100 graduate students supported by diverse NSF and NIH grants to study everything from molecular biology and physiology to ecology, evolution, and development. The Choe Lab regularly interacts with other research groups through collaborations, graduate courses, regional meetings, and the Genetics Institute.
Postdocs - As funding permits, we invite post-docs to join our lab that are interested in studying regulation and function of a central and conserved stress responses in C. elegans. If interested, please contact Dr. Choe ([email protected]).
Graduate students – As funding permits, we seek graduate students who are interested in molecular mechanisms of physiological processes. Specific projects and approaches are flexible within the areas of stress biology, physiology, signaling, parasitology, or aging. Students can apply through the Department of Biology. The Biology department guarantees at least six years of stipend, tuition, and health insurance support for new graduate students and fellowships are available. If interested, please contact Dr. Choe ([email protected]).
Undergraduate students – Motivated and responsible undergraduate research assistants are an essential part of the Choe Lab. Dr. Choe has trained over 20 undergraduate students in research. Several of these students are co-authors on publications and the majority later entered graduate or professional schools. Undergraduate students considering graduate school are especially encouraged to inquire with Dr. Choe ([email protected]). Competitive fellowships are available for undergraduates.
C. elegans is an ideal system for training in molecular, physiological, cellular, genetic, and bioinformatic research for the following reasons:
· Sophisticated approaches such as RNA interference, gene knockout, epistasis, and transgenics are strait forward and inexpensive. Few other animal systems provide access to this combination of powerful approaches.
· It is inexpensive to culture and does not require animal use committee (i.e., IACUC) approvals allowing students to explore and be creative in their experimental design in a way that is not possible with vertebrate systems.
· It has a 3 day life cycle, so students can perform experiments rapidly.
· There are thousands of interconnected labs using C. elegans to study diverse biological processes world-wide, so acquired skills are highly transferable.
· Students can reference an extensive, but user-friendly and freely open, database that contains nearly all published information on C. elegans and other nematodes (www.wormbase.org).
Why train at the University of Florida?
The University of Florida is the 4th largest University in the United States and is a major research institute with 16 colleges and over 150 research centers. The University receives over $1 billion in research funding annually. Biology-related research is conducted by scientists in the University’s Genetics Institute, McKnight Brain Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Medicine.
The Department of Biology includes close to 40 faculty and 100 graduate students supported by diverse NSF and NIH grants to study everything from molecular biology and physiology to ecology, evolution, and development. The Choe Lab regularly interacts with other research groups through collaborations, graduate courses, regional meetings, and the Genetics Institute.