Laura Schrader, PhD (Cell and Molecular Biology) Project Description Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Who is eligible? Undergraduate students and MS Students Volunteer, Paid, or Credit Eligible? Volunteer Application Requirements? CV or resume and cover letter Contact Email: schrader@tulane.edu

Project Description Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly. The mechanism of AMD pathogenesis remains unclear, genetics, environmental factors and advanced age contribute to disease progression. The current project focuses on how aging and environmental factors contribute to AMD, especially cell death and senescence in the retina. For more […]

Project Description -Single Cell Sequencing and Data Analyses for Osteoporosis -Deep Learning, Machine Learning for Disease Prediction -Multi-Omics Analyses for Complex Diseases Including Genomics, Metagenomics, Metabolomics, Epi-Transcriptomics -Causality Modeling -Clinical Recruitment of Study Subjects for our Grants Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload Skills required Who is eligible Not Specified Core partners […]

Project Description This project aims to monitor, quantify, and analyze the mating behavior of an interesting species of tropical bird, the white-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus). Male white-bearded manakins congregate at locations called “leks” to perform elaborate, energetically costly mating displays to attract females. These displays involve leaping between vertical saplings and smashing their wings together […]

Project Description Quantum Control & Physics Instruction Graduate Fellowships This is an open lab position, the research is ongoing Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload Skills required Who is eligible Graduate Fellowships Core partners Sponsoring party Faculty Volunteer, Paid, or Credit-eligible? Not Specified

Project Description This project supports community-engaged research and it is carried out in partnership with the American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) located in downtown New Orleans. With the goal of preserving local memory, the hired student will transcribe oral archival sources from the American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) Museum’s collection, retrieving several families’ histories of […]