Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA (Psychology) Project Description Our lab conducts health psychology research aimed at 1) reducing the burden of cancer 2) reducing the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload varies (contact project organizer) Contact Info mhoerger@tulane.edu Who is eligible Students Additional Info Ideal lab for […]

Chad Steele (Microbiology and Immunology) Project Description We are primary lung immunology lab investigated immune responses to acute fungal exposure (fungal pneumonia) and chronic fungal exposure(allergic fungal asthma). We also have a project investigating neuroimmune responses during CNS fungal infection Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload varies (contact project organizer) Contact Info […]

Elizabeth Norton (Department of Microbiology & Immunology) Project Description The Norton lab works on various projects in understanding what drives immune responses to infectious diseases and how to design immune targtingtherapies (e.g. vaccines) Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload inquire with project organizer Contact Info enorton@tulane.edu Who is eligible Undergraduate and graduate […]

Jordan Karubian (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Project Description Research projects can take place on campus or at FCAT, and can vary in duration from a few weeks to a few years. Topics are expected to relate tothe environmental justice and conservation work that TIERA supports at the FCAT station; we welcome projects that take a […]

Wayne F Reed (Physics and Engineering Physics/ Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) Project Description Characterize fundamental properties and stability of biologics, such as monoclonal antibodies and other proteins, lipid nanoparticles, RNA/DNA, viralcapsids, vaccines Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Who is eligible? Highly motivated students who can work independently in a laboratory environment Volunteer, Paid, […]

Nicholas R. Sandoval (Tulane University) Project Description Work on designing CRISPR systems to make multiplexing easier! Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload Varies Skills required None Who is eligible All undergraduates Core partners Sponsoring party Faculty Volunteer, Paid, or Credit-eligible? Volunteer

Project Description The research assistant will conduct historical and historiographic research for a book project studying the development of the co-curriculum of American colleges and universities from the founding of Harvard University in 1636 to the present. The assistant will also research the historical development of the student affairs profession. This is an unpaid research […]

Project Description This project uses a novel form of tissue culture to study the early events in pneumonia such as pathogen adherence and growth in the lung. This system can be used to study the role of lung and blood macrophages in pathogen killing as well as be used to test novel antibiotics and immune-based […]

Project Description Recent elections have shown that political organizations still matter. The Civil and Voting Rights Acts of the 1960’s made racially exclusionary practices illegal; nevertheless, they did not automatically enforce rights. Whites subsequently adapted and deployed new methods of political exclusion. The contemporary social and political context is different, but the ambiguity and indeterminacy […]

T. Cooper Woods, PhD (Department of Physiology and Medicine) Project Description We are focused in a variety of ways in investigating the roles of non-coding RNAs in atherosclerosis. We have a focus on the the effects of diabeteson atherosclerosis. Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Who is eligible? Some experience with PCR preferred Volunteer, […]