NROS397

042110

VIP-CUREs are research experiences where students work in teams to make discoveries while earning credit. As a group, our objective in this VIP-CURE is to predict and test candidate brain proteins participating in neuron-glia communication, aging and neurodegenerative disease. Students will learn computational approaches for \"big data\" analysis to generate a list of gene candidates, followed by the evaluation of these candidates in Drosophila (fruit flies) with learning and memory or locomotor behavioral experiments. Students will gain real research experience using hand-on techniques and will contribute to new knowledge about the way neurons and glia communicate in health and disease. In addition to technical skills and knowledge, students develop professional skills such as technical writing, communication, and teamwork. Students may take this course in multiple semesters and continue on projects or choose new teams each semester to develop parallel skills.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate