Faculty Name:
Michelle Schober
Department:
Pediatrics
Faculty College:
Medicine
Email:
michelle.schober@hsc.utah.edu
Project Description:
The Schober lab focuses on neurologic outcomes after traumatic injury (TBI) to the developing brain, using a rat pup model. The Schober lab has studied Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), a component of fish oil, and published novel findings on how inflammation in the developing rat brain responds to injury with or without treatment with DHA. Ongoing work highlights sex-dependent differences and functional aspects of the brain’s immune cells, such as the ability to make reactive oxygen species and phagocytose beads.
Opportunity Type:
Volunteer; This is a paid research position; Prepare a UROP proposal; Write an Honors Thesis or Senior Thesis
Student Role:
handling rat pups, helping with surgery and rat pup care, helping with bench work such as histology (slicing brain, staining, imaging) and flow cytometry preparation
Student Benefits:
learning about translational science. Potential publication. Working with Physician Scientist, shadowing opportunities for medical school interested students. mentoring.
Project Duration:
four year project, but smaller goals are accomplished often in weeks. Hours are flexible because they would help an existing lab specialist.
Minimum Requirements:
professionalism, willingness to learn, trustworthiness to finish what is started