To schedule a meeting with Dr. Krishnamurthy to discuss an opportunity listed below, please contact by email at prasannak@uab.edu.
To schedule a meeting with Dr. Krishnamurthy to discuss an opportunity listed below, please contact by email at prasannak@uab.edu.
Student Research Opportunities in the Krishnamurthy Lab:
Available for:
* Master’s student interested in pursuing research thesis
* Undergraduate Student in either BME/SciTech/University Honor’s program with research requirement
* Undergraduate Student with strong interest in research experience
Research project (among many other projects in the lab):
Use of 3D culture and/or scaffolds to study the influence of cardiac microenvironment (specifically, extracellular matrix) on cellular (dys)function and its impact on health.
The Essentials:
* You have to be a pro-active and hardworking individual
* Skills to work as a team member
* Commitment to research training, review of literature, experiment planning and execution (under guidance of experienced lab members)
* Participation in manuscript writing
If interested in the opportunity, please contact Dr. Krishnamurthy by email at- prasanak@uab.edu.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities available:
Research goal:
Overall research goal is to understand the mechanisms of cardiovascular tissue remodeling in response to injury and to develop novel therapeutic strategies to either limit the disease or promote cardiac repair.
What methods/tools do we use:
* Animal model of heart disease (myocardial infarction), angiotensin II administration, LPS-induced toxemia
* In vitro cell culture
* Quantifying RNA and protein in cells and tissues
* Cell immunostaining and imaging
About you:
* You have to be a pro-active and hardworking individual
* Skills to work as a team member
* Commitment to research training and learning lab skills
If interested in the opportunity, please contact Dr. Krishnamurthy by email at- prasanak@uab.edu.