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Research - Ind. Study Credit
Research - Paid, General
Research - Paid, Work-Study Req.
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Service - Paid, Work-Study Req.
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Teaching - Paid, General
Teaching - Paid, Work-Study Req.
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Student Year
Freshman
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Time Commitment
1-4 h/wk
5-7 h/wk
8-10 h/wk
11-14 h/wk
15+ h/wk
Subject Category
Animal Behavior
Animal Physiology
Bioinformatics/Data Science
Cellular Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Entymology
Evolution
Genomics
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Plant Biology
Discover New Terrestrial Giant Viruses
The discovery of giant viruses with genomes harboring up to the current record of 2,978 genes (bigger than some bacteria) has changed the boundaries of life. Giant viruses are part of the virus phylum
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Bioinformatics/Data Science
(+3)
Bioinformatics/Data Science
Ecology
Evolution
Genomics
Measuring how plants breath - stomatal function in corn
Plant mouths, called stomata, are pores on the leaf surface of land plants. Plants open stomata to absorb carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, but lose a huge amount of water at the same time. To
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Plant Biology
(+2)
Cellular Biology
Molecular Biology
Plant Biology
Mechanisms of recovery from traumatic brain injury
Early in development some mammals are capable of self-repairing damaged brain tissue, usually by reconfiguring neural circuitry. We aim to understand how this happens so that it can be harnessed for
1 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Neuroscience
Paid Social Media Assistant for the UMass Natural History Collections
The UMass Natural History Collections (UMNHC) is seeking a work-study student for approximately 10 hours a week to provide support for UMNHC’s social media accounts and website. This position includes
1 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Evolution
Sparrow fieldwork and animal care (Summer 2022)
Participate in data collection exploring how animals categorize sounds!
8 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
11-14 h/wk
(+1)
11-14 h/wk
15+ h/wk
Project categories
Ecology
(+2)
Animal Behavior
Ecology
Evolution
Watch the running of a biological clock
Circadian rhythms are generated by transcriptional-translational feedback loops involving a handful of critical clock genes and their protein products. We have developed luciferase reporters to allow
2 sp.
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0 appl.
Hours per week
8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Animal Physiology
(+1)
Animal Physiology
Neuroscience
