Intern will work closely with a graduate student to perform research on the formation of organs during embryonic development. Specifically, the student will perform time lapse experiments to visualize the movement of cells during formation of the foregut, an embryonic structure that gives rise to the esophagus, trachea, and lungs, among other tissues. Mechanical analyses performed on these datasets will be coupled with gene misexpression and cell biological analyses to study the molecular control of forces that drive organ formation in the embryo. Student will learn embryology and microdissection, microscopy, immunostaining, mechanical testing, and strain analysis.
