CRISPR-Cas Systems for Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Project Description
In recent years, my nucleic-acid engineering subgroup has developed a number of innovative CRISPR-Cas related technologies for disease diagnostics and therapeutics. We are recruiting a talented undergraduate student with passion and determination to join our research team and to push the boundary of our CRISPR-Cas innovations for real impact that could improve human health conditions.
Supervisor
HSING, I-ming
Quota
2
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP3200
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
We expect the student who will join the team to 1) possess excellent soft skills in technical writing and academic presentation, 2) to conduct research work in a safe and effective way under the mentorship of a PhD student, 3) to work collegially in a team environment, and 4) to set high academic and ethics standard for him/her self.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
1) To inspire him/her self to learn from a lecture-based course to an open project with research element
2) To acquire foundational knowledge for critical and impactful research projects in biotechnology and biomedical engineering
3) To motivate him/her self for pursuing advanced research study or developing innovative technologies for biotech sector
4) To understand his/her own potential and/or interest in research study
2) To acquire foundational knowledge for critical and impactful research projects in biotechnology and biomedical engineering
3) To motivate him/her self for pursuing advanced research study or developing innovative technologies for biotech sector
4) To understand his/her own potential and/or interest in research study
Complexity of the project
Challenging