Sep 10 2008
1 lab rotation down and planning for the next
I had a great time during my first lab rotation! Everyone in the lab is awsome. My knowledge of the subject grew exponentially. The problem is that I must now move on to the next rotation since the Bioinformatics program requires three rotations. I might do an extra rotation to become even more familiar with the research at UCSF but that is to be determined. I am trying to plan my next rotation and have talked to the following individuals:
Esteban González Burchard, he works on identifying racially-specific genetic and biologic risk factors for asthma and asthma severity among U.S. ethnic and racial minority groups.
Bruce R. Conklin, his lab has produced a free, publicly distributed software package, GenMAPP (Gene Map Annotator and Pathway Profiler).
Ajay Jain, he focuses on the discovery, characterization, and exploitation of genomic and molecular phenomena involved in cancer by predictive computational modeling.
Michael M. McManus, studies biological processes relating to RNA interference pathways.
Everyone is great and is doing exciting research! I have an idea who I want to rotate with in the fall quarter but it is not definate yet!