Undergraduate projects in the SBS Lab focus on the application of physiological traits from environmental microbes. Dependent on interests, projects could include thermophilic bacteria capable of degrading plant biomass or acidophilic bacteria that degrade metal ores. Students will clone and produce proteins that are involved in attachment to surfaces (carbohydrate or metal). Molecular techniques such as PCR, fluorescent microscopy, protein purification will be used. Undergraduates will also learn how to culture non-model environmental microorganisms using techniques different than those taught in microbiology lab.
BIO 4995 positions are typically filled the semester prior. Please fill out our undergraduate interest google form below if you are interested.
Preference goes to students currently enrolled at Oakland University.