Job Details

Students will work in the lab under the guidance of a graduate student to complete animal studies or cell culture studies. Students will work ~10hours/week after being trained in wet lab techniques and animal handling. The Crouch Imaging Lab uses imaging to study various diseases at the basic science and translational science levels. Currently, we use preclinical ultrasound imaging to study cardiovascular biomechanics in various diseases and physiological states and mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to study: spatial heterogeneity of biomolecules (lipids, metabolites, peptides) and distribution of drugs in organ tissues.

Scheduling is flexible and will depend on the availability of the graduate students. Work will need to be completed between the hours of 8am-5pm for safety purposes. 

Students are expected to write a research abstract. 

Students are expected to spend at least 10 hours a week on lab work. Students will need to keep a weekly log of activities in their lab notebook. The 10 hours can include literature review, lab technique, training sessions, acquiring/analyzing data, and meetings. Students will attend a weekly 1-hour lab meeting. These lab meetings will include literature review, group data presentations, and professional development. Depending on projects and interest, students will deliver a mid-semester report on either molecular targets for cardiovascular damage, methods for cardiovascular biomechanics, or molecular targets for neurological damage. This report will include a literature review document and presentation of future directions. The students are expected to present their work either as an abstract submission to national conference or present as a poster at the University of Tennessee Undergraduate Research Symposium.