UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #739 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 739

Submission ID: 14321

Submission UUID: 88c71597-77ad-4207-81da-2613c5ed169e

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Fri, 08/09/2024 - 12:58 PM

Completed: Fri, 08/09/2024 - 01:14 PM

Changed: Mon, 08/26/2024 - 11:50 AM

Remote IP address: 144.174.214.38

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Prof.

Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) aramamoorthy@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

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Additional Research Mentor(s)

Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) Samuel McCalpin

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Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific? Dr.

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Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) Jamel Ali

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Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific? Prof.

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Development of lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

Project Keywords drug delivery, nanoparticles, lipids, insulin, microscopy

Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes

Number of Research Assistants Needed 3

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Biochemistry, Biomedical, Biophysics, Neuroscience, Materials, Physics

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 10-20 hours

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours

Overall Research Project Description Two different NIH-funded projects:
1) Development of lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery.
Optimize the lipid nanoparticles to stabilize drugs and enable efficient drug delivery.
2) Investigation of protein aggregation associated with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ALS, and type-2 diabetes.
Carry out biophysical experiments such as fluorescence, dynamic light scattering, and NMR experiments.

Research Tasks Participants are expected to carry out sample preparation and experiments. Also, expected to read the relevant literature.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Basics chemistry/biochemistry or biomedical engineering or Physics. Previous experience is desirable.

Mentoring Philosophy Participants will be trained and guided with each tasks to successfully carry out the assigned project. Data interpretation and critical thinking will given importance in training the participants to become independent researchers. One-on-one interaction and mentoring will be provided. Opportunities to present the research in the group meetings and conferences will be created. In addition, weekly group meetings focus to brainstorm the concepts and impacts.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptJ33EMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2024

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