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The IGERT Program
Winston Chung Hall Room 216
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0425

Tel: (951)-827-3954

Participating Ph.D. Programs:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bioengineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Cell, Molecular and Development Biology
Botany & Plant Sciences
Nematology
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Biomedical Sciences
Psychology
Biology
Entomology
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Jo-Hao Weng

I am a third year graduate student in the Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology graduate program. Currently, I am working in Dr. Prue Talbot's lab. The project I am working on involves determining the mechanism and function of dynamic blebbing in the human embryonic stem cells. In order to study this dynamic process, I am using a new video technology, the BioStation IM. The BioStation IM combines an incubator, a microscope, and a cooled CCD camera in a compact body, allowing time-lapse imaging of cells for minutes, days, or even weeks. By using the BioStation IM, we can acquire video data on dynamically blebbing cells from time-lapse images. The goal of my project is to develop video bioinformatics tools to analyze videos collected from BioStation IM and further study the mechanism and function of dynamic blebbing in hESC.

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