The Wu laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan is currently recruiting prospective M.Sc. or Ph.D. students to undertake research in the areas of stress and developmental biology. The Wu lab takes a molecular genetics approach using the model system Caenorhabditis elegans to study developmental and aging biology and mechanism of age-related diseases with respect to environmental chemical exposure. Currently, an active area of interest is in understanding how environmental stress affects RNA metabolism and histone processing in the context of stress resistance and development. The prospective student will be able to work and learn state of the art molecular genetics techniques (e.g. CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, RNAi-mediated gene silencing) and develop skills in high-throughput genetic and chemical screens.
Find contact info for Dr. Wu here: https://usaskwormlab.ca/contact-information
To learn more about our work, please visit publications from the lab by recent graduate students:
Waddell and Wu., PLoS Genetics 20(5) e1011284
Tabarraei et al., Aging Cell 22(4):e13795
Huynh and Wu, Free Radic Biol Med. 191:59-65
Chomyshen et al., Genetics, iyac075
For a complete list of recent publications from the Wu lab:Â https://usaskwormlab.ca/publications
