Natural Plant Enzymes meet Synthetic Chemicals
The main goal for the project is to explore the reaction of natural plant enzymes when they encounter completely synthetic chemicals that are not found in nature. This will involve studying the biochemical processes involved and understanding how plants react to these synthetic chemicals at a molecular level. The project aims to contribute to the development of natural enzyme promiscuity in botany and provide insights into how plants can adapt to synthetic compounds.
Generate Market Research on Pharmaceuticals and Medicine Accessibility
The student will be expected to generate detailed, high-quality, market research on the current state of the pharmaceutical industry. There will be a focus on orphan drugs, unaffordable medicines, and crucial currently inaccessible medicines. We are a startup aiming to create a new, low-cost complementary method to synthesize lifesaving medicines. The prospective student would be expected to provide market research on the pharmaceutical markets so that we can understand the needs of the markets and where to focus our efforts, as well as to use the market research in presentations and information for investors.
Analyzing secondary plant metabolites using an HPLC instrument
Our company has recently acquired an HPLC (high performance liquid chromatograph) from Agilent Technologies. This device can separate and identify the various materials or compounds in a tissue sample from, say, an experimental plant (like a celery plant grown in the lab). We are looking for a student to help us continue to find out how different plants react to various synthetic chemicals.Our constantly expanding seed library aims to cover all of the common and readily available crop plant families, as well as less common ones to ensure the broadest coverage for available genes. The genes that allow plants to produce the hundreds of thousands of known secondary metabolites are spread out through many families and even species, so unlocking the full potential of HAP starts with a strong and diverse germplasm catalogue.
Help Build an Online Community
Students will be tasked with growing the online community of our company's flagship project "HAP". This project aims to generate new methods to create synthetic medicines via natural (non-GMO) plants. We want to create a community as a source for ideas and resources for creating these medicines. There will be pre-outlined roles in the community that users can play. For a full overview of our community model, visit the link on our website: https://hap.bio/hap-culture/. The student will be responsible for doing outreach and advertising to attract people who are interested in HAP's goals and can contribute as one of the roles outlined on the website. This includes creating visualizations that can be shared on social media to raise awareness and intrigue about the project.
Process Streamlining and 3D Printing For Horticultural Research
The goal of the project is to streamline a horticultural research effort by defining process protocols as well as printing 3D objects to help manifest these protocols more efficiently and with greater precision. Our company wishes to initiate a research project in which edible plant seeds from various sources are sprouted or germinated and mycelium is incubated. This biological material is then treated, tested and results are recorded. To this end, we would like a student to assist in planning and documenting the process protocol for the step by step actions to be conducted during the research as well as to create (by 3D printing) the objects (such as water collection trays) that will make the work easier and more precise. Problems to be solved:Mapping out the research routine in a way that will make training new research workers able to quickly learn what to do and how to do it.modeling 3D objects with software and then turning them into real world objects using 3D printing.
Learn how to operate an HPLC instrument - One of BioTech's Core Technologies
The main goal of the project is to calibrate an HPLC (high-pressure liquid chromatograph) device so that it becomes prepared for a 2-year long research project. "Calibration" is a term normally used in science to describe an experiment for which the expected results are known in advance. To clarify, the project we are offering here involves only the calibration - it does not include the two years of research that come after the calibration.Our company has recently acquired an HPLC (high performance liquid chromatograph) from Agilent Technologies. This device can separate and identify the various materials or compounds in a tissue sample from, say, an experimental plant (like a celery plant grown in the lab). We are looking for a student to help us with the setup and calibration of this device.Ultimately, the project goal is to find out how different plants react to various synthetic chemicals - but the first step to doing that is to calibrate the HPLC device.
Process Streamlining and 3D Printing For Horticultural Research
The goal of the project is to streamline a horticultural research effort by defining process protocols as well as printing 3D objects to help manifest these protocols more efficiently and with greater precision. Our company wishes to initiate a research project in which edible plant seeds from various sources are sprouted or germinated and mycelium is incubated. This biological material is then treated, tested and results are recorded. To this end, we would like a student to assist in planning and documenting the process protocol for the step by step actions to be conducted during the research as well as to create (by 3D printing) the objects (such as water collection trays) that will make the work easier and more precise. Problems to be solved:Mapping out the research routine in a way that will make training new research workers able to quickly learn what to do and how to do it.modeling 3D objects with software and then turning them into real world objects using 3D printing.
Biochemistry Research Assistant (HPLC)
The main goal of the project is to train the student on HPLC analysis and QuEChERS, a validated sample processing method used globally for the extraction of pesticides and small molecules from plant tissue. Our company has an Agilent HPLC that runs plant samples daily, and attention to detail is required in order to make sure that the system catches errors if they occur.
HPLC Setup
The main goal of the project is to calibrate an HPLC (high-pressure liquid chromatograph) device so that it becomes prepared for a 2-year long research project. "Calibration" is a term normally used in science to describe an experiment for which the expected results are known in advance. To clarify, the project we are offering here involves only the calibration - it does not include the two years of research that come after the calibration.Our company has recently acquired an HPLC (high-pressure liquid chromatograph) from Agilent Technologies. This device can separate and identify the various materials or compounds in a tissue sample from, say, an experimental plant (like a celery plant grown in the lab). We are looking for a student to help us with the setup and calibration of this device.Ultimately, the project goal is to find out how different plants react to various synthetic chemicals - but the first step to doing that is to calibrate the HPLC device.
HPLC streamline performance protocol creation
Our company has an HPLC that runs many samples very often and work is required in order to make a system that catches errors if they occur, reduces human labor and increases precision and reach. A, detailed working manual must be written throughout the course of the project.