Preferred learners
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Academic experience
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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Our company researches plant secondary metabolites and ways to generate commercially useful compounds using those enzymatic pathways. We are looking for a student to assist us in this research via hands-on experiments.
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.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Students will learn the basics of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and learn how to run samples and interpret results
- Sample preparation, turning live plant tissues into HPLC-ready extracts
- Students will learn research lab horticultural practices of growing sprouts and seedlings.
- Student will assist in routine lab procedures - cleaning labware, preparing stock solutions, etc.
- Students will learn how to use Agilent Chromatography hardware and software (one of the leading chromatography companies globally).
- Students will be tasked with presenting their findings.
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
Our company researches plant secondary metabolites and ways to generate commercially useful compounds using those enzymatic pathways. We are looking for a student to assist us in this research via hands-on experiments.
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.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
- Students will learn the basics of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and learn how to run samples and interpret results
- Sample preparation, turning live plant tissues into HPLC-ready extracts
- Students will learn research lab horticultural practices of growing sprouts and seedlings.
- Student will assist in routine lab procedures - cleaning labware, preparing stock solutions, etc.
- Students will learn how to use Agilent Chromatography hardware and software (one of the leading chromatography companies globally).
- Students will be tasked with presenting their findings.
- How will you support learners in completing the project?
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The project will take place mostly onsite at our lab in Vancouver and you'll be provided with all the materials and requirements needed. Interns will be instructed by on site professionals until they can do the protocols independently.
Our team is here to help you learn during your 80 hours with us! If you've interested in the work we're doing and eager to learn and ask questions we want to work with you and will teach you what you need to know along the way.
We will give our time and experience as well as provide the learner with literature and equipment. We will provide: guidance, readings, deadlines, and a space that is conducive for accomplishment.
Supported causes
About the company
- https://www.hap.bio
- 2 - 10 employees
- Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Science, Technology
Our company is engaged in mapping out a new branch of botany called natural enzyme promiscuity (or 'silent metabolism' - see resource file). This is the way plants react when introduced to exogenous chemicals.