So I emailed Dr.Britt last week about joining her research and she emailed me back this past Monday. She told me she did have one or possibly two more spots open in her lab and she is indeed looking for students. She gave me some information about her research and an application to fill out. Her research is about understanding the role of a funagle protein called Bcp1, which is a fungal homolog of a human protein called BCCIP, which is associated with BRCA2, which is a tumor suppressor gene. BCCIP, when associated with BRCA2, may stop cell cycle when DNA is damaged. The organism that will be used is a yeast called S. cerevisiae. S.cerevisiae will be a model of an eukaryotic cell (human are eukaryotic). This yeast does not require a whole lot of taking care of and it is easy to culture (grow); hence, why this yeast was chosen. Thus, this reasearch will help identify the role of Bcp1 which will tell us the importance of BCCIP, which is an important cofactor for BRCA2 in tumor suppression. I should also mention that mutations (changes, which could be dangerous) to BRCA2 could lead to breast cancer or ovarian cancer.
I also had a one-on-one meeting with Dr. Britt on Tues afternoon. She just gave me some more information abut her research and how it all works.I am a bit scared because Dr.Britt said that she has received a few applications from other students, so I just have to wait til the first week of March. She will let me know if I was "picked". I have my fingers crossed.
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