Undergraduate students interested in conducting their own research or participating in ongoing research in a laboratory can do so by registering to BIOL497. The number of credits is variable depending on the project and the time devoted to it.
The infection of humans with HIV-1 or cats with FIV has focused attention on the serious consequences of viruses finding new hosts. In fact, many retroviruses are maintained in a host population without causing apparent disease. Because retroviruses require intimate contact such as mating for transmission, integrate into the host genome upon infection, and evolve rapidly, it might be possible to use retrovirus genes as a proxy genetic marker of host populations. In collaboration with Dr. Allen Rodrigo at the University of Auckland, a lab at the University of Montana is exploring this hypothesis using the model of cougars (Puma concolor), a wild field species infected with a distinct form of FIV. Opportunities to help in this lab to conduct research on the ecology, evolution and pathogenesis of retroviruses
The Montana Network for Biomedical Research Opportunities offers faculty, undergraduate and graduate students throughout Montana enhanced research opportunities in the biomedical sciences. Some work may be in Missoula, some not.
If you are interested in being a research assistants through the School of Law look here. Several students are employed each year as research assistants to work with faculty members engaged in specific research projects.
Are you interested in working in a fungal ecology lab?
Dr. Erick Greene has posted MANY advertisements for jobs and research opportunities within many biology fields. Some may be in Missoula, some not.
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