Student Intern - Indzhykulian Lab (Part-time)
Student Intern - Indzhykulian Lab (Part-time)
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Position: Undergraduate Researcher
Dr. Artur Indzykulian Lab, Harvard Medical School
Lab: Mass Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston MA
Lab Website: https://ailab.hms.harvard.edu
Project Description:
A major limiting factor in the study of the inner ear is not the ease of collecting data, rather the speed at which the data may be analyzed. The cochlea is an intricately complex organ with thousands of specialized cells which amplify and detect sound. These cells, named hair cells after distinct extracellular bundles of microvilli, are remarkably sensitive to vibration and do not regenerate after noise trauma or drug induced cell death. A common approach to study these cells is through various imaging methodologies, which may generate large amounts of image data in 2D and 3D. Work has been proceeding in the lab to develop various deep learning analysis solutions to some of the most common image analysis tasks hearing researchers face, including detection and classification of cells, volumetric segmentation of cells, and counting and classifying organelles among others. The lab has an extensive collection of data which may be preprocessed to train these algorithms. By manually annotating these data, we train and validate deep learning algorithms which will significantly ease the analysis burden of many others in the field.
Responsibilities will largely include image processing and data annotation of 3D light and electron microscopy datasets, developing data preprocessing pipelines, training and debugging machine learning algorithms, giving progress updates, and preparing scientific documentation.
Skills Required: No skills required.
Learning Outcome: Understanding of the biology of auditory neuroscience research, data processing and coding in python, experience in deep learning for biomedical imaging, and experience in scientific writing and communication.
Hours: Hours flexible, remote work possible.
Mentoring: Mentoring largely by graduate student Chris Buswinka (G4 PhD Student, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Graduate Program, Harvard Medical School). Mentorship meetings as often as needed (at least once a week).
Funding: Funding for part time work (max 20hrs a week)
Applying: Email to set up a meeting with Chris Buswinka: buswinka@g.harvard.edu
Must be currently enrolled at a college and/or university to received internship credit.- Prior experience in an office and/or research/laboratory setting preferred.