Introduction: Opioid analgesics are commonly used to treat pain but have serious side effects, including addiction, dependence, and death from overdose. The Mouse Grimace Scale (MGS) was developed to quantify characteristic facial expressions associated with spontaneous pain. The MGS is … Read more
Our lab studies learning, decision-making, and emotion in those with and without personality pathology (i.e., symptoms of personality disorders). In particular, our research investigates abnormalities underlying Borderline Personality Disorder and its development during adolescence and early adulthood. To study these … Read more
The DEPENd Lab is seeking undergraduate research assistants with strong programming backgrounds. Those with substantial training and experience in computer science, data science, or related fields are encouraged to apply. Our lab studies neurocomputational mechanisms of learning, decision-making, and emotion … Read more
We are interested in discovering biomarkers across neuro-diseases, exploring how variations in the genome change the structure and development of the brain, and establishing neuro-biolgical basis to visualize the pathophysiological mechanisms of neuro-diseases using data-driven approach. The NIRAL Lab is … Read more
The Physical Mathematics Lab (PML) offers a wide range of interdisciplinary problems that find motivation in very diverse fields, including soft matter, fluid mechanics, biophysics and quantum mechanics. One of PML???s themes is the study of new Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs … Read more
Collaborating with science teachers at low-income schools, we develop innovative technologies to improve science learning for students underrepresented in science, including linguistically diverse students and ethnic minorities. We focus on designing real-time, automated feedback for students and dashboards for science … Read more
Students will learn to program complex Qualtrics surveys, to review procedures for tracking and administering surveys in this population, and working with caseworkers at LLS-MN to prepare for data collection. We are working on multiple projects, including an evaluation of … Read more
The Biomedical Image Analysis Group (BIAG) within the department of computer science offers various research opportunities for undergraduate students. We focus on designing algorithms to extract quantitative measures from biomedical data, in particular, from images (e.g., from computed tomography, magnetic … Read more
Light interacting with a material can provide a wide range of information about its electronic and chemical structure. In the Atkin group, we develop and use optical techniques to understand how nanoscale structure affects the performance of molecular and inorganic … Read more
We are creating a miniature duel microscope that can be used to study functional connectivity in the brain. This will open new doors in approaches to studying neuroscience and optics. Your part of the project will involve reverse engineering C++ … Read more