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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Summer UROP opportunity for an interdisciplinary project across science and design (paid or for credit)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; ">We
are looking for a paid UROP role, ideally with adequate wet lab experience (especially for material science), to work on a bacterial spore (<i>Bacillus subtilis</i>) related project. Since the spores expand and contract based on the relative humidity level,
we can use the spore as a humidity responsive micro actuator. By applying them to thin elastic surfaces, the surfaces become transformable. UROP with the knowledge of material surface/chemical modification and functionalization is preferred. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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is a collaborative project between Chemical Engineering and Media Lab, incorporating both science and art aspects. The prospect UROP will work in a biosafety level 1 lab over Chemical Engineering department. Through this UROP work, you could learn how to work
with an interdisciplinary research project, including the bacteria surface/gene modification with the concept of synthetic biology and tangible texture design.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If you are interested in the opportunity, please email us :<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:liningy@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">liningy@mit.edu</a> with your resume or self introduction. And
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