Hi my name is Ian Chambers and I am a senior undergraduate marine science & biology major here at “The U!” Some of you may know me from Rho Rho Rho, or attending UMiami sporting events, or maybe just seeing me around campus. But what a lot of undergrads don’t realize is that I had the opportunity to be involved with many different things out at RSMAS in my 4 years.
I currently am working on an independent study in Dr. Michael Schmale’s lab, and my main objective is to characterize all the different cell lines that have been immortalized. Dr. Schmale’s lab is working to determine mechanisms responsible for the transformation of health cells to cancerous transmissible tumors in fish.
My research involves the use of fluorescent dyes on these tumor cell cultures, and imaging their DNA and mitochondria. I am keying in on differences of cells in order to describe and quantify the cancer lines. Above is one of my fluorescent images I’ve been working on, with the nuclei dyed green and mitochondria red.
Ian Chambers
Senior, Marine Science & Biology
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