Project 140: Study on Screening Active Ingredients of Natural Drugs Using Caenorhabditis elegans

Contact Information

Dr. Jing Xi

Email: xijing@shsmu.edu.cn

Project Description and Objectives

The content of this project is to screen the active ingredients in natural medicines based on the high-throughput test method of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Students participating in the project will be involved in each step to gain experience, including the cultivation of C. elegans, the basic operation and method optimization of the C. elegans high-throughput testing experiment, the extraction method of the components of natural medicines, and the use of C. elegans high-throughput testing methods to experiment with natural medicines and screen out the active ingredients with protective effects.

Eligibility Requirements

Basic knowledge and experimental techniques of C. elegans.

Main Tasks

Complete a natural compound active ingredient screening.

Website

Lab: N/A

School: https://www.shsmu.edu.cn/sph-en/