The project will employ standard laboratory techniques including cell culture and transfection, lentiviral transduction of stable cell lines, cloning procedures, SDS PAGE and Western blotting. In addition, it will provide training in state-of-the-art confocal microscopy and image analysis. The student will be supported by an enthusiastic and multidisciplinary research team with wide-ranging interests in calcium signaling biology, working within the Institute of Systems Molecular and Integrative Biology, providing access to world-class training and facilities.