Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research, 2006 Fellows and Abstracts

  1. Oluwemimo Adeyanju
    Dopamine Transmission in Tourette's Syndrome
    Mentor:  Dr. Kevin Black, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine 
  2. Rani Bhatia
    BALB/c and BALB-lpr Comparison for Response to Primary Infection of Herpes Simplex Virus-1
    Mentor: Dr. Patrick Stuart, Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  3. Everis Clarke 
    Role of Extracellular Matrix Molecules during Development of the Inner Ear
    Mentor: Dr. Dwayne Simmons, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University Schoolof Medicine 
  4. Jared Daiber
    A Study of Synaptic Connections in the Organ of Corti
    Mentor: Dr. Jianxin Bao, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  5. Michelle Eisenberg
    Mouse Mandible Area QTLs
    Mentor:  Dr. James Cheverud, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  6. John Huang
    How are Morphological Position Landmarks Established in Regenerating Tissues?
    Mentor:  Dr. Stephen Johnson, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine 
  7. Gordon Johnston
    Congenital Heart Disease and Nkx2-5: The Search for Modifier Genes
    Mentor:  Dr. Patrick Jay, Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Washington University Schoolof Medicine 
  8. Gregory Lachaud
    Generation of Affinity Purified Anti-sera to GLP-1 Protein
    Mentor:  Dr. Tim Schedl, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine 
  9. Stephanie Lee
    Regulation of FGF/FGFR Signaling by Glycosaminoglycans and Klotho
    Mentor:  Dr. Lijuan Zhang, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  10. Lucy Liu
    Understanding Nuclear Transport: Localization of Importin Beta Proteins in Tetrahymena thermophila
    Mentor:  Dr. Doug Chalker, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis  
  11. Christopher Menard
    Building Better Lungs
    Mentors: Dr. Mark Conradi and Dr. Jason Woods, Physics Department, Washington University inSt. Louis 
  12. Aravind Reddy
    The Role of ATF6 in Lipotoxicity
    Mentor: Dr. Jean Schaffer, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine 
  13. Nicole Rockweiler
    Chronic Effects of KATP Channel Blockers on Pancreatic ß-Cell Function
    Mentor:  Dr. Colin Nichols, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  14. Camille Stanback
    Identifying an Intraflagellar Transport Protein: Fla15p in Chlamydomonas
    Mentor:  Dr. Susan Dutcher, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine 
  15. Faith Steffen
    Domestication of African vs. Asian Rice:  Parallel Evolution in Response to Selection by Humans
    Mentor:  Dr. Ken Olsen, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis 
  16. Kashyap Tadisina
    The Role of CHOP 10 in UPR-Induced Apoptosis in Severe Congenital Neutropenia Granulocytic Precursors
    Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Link, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine 
  17. Iboro Umana
    Computational Analysis of Heterochromatin-Associated Proteins
    Mentors:  Dr. Nicole Riddle and Dr. Sarah Elgin, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis 
  18. Edgar Walker
    Sex specific evolutionary processes in Ceratodon purpureus
    Mentors:  Dr. Stuart McDaniel and Dr. Ralph Quatrano, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis 
  19. Kate Wilson
    The Effects of Protein Gradients on Neuronal Movement
    Mentor:  Dr. Joshua Maurer, Chemistry Department, Washington University in St. Louis 
  20. Lai Xue
    Model of Membrane Type-MMP Activity in Cellular Force Generation and Movement
    Mentor: Dr. Gregory Goldberg, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine 
  21. Cong Yu
    Weight Gain and Adiposity in TIS7 Null Mice
    Mentor: Dr. Deborah Rubin, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine
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