Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research, 2009 Fellows and Abstracts

Jad Abi-Mansour
Mentors: Dr. Joshua Maurer and Dawn Yanker, Chemistry
NEURONAL CELL GUIDANCE
Oluwakemi Aladesuyi Arogundade
Mentors: Dr. Younan Xia and Claire Cobley, Biomedical Engineering
OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS FOR TRUNCATING SILVER NAMACUBES ON A LARGER SCALE FOR CONTROLLED PORE NANOCAGE SYNTHESIS
Denis Balaban
Mentors: Dr. Yehuda Ben-Shahar and Dr. Angie Lamora, Biology
EFFECT OF METAL IONS ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
Joshua Borgerding
Mentors: Dr. Daniel Link and Dr. Suparna Nanua, Oncology and Pathology & Immunology
UNDERSTANDING THE PATHOGENESIS OF SEVERE CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA
Kristopher Campa
Mentor: Dr. Audrey McAlinden, Orthopedics
A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9 IN REGULATING ALTERNATIVE PRE-MRNA SPLICING OF THE TYPE II COLLAGEN GENE
Grace Faith Chao
Mentors: Dr. Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi and Jisu Oh, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research
ER STRESS: A MECHANISM FOR VITAMIN D INDUCED ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Thomas Dinsmore
Mentor: Dr. Gina Story, Anesthesiology
TRPA1-MEDIATED ANALGESIC MECHANISM OF 15D-PGJ2
Salma Eltahir
Mentors: Dr. Deborah Rubin and Dr. Elzbieta Swietlicki, Gastroenterology
THE MOLECULAR ROLE OF EPIMORPHIN PROTEIN IN THE PROLIFERATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
Jerry Fong
Mentors: Dr. Sandeep Tripathy and Fred Bolanos, Gastroenterology
INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE IN NATURAL KILLER CELLS
Ashley R. Fox
Mentors: Dr. Jim Cheverud, Kristine Bouckaert and Maureen Peters, Anatomy and Neurobiology
GENETIC INFLUENCES ON MATERNAL CARE AND OBESITY IN THE INTERCROSS OF SM/J AND LG/J INBRED MOUSE STRAINS
Rahul Ghosh
Mentors: Dr. Nicholas O. Davidson, Valerie Blanc and Susan Kennedy, Gastroenterology
REDUCED EXPRESSION OF APOBEC-1 COMPLEMENTATION FACTOR (ACF) PROTECTS AGAINST DIETHYLNITROSAMINE (DEN)-INDUCED LIVER INJURY
Vivien Goh
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Haswell, Biology
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MUTANT MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS IN E. COLI CELLS
Rohan Gopinath
Mentor: Dr. Phyllis K. Stein, Heart Rate Variability Laboratory
RISK FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DEATH IN POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INDIVIDUALS
Megan Kelly
Mentors: Dr. Liviu Mirica and Barrie Gordon, Chemistry
INITIAL STUDIES OF HISTONE DEMETHYLASE JMJD2A
Jasmine Kwasa
Mentors: Dr. Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert and Nithya Jesuraj, Biomedical Engineering
EFFECTS OF NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ON SCHWANN CELL VIABILITY AND PROLIFERATION
Samuel McKinney
Mentors: Dr. Joseph Jez, Geoffrey Ravilious, Dr. Hankuil Yi, Corey Westfall, Biology and The Danforth Plant Science Center
METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ATP SULFURYLASE AND APS REDUCTASE IN THE PLANT SULFUR ASSIMILATION PATHWAY
Andreas H. Mitchell
Mentor: Dr. Audrey R. Odom, Pediatrics
PURIFICATION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ISPF ENZYME
Cara Nickolaus
Mentors: Dr. Ken Olsen and Shih-Chung Hsu, Biology
PERICARP COLOR GENETICS IN RICE EVOLUTION
Ambica Sastry
Mentors: Dr. Stephen Duntley, Jennifer McLeland, Cristina Doerr, Dr. Yo-El Ju, and Dr. Paul Shaw, Washington University Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Center
MEASURING SLEEPINESS
Drew Sinha
Mentors: Dr. Joshua Maurer and Hannah Malcolm, Chemistry
ANALYZING THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED ION CHANNELS IN CELL SURVIVAL
Wilbur Song
Mentors: Dr. Younan Xia and Claire Cobley, Biomedical Engineering
QUALITATIVE COMPARISON OF REACTIVITY IN {100} AND {111} FACETS DURING THE GALVANIC REPLACEMENT REACTION
Amanda C. Spencer
Mentors: Dr. Rohit V. Pappu, and Albert H. Mao, Biomedical Engineering
THE CLASSIFICATION OF INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS
Andrew Taliaferro
Mentor: Dr. David C. Beebe, Ophthalmology
DEVELOPING IMPLANTS TO PREVENT HUMAN NUCLEAR CATARACTS
Jennifer Tucker
Mentors: Dr. Scott Hultgren and Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Molecular Microbiology
IDENTIFICATION OF GENES INVOLVED WITH BIOFILM FORMATION IN UT189
David Wang
Mentors: Dr. Greg Lanza and Dr. Kent Boles, Consortium for Translational Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine
ENHANCING TRANSGENE EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS USING A CPG-ISLAND FRAGMENT FROM HUMAN GENOMIC DNA
Adrienne Ward
Mentors: Dr. Matthew I. Goldsmith and Julie Green, Pediatrics
OSTERIX EXPRESSION IN THE RAPUNZEL FIN OVERGROWTH MUTANT
Camille N. Young
Mentors: Dr. Allan Doctor and Dr. Stephen Rogers, Pediatrics
SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND OSMOTIC FRAGILITY

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