Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research, 2005 Fellows and Abstracts

  1. Stephanie Brosius
    The Effects of CyP and UVB on Reactivation of HSV-1 in Mice 
    Mentor:  Dr. Patrick Stuart, Ophthalmology Department, Washington University School of Medicine
  2. Callie Chen
    Testing gld-1 and sel-10 Interaction Using Yeast Two-Hybrid System
    Mentor:  Dr. Tim Schedl, Department of Genetics,Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Dwayne Simmons, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Central Institute for the Deaf
  3. Brandon George
    Three Blind Mice: Crystallin Expression in Mouse Retinas
    Mentor:  Dr. Usha Andley, Ophthalmology Department, Washington University School of Medicine
  4. Brittney Heard TrxA in Acetobacter aceti
    Mentor:  Dr.T. J. Kappock, Chemistry Department, Washington University
  5. Jonathon King
    Developing an in vivo Assay for Bacterial Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channels
    Mentor:  Dr.Joshua,Maurer, Chemistry Department, Washington University
  6. Intelly Lee
    Inhibition of Myofibroblast Differentiation in Lens Epithelial Cells through PPAR-gamma Treatment
    Mentor:  Dr.David Beebe, Ophthalmology Department, Washington University School of Medicine
  7. Sylvia Lee
    Factor X: The Molecular Connection Between Hematopoietic Cells and Osteoblasts
    Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Link, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine
  8. Michelle Miller
    Mamma Mia!: Mapping the MIA1 Gene in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
    Mentor:  Dr. Susan Dutcher, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
  9. Michelle Mo
    S3-12 (11mer repeats): Impact on Fat Storage
    Mentor:  Dr. Perry Bickel, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine
  10. Timothy Notton
    Searching for Inositol Phosphorylceramide Synthase in Leishmania major
    Mentor:  Dr. Stephen Beverley, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine
  11. Colin Orr
    Where are Enhancers? An analysis of the Zebrafish Enhancer Trap Screen
    Mentor:  Dr. Stephen Johnson, Department of Genetics,Washington University School of Medicine
  12. Jeffrey Parries
    Neuro-Cartography:  Mapping the Cereberal Cortex
    Mentor:  Dr. Joel Price, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine
  13. Elaine Podosek
    Fighting Time: A Study of Age-related Memory Loss
    Mentor:  Dr. Jianxin Bao, Department of Speech and Hearing, Washington University School of Medicine, Central Institute for the Deaf
  14. Jeffrey Poskin
    Simulation of Trp-cage Miniprotein Dynamics at Multiple Temperatures
    Mentor:  Dr. Nathan Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Computational Biology, Washington University School of Medicine
  15. Kristy Ratkowski
    It's Heart Stopping: the Phosphorylation of Connexon 43 in Arrythmic Heart Tissue
    Mentor:  Dr. Igor Efimov, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University
  16. Karl Skare
    Fine Mapping Genes Through QTL Analysis
    Mentor:  Dr. James Cheverud, Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine
  17. Adrienne Swanstrom
    Testing Naturally Occurring Mutations for Their Effects on Gene Expression Levels in Saccharomyes cerevisiae
    Mentor:  Dr. Justin Fay, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
  18. Heidi Weeks
    A Comparative Study of Tenascin Expression in the Inner Ear
    Mentor:  Dr. Dwayne Simmons, Department of Speech and Hearing, Washington University School of Medicine, Central Institute for the Deaf
  19. Jennifer Wu
    Tracking Spin Density In P450 Mutants
    Mentor:  Dr. Victor Guallar, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Computational Biology, Washington University School of Medicine
  20. Audrey Musi Ye
    Identifying New Substrates for PFA3: A Protein Fatty Acyltransferase
    Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Linder, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine

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