2003 SS

Oyinlolu Adeyanju
A Study of Postsynaptic Nicotinic Receptors in the Inner Ear
Mentor: Dr. Dwayne Simmons, Department of Auditory Neurophysiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Central Institute for the Deaf

Alejandro Akrouh
Screening for Genes Downstream of GLP-1/Notch Signaling Pathway that Promote Meiotic Development in C. elegans
Mentor: Dr. Tim Schedl, Dr. Momoyo Matsuyama, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine

Sarah Chung
Neonatal Hepatic Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis I Mice
Mentor: Dr. Katherine Parker Ponder, Department of Hematology, Washington University School of Medicine

Hreem Dave
Creating the Targeting Constructs of Scrt1 and Scrt2 to Study Their Function in the Dorsal Spinal Chord
Mentor: Dr. Wenlin Yuan and Dr. Zhou-Feng Chen, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Katherine DeGuire
Purification of Antibodies from Hybridoma Supernates
Mentor: Jason Weber^,Department of Molecular Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine,

William Alexander Edwards
A Study of a Mutation in Kinesin II and its Effects on Flagellar Function
Mentor: Dr. Susan Dutcher, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine

David Robert Erickson
Dissecting the Role of Protease Subunit in Bacterial Cell Division
Mentor: Dr. Petra Anne Levin, Department of Biology, Washington University

Anna Cristina Garza
Transposon-Generated GFP Gene Traps in Zebrafish
Mentor: Dr. Stephen L. Johnson, Department of Genetic, Washington University School of Medicine

Allison Ilene Janowitz
Mutations in TM1 Affect Presenilin one’s Ability to Cleave Substrates
Mentor: Dr. Alison Goate, Anne Brunkan, Department of Genetics in Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine

David Jin
Engineering Mouse Lines Expressing Human Mutant ELA2 Using Bacterial Artificial Chromosome
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Link, Matthew Christopher, Department of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine

Sharon Jin
Suppressors of Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis in Salmonella
Mentor: Dr. Eduardo Groisman, Chakib Mouslim, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Nathaniel J. Killian
A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study of Adult Onset Primary Focal Dystonia
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Black, Neuro-Imaging Laboratories, Mallickrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Carl Earl Lambert
Breaking Down the Mechanisms Behind CD43 Shedding on T Lymphocytes and Neutrophils
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan M. Green, Department of Medicine and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine

Dora Oroian
Gene Expression in Regenerating Hair Cells of Avian Sensory Epithelia: Implications for Human Hearing and Balance Disorders
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lovett, David Hawkins, Stavros Baschiardes

Ryan Richt
Direct Sequencing of Genomic DNA
Mentor: Dr. Elaine Mardis, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine

Katie Schwarz
Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Major Tail Portion in Bacteriophage Lamda
Mentor: Dr. William Wikoff, Department of Biochemistry, Washington University School of Medicine

Fine Song
Analysis of Ox40 Expression as Function of T Cell Activation
Mentor: Dr. Robert Arch, Department of Medicine and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine

Denise Umpierrez
The Effects of HSV-1 on FAS Ligand Expression in the Eye
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Stuart, Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine

David Yan
Genomic Screening of Bristle Mutation Enhancement in Drosophila melanogaster Cross of B11 Gal4 UAS Chic to Deficiency Mutant Stock
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn G. Miller, Department of Biology, Washington University

Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research, 2003