Research Projects 2002
Linkage between TIP47, MPRs and Rab 9 in cells lacking TIP47 and Neimann Pick Fibroblasts
Tiffany Ricks - University of Arkansas
Professor Suzanne Pfeffer - Biochemistry
Do microtubules inhibit the MEC-4/MEC-10 ion channels of Caenorhabditis elegans touch cells?
Namiko Abe – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Miriam Goodman - Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Biophysical basis for Interleukin-6 type cytokine binding and receptor oligomerization
Luis León – University of Washington
Professor Christopher Garcia – Structural Biology
dBEG4: A candidate Drosphila homologue of hBEG4, a novel Shh target gene
Ivette Estay - California State University, Northridge
Professor Anthony Oro - Dermatology and Cancer Biology
Expression and characterization of the b-1-andrenergic receptor
Joshua Rodriguez - Oral Roberts University
Professor Brian Kobilka - Cancer Biology
The construction of a cysteine free ion channel for misincorporation proton alkyl exchange (MPAX)
Ogechukwu Ndum – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor Merrit Maduke - Molecular and Cellular Physiology
The effects of rapamycin on the gene expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Jillion Harris – Harvard University
Professor David Botstein – Genetics
Constructing the protein structure for the transmembrane protein ANK
Jessica Witherspoon – Delaware State University
Professor Russ Altman - Medical Informatics
Professor David Kingsley – Developmental Biology
Alternative splicing and heat shock transcription factor targets
Kimberly J. Hardwick – University of North Carolina
Professor Rick Myers - Genetics
The prevalence of bidirectional promoters in the human genome
Aisha McKnight – Spelman College
Professor Rick Myers - Genetics
The role of the ATR carboxy-terminal domain in the DNA damage checkpoint response
Carrie Mittelstedter – Drake University
Professor Karlene Cimprich – Molecular Pharmacology
Temporal and demographic trends in receipt of zidovudine and other antiretroviral therapies in HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants in California
Kenneth Gibbs Jr. – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor Yvonne Maldonado – Epidemiology
A screen for new genes involved in dorsoventral patterning in zebrafish
Ilisten Jones – Harvard University
Professor William Talbot – Developmental Biology
Interferon-a inducible proteins are novel autoantigens in systemic lupus erythematosus
Robert Moder – Kings College
Professor Paul J. Utz – Immunology
Telomerase overexpression in mouse mammary gland
Estee Wang – University of California, Berkeley
Professor Steven Artandi – Medicine
Meditation: A brain builder?
Sowande Buckmire – Morehouse College
Professors John Gabrieli and William Newsome – Neurosciences
Sleep: Is npas2 involved in the homeostatic process?
Pamela Villasenor – California State University, Northridge
Professor H. Craig Heller – Neurosciences
Neuroanatomical localization of changes in per expression in sleep deprived mice
Maggie Samra – University of Virginia
Professor H. Craig Heller – Biological Sciences
Persistence of Salmonella typhimurium during infection of C. elegans
Stacie Schmidt – Xavier University
Professor Man-Wah Tan - Genetics
The role of the Laminin 5 Subunit ? 2 in cell migration during wound healing
Lana Bruney – Alabama State University
Professor M.P. Marinkovich – Dermatology
