Research Projects 2007
Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program
Research Projects 2007
Regulation of Mitotic Chromatin Condensation by Cyclin A2 and Cyclin B1
Srividya Kalyanaraman, Brown University
Professor James Ferrell, Chemical and Systems Biology and Biochemistry
Lab Mentor Delquin Gong
The Role of Big Potassium Channels in Muscle Excitability
Tommie Berry, Jr., Morehouse College
Professor Miriam Goodman, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Lab Mentor Brandon Johnson
How the Germ Tricks the Worm: A High-Throughput Screen Using a C. elegans –
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pathogenesis Model Identifies Bacterial Virulence Factors that Affect Host Innate Immune Response
Trisha Stan, William Jewell College
Professor Man-Wah Tan, Genetics
Lab Mentor Eric Evans
Characterizing the Novel Interaction Between Calcineurin and Cin8 in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
José Javier Díaz Torres, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Professor Martha Cyert, Biological Sciences
Lab Mentor Patrice Wout
Characterization of the Cysteine Protease that Processes SERA5 in Plasmodium Falciparum
Lena Pernas, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Matt Bogyo, Pathology
Lab Mentor Shirin Arastu Kapur
Non-Invasive Imaging for Medulloblastoma
Miquell Miller, Dillard University
Professor Matthew Scott, Developmental Biology
Lab Mentor Helen Rayburn
Investigating the Underlying Role of Rab8 in Primary Cilia Biogenesis
Gandhy Pierre-Louis, State University of New York at Binghamton
Professor Matthew Scott, Developmental Biology
Lab Mentor Jun Zhang
Is Ca2+ Flux Through the L-Type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Cav1.2 Necessary for Trafficking of the Protein?
Judit Pérez Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Professor Ricardo Dolmetsch, Neurobiology
Lab Mentor Odmara Barreto Chang
The Role of FoxO Regulated microRNAs
T. Richard Parenteau, California State University, Fullerton
Professor Anne Brunet, Genetics
Lab Mentor Valerie Renault
Oncogenic Potential of the fC31 integrase Model for Gene Therapy
Orly Wapinski, Brandeis University
Professor Michele Calos, Genetics
Lab Mentor Lauren Woodard
The Role of Wnt Signaling in Retinal Regeneration
Zerita Buchanan, Spelman College
Professor Jill Helms, Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Lab Mentor Philipp Leucht
The Role of Wnt Signaling in Craniofacial Development
Zesemayat Mekonnen, Stanford University
Professor Jill Helms, Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Lab Mentor Samantha Brugmann
Engineered RGD-Containing Peptide as a Potential Cancer Therapy Treatment
Richelle Raagas, San Francisco State University
Professor Jennifer Cochran, Bioengineering
Lab Mentor Richard Kimura
Signal Enhancement of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Imaging by Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Yadira M. Soto-Feliciano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Professor Richard N. Zare, Chemistry
Lab Mentors Yiqi Luo and Fang Yu
A Human NGN3 Target System to Monitor the Development of Islet Progenitors from Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)
Levelle Harris, Louisiana State University, Alexandria
Professor Seung Kim, Developmental Biology
Lab Mentor Graeme McLean
How are Infection and Inflammation Related to Pulmonary Vascular Disease in a Murine Model? S100A4/Mts1 Mice Infected with γMHV-68
Gabriela Rodríguez-Colón, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Professor Marlene Rabinovitch, Pediatrics - Cardiology
Lab Mentor YuMee Kim
CLC-2 Dysfunction Promotes Neural Hyperexcitability Associated with Absence Epilepsy
Bettel Mussie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor John Huguenard, Neurology and Neurological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Lab Mentor Mark Beenhakker
Mossy Fiber Alterations in Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
Jessenia Y. Laguna Torres, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Professor William C. Mobley, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Lab Mentor Ahmad Salehi
Elucidation of Genes Involved in Embryonic Tracheal Development of Drosophila melanogaster
Sarah Anoke, Harvard University
Professor Mark Krasnow, Biochemistry
Lab Mentor Anya Lyuksyutova
Characterizing the role of rNKp30 in Dendritic Cell (DC)-mediated
Natural Killer (NK) Cell Activation
Grace Silva, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor Sheri Krams, Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation
Lab Mentor Lu-En Wai
Generation of CD4/LMP2A Chimeric Protein to Investigate the Role of LMP2A in Survival of EBV+ B-cell Lymphomas
Daniel Schlingman, University of New Mexico
Professor Olivia Martinez, Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation
Lab Mentor Olivia Hatton
Natural Killer Cells in Graft-versus-Tumor Model: Trafficking and Activity in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants
Jonathan Singletary, Morehouse College
Professor Robert Negrin, Med/Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Lab Mentor Jenalle Olson
What are the Consequences of Forming Monopolar Spindles in Cells?
Bertrade Mbom, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Tim Stearns, Biological Sciences and Genetics
Lab Mentor Charlie Anderson
Exploring the Role of Erk1/2 in Epidermal Homeostasis
Joseph A. Mensah, Brown University
Professor Paul A. Khavari, Dermatology
Lab Mentor Phillip A. Dumesic
Identifying Kleine Levin Sydrome Susceptibilty Loci
Frances Onyimba, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor Emmanuel Mignot, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Lab Mentor Juliette Faraco
Determining the Role of Rb, p107, and p130 in Osteogenesis
Corey Clemons, Stanford University
Professor Julien Sage, Pediatrics - Cancer Biology
Lab Mentor Stacey Wirt
Characterization of the Different Splice Forms of the Microtubule Binding Domain of BPAG1n4
Lissette Andres, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Professor Yanmin Yang, Neurology
Lab Mentors Mridu Kapur and Wei Wang
Inducible Kras shRNA Knockdown System in the A549 Lung Cancer Cell Line
Varian Bailey, Howard University
Professor Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, Pediatrics - Cancer Biology
Lab Mentor Yanyan Zheng
A New Obesity Gene?
Savannah A. Benally, New Mexico State University
Professor Gregory Barsh, Genetics
Lab Mentor Todor Arsov
Are Rigid T Cell Receptors More Specific Than Flexible T Cell Receptors?
Stephanie Rodriguez, Stanford University
Professor Mark Davis, Microbiology and Immunology
Lab Mentor Evan Newell
PDZ domains in Beta 2 Adrenergic Receptors: Directors of Specificity in Transmembrane Receptor Signaling Pathways
Alex Mercado Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Professor Andrew Patterson, Anesthesia
Lab Mentor Rani Agrawal
How are Basolateral Membrane Proteins Sorted from the Trans-Golgi Network to Plasma Membrane?
Yetunde Junaid, Hunter College
Professor W. James Nelson, Biological Sciences
Lab Mentor Lene N. Nejsum
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Interactions and the Extracellular Matrices Effect on Cell Signaling and Extension in PC12 Cells
Arian Roman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor James Nelson, Biological Sciences
Lab Mentor Hector Caro
Irestatins: Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Unfolded Protein Response
Darryl Gaines, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor Albert Koong, Radiation Oncology
Lab Mentors Hongbin Cao and Doug Feldman
