Research Projects 2011
Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program
Research Projects 2011
The Virtual Fish Project
Andrew Guzman, University of California, Santa Cruz
Professor & Lab Mentor: Russell Fernald, Biology
Determining the Role of RNA in the Centromere
Melanie Santos-Marrero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Professor: Aaron Straight, Biochemistry
Lab Mentors: Whitney Johnson & Teddy Yewdell
DUSP (Dual Specificity Phosphatases) and ERK Signaling in Epstein Barr Virus infected B Cell Lymphomas
Alexander Ballard, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor: Olivia Martinez, Surgery
Lab Mentors: Karine Ruster, Aleisha Harris, & Olivia Hatton
Resetting Pain Thresholds via Genetic Manipulation of GPCR Pathways in C. elegans
Amelita Woodruff, Howard University
Professor: Miriam Goodman, Molecular & Cellular & Physiology
Lab Mentor: Shana Geffeney
NeSTover-expression on persistence of Theiler's Virus
Jan Clement A. Santiago, Loyola Marymount University
Professor: Karla A. Kirkegaard, Microbiology and Immunology
Lab Mentors: Antonio Gomez & Michel Brahic
Exploring the Effects of 5' and 3' Flanking Regions on Riboswitch Cooperativity
Jade Sales-Lee, Mills College
Professor: Rhiju Das, Biochemistry
Lab Mentors: Ann Kladwang, Mona Ali, & Pablo Cordero
E-cadherin Expression at the Plasma Membrane may be Regulated by Ubiquitination and not p120-Catenin Binding
Bianca Barcelo, University of Arizona
Professor: W. James Nelson, Biology
Lab Mentor: Andrea Hartsock
Genetic Blacklist: A Database of Commonly-Occurring, False Positive, SNP-Containg Genes
Hazar H. Khidir, Truman State University
Professor: Michael Snyder, Genetics
Lab Mentor: Michael Clark
New Genes that Play a Role in the Development of Myelinated Axons
Kala Nwachukwu, North Carolina Central University
Professor: William Talbot, Developmental Biology
Lab Mentor: Harwin Sidik
Rewiring the Genetic Code for Global Protein Footprinting
Johnny Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine
Professor & Lab Mentor: Pehr Harbury, Biochemistry
Genetic Dissection of a Bacterial Chromosome-Anchoring Proteis
Jordan Harrison, New Mexico State University
Professor: Lucy Shapiro, Developmental Biology
Lab Mentors: Jerod Ptacin & Grant Bowman
Role of Mitosis-Specific Translation of the Conserved ER Protein Yos1 in Yeast Cytokinesis
Janelle Gibson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professor: John Pringle, Genetics
Lab Mentor: Masa Onishi
Co-Regulated Gene Expression Discovery Using Meta Analysis Across Asthma and Allergy Datasets
Daron R. Spence, Grambling State University
Professor: Atul Butte, Pediatrics
Lab Mentor: Alexander A. Morgan
A Genetic Screen to Identify Novel Genes Involved in Stem Cell Maintenance
Benjamin S. Angulo, Stanford University
Professor: Margaret Fuller, Developmental Biology Lab Mentor: Benjamin Bolival
Secretion of Virulence Factors into Host Cells by Toxoplasma gondii
Don Xuan Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor: John C. Boothroyd, Microbiology and Immunology
Lab Mentor: Carolina Caffaro
Exploring the Identity of a Neural Crest-Derived Cell Population in the Mammalian Retina
Daniel Piqué, The University of Georgia
Professor: Jill Helms, Surgery
Lab Mentor: Bo Liu
Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Produce Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids
Shireen Rudina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor: Christina Smolke, Bioengineering
Lab Mentor: Isis Trenchard
Affinity Purification of Primary microRNAs
Joselyn S. Del Cid, California State University, Long Beach
Professor: Chang-Zheng Chen, Microbiology and Immunology
Lab Mentor: Yujie Tang
Investigation of the Role of Amyloid-β Peptides on Macrophage Cell Activation
Meghan Brooke Francis, West Liberty University
Professor: Lawrence Steinman, Neurology& Neurological Sciences
Lab Mentor: Jacqueline Grant
Visualizing Genetic Relatedness Between Populations in Mexico
Victoria C. Robles, Stanford University
Professor: Carlos Bustamante, Genetics
Lab Mentors : Eimear Kenny & Andres Moreno
Probing A265 of the Tetrahymena Group I Ribozyme: / An investigation of the Network of interactions at the Guanosine binding site
Nathan Ian Gamarra, University of California, Irvine
Professor: Daniel Herschlag, Biochemistry
Lab Mentor: Kristin Gleitsman
Understanding the Genetic Mechanisms of Cold Tolerance in Drosophila Melanogaster
tLaure Sanchez, Barry University
Professor: Tom Clandinin, Neurobiology
Lab Mentor: Jessica Tsai
Development of Non-peptidic Vinyl Sulfones Protease Inhibitors for the Treatment of Malaria
tDaniel Alexande Lumpuy, Florida International University
Professor: Matthew Bogyo, Pathology
Lab Mentors: Edgar Deu & Martijn Verdoes
Cellular Characterization of Grafted Cardiac Collagen Patch
tYaw Tachie-Baffour, Columbia University
Professor: Pilar Ruiz-Lozano, Pediatric Cardiology
Lab Mentor: Scott Metzler
Propofol's Effect on GABA-mediated Brain Synapses
Jordan D. Rich, University of Utah
Professor: Bruce MacIver, Anesthesiology
Lab Mentor: Melis Sunay
Circadian Influence on Learning and Memory
Josi Herron, University of Great Falls
Professor: Craig Heller, Biological Sciences
Lab Mentors: Bayara Chuluun & Damien Colas
Mapping the Basis of Antigen Recognition in Autoimmune Disease
Carmen Matos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Professor: K. Christopher Garcia, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
& Structural Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lab Mentor: Michael Birnbaum
Exploring the Effects of 5' and 3' Flanking Regions on Riboswitch Cooperativity
Jade Sales-Lee, Mills College
Professor: Rhiju Das, Biochemistry
Lab Mentors: Ann Kladwang, Mona Ali, & Pablo Cordero
