2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Researchers

No photo availableEda Altiok, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Stefan Zappe

Fluorescenty Labeled Chitosan/Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles

No photo availableJyoti Bapat, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Neil Donahue

Characterization of Secondary Organic Aerosols Formed from Toluene Photo Oxidation using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy


No photo availableChandana Batchu, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gary Ehrlich

Do Biofilms and Planktonic Envirovars Display Differential Epigenetic Processes

Robert BrownRobert Brown, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. David Yaron

Design of Dyes for Biological Imaging

Heather ChalfinHeather Chalfin, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Adam Linstedt

CASC4: A Novel Protein Traveler Through the Bypass Pathway?


No photo availableElizabeth Chen, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Peter Berget

No photo availableJinny Choe, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Brooke McCartney

Produce Homozygous Stocks of Moesin mCherry for APC2 and Dia Mutations in Drosophila Embryos


No photo availableParth Dalal, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Melanie Flint

Effects of Stress Hormones on Adriamycin Drug Resistance

No photo availableKelton Finch, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Tomasz Kowalewski

Development of High Performance Organic Semiconductors and Field Effect Transistors


No photo availableAndrew Frederickson, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Raymond Sekula

Neural Stem Cell-Based Brian Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II

Debtirtho GhoshDebtirtho Ghosh, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kleyman

No photo availableSibel Guler, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Tristram-Nagle

Phospholipid (DHPC) Research

Ryan HoflerRyan Hofler, Carnegie Mellon University

No photo availableJoanna Hong, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Hollinger

No photo availableJared Incorvati, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Tomasz Kowalewski

Aspects of Organic Field Effect Transistor

No photo availableAshley Kilp, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Danith Ly

Improvement of PNA-DNA Duplex Formation by Addition of Acridine Moieties with Linkers of Various Lengths

No photo availableGursimran Koonjul, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Maria Kurnikova

Hydrogen Bond Distance Mapping of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors

Shelly KuchererShelly Kucherer, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lotze

Potential Biomarkers of Human HMGB1

Shih-Dun LiuShih-Dun Liu, Carnegie Mellon University

No photo availableChristopher Loncke, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Subha Das

RNA Chemical Biology

Rebecca MartzRebecca Martz, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Brooke McCartney

Investigating the Role of Jaguar in Cytoskeletal Organization in Early Drosophila Development


No photo availableSamuel Mazza, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Danith Ly

Synthesis of a Stereospecific PNA Backbone that is Preorganized for Binding to Double Stranded DNA

No photo availableRobert Meehan, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Danith Ly

Synthesis of Rhesus Theta-Defensin Homologues utilizing Gamma-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid for Anti-Bacterial


Tyler MyersTyler Myers, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Subha Das

RNA Chemical Biology

No photo availableDavid Plotkin, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. John Rawlins

Using Entomological Studies to Assess Envrionmental Change


No photo availableOrr Rozov, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Brooke McCartney

Understanding the Role of Three Specific Proteins in Cytoskeletal Organization in Drosophila Embryos

No photo availablePatricia Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Hollinger

Injectable Polymer-Growth Factor Composites to Enhance Fracture Healing


No photo availableAlon Shertzer, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Charles Ettensohn

Analysis of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Embryonic Development

Kimberly TingKimberly Ting, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. John Woolford

No photo availableKudret Usmani, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Talal El-Hefnawy

Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Interfere with Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis and Mediate Apoptosis

No photo availableThomas Walko III, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Functional Promiscuity of Glutathione S- Transferases


No photo availableTahlia Wolfgang, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Abiraman Srinivasan

Researching Clinical Solutions for Bone Formation and would Healing using Therapeutic Systems of Biomaterials, Cells and Signaling Molecules

No photo availableJimmy Xu, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Robert Murphy

Intepreting Protein Location using Fluorescence Microscope Imaging


No photo availableJi-Min Yoon, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Hollinger

Bone Tissue Engineering

Seif YusufSeif Yusuf, Carnegie Mellon University

Socrates ZachariasSocrates Zacharias, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Minden

Isolation and Analysis of Pros35 in Drosophila Embryos

No photo availableFangyuan Zhouzheng, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Brooke McCartney

The Influence of APC2 and Arm on Wg Signal Transduction and APC2 Localization

For more information on the HHMI Researchers program, please visit http://www.cmu.edu/bio/undergraduate/research/cmustudents.shtml.

 

Summer Research Institute (SRI)

Katherine BonningtonKatherine Bonnington, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

The Molecular Biology of Activation Induced Deaminase - An Essential Enzyme in the Mammalian Immune System

Lynley DoonanLynley Doonan, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Rachel EhrlichRachel Ehrlich, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Adam FooteAdam Foote, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Andre HersanAndre Hersan, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Mekail KhanMekail Khan, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Starsha KolodziejStarsha Kolodziej, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Kellie KravarikKellie Kravarik, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Heather LynnHeather Lynn, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Sobie MadukaSobie Maduka, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Jewel PothenJewel Pothen, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Nathan SnyderNathan Snyder, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Rule

Please send inquiries about our Summer Research Institute program to rule@andrew.cmu.edu.

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Undergraduate Research Office (URO)

Lauren CampbellLauren Campbell, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. David Finegold, University of Pittsburgh

Studies of Primary Pulmonary Lymphangeictasia

No photo availableRiddhi Roy, Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Terrence Collins

Reaction kinetics of FeTAMLs

Please send inquiries about the SURF program to the Undergraduate Research Office.

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Bioimaging, Engineering and Technology (SUREBET)

Joyce ArabJoyce Arab
Mentor: Dr. Stefan Zappe

Jesse JimenezJesse Jimenez
Mentor: Dr. Robert Murphy

Francisco RodriguezFrancisco Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Robert Murphy

Nikita ThompsonNikita Thompson
Mentor: Dr. Stefan Zappe

Eduardo VillalbaEduardo Villalba
Mentor: Dr. Robert Murphy

Taneshia WashingtonTaneshia Washington
Mentor: Dr. Stefan Zappe

For more information regarding the SUREBET program please visit http://www.cbi.cmu.edu/SUREBET/.

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