| 2019 SIGNALS
* denotes NSF funded students |
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| Aimee Clayton* | SUNY College at Geneseo | Comparing How the Behavior of the Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee and the Bumblebee Affect Gene Flow in Alfalfa | Professor Johanne Brunet, Entomology | |||||
| Alexa Stampfli* | Northland College | Analyzing Growth in FMR1KO Mice in Response to a Soy-Based Diet | Professor Cara J. Westmark, Neurology | |||||
| Ana Armenta Vega* | San Diego City College | Relationships Between Gene Expression in the Nucleus Accumbens and Pair Bonding Behavior in Zebra Finches | Professor Lauren V. Riters, Integrative Biology | |||||
| Andreas Endresen* | Elmira College | Contrasting Self-Generated and Externally-Generated Auditory Input: An fMRI Survey of the Auditory Cortex | Professor Caroline Niziolek, Communication Science & Disorders | |||||
| Damaris Nieves Torres* | University of Puerto Rico–Ponce | Expression of Robo1 and Slit2 is Altered in the Subventricular Zone Upon Demyelination | Professor Jayshree Samanta, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| David Urbina* | University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras | Response of Bumblebees to Management in Burned and Unburned Prairies | Professor Claudio Gratton, Entomology | |||||
| Delia Zumpano | College of New Jersey | Characterization of Fe-S Cluster Regulation by a Novel Transcription Factor in Zymomonas mobilis | Professor Patricia J. Kiley, Biomolecular Chemistry | |||||
| Derek Benson | Amherst College | The Genetic Basis of Wing-size in Drosophila melanogaster | Professor John E. Pool, Genetics | |||||
| Edgar Robles* | University of Puerto Rico–Cayey | Discovering Binding Sites in the Intracellular Components of the Approximated Protein | Professor Seth S. Blair, Integrative Biology | |||||
| Erica Irizarry Pagan* | Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Carolina Campus | Mechanisms of Environmental Enrichment in an Aging Rat Model of Tauopathy | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Joshua Perez Torres* | Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Carolina Campus | Oxytocin Influences Androgen Receptor Expression Resulting in an Age-Dependent Effect on Mice Behavior | Professor Anthony P. Auger, Psychology | |||||
| Lucy Nwagbuo | University of South Florida | Role of IQGAP1 in HPV-associated PI3 Kinase Signaling in the Context of Head and Neck Cancer | Professor Paul F. Lambert, Oncology | |||||
| Mallory Spencer | Shawnee State University | Engineering Lactobacilli to Produce Lactate Esters from Conversion Residue | Professor Ophelia Venturelli, Biochemistry | |||||
| Manuel Alvarez | Arizona State University | Understanding Anaerobic Metabolism of Respiro-fermenter Budding Yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis | Professor Christopher T. Hittinger, Genetics | |||||
| Mariah Manter | Brandeis University | Exploring Firing Properties of Parvalbumin Positive Interneurons in CA1 Using a Hybrid Voltage Sensor | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Paola Miranda* | University of Puerto Rico–Cayey | Structure-function Analysis of Dachsous Intracellular Domain in Drosophila melanogaster | Professor Seth S. Blair, Integrative Biology | |||||
| Pedro Estrada* | San Diego City College | The Effect of Electrolytes on Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in a Fly Model | Professor David A. Wassarman, Genetics | |||||
| Rhiannon Abrahams* | La Sierra University | Characterizing the role of PASTA Kinase in Listeria monocytogenes Cytosolic Survival | Professor John-Demian Sauer, Medical Microbiology | |||||
| Sebastian Bosch | Skidmore College | Protein A Enzymatic Requirements for Nodavirus Replication Complex Crown Formation | Professor Paul G. Ahlquist, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research | |||||
| 2018 SIGNALS | ||||||||
| Aubrie Stricker | Colorado College | Roles of Cdc42 in growth cone invadosomes | Professor Timothy M. Gomez, Neuroscience | |||||
| Austin VanDenTop* | Grand Valley State University | Investigation of atypical α-SNAP proteins in soybean | Professor Andrew F. Bent, Plant Pathology | |||||
| Bryce Kirby | Colorado College | Parvalbumin interneuron network functional organization in medial entorhinal cortex | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Christina Ross | Bob Jones University | Mechanisms of intestinal enzyme induction in nestling house sparrow (Passer domesticus) | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Craig Kunkel* | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Effects of 2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic (2,4-D) Acid Herbicide Formulation DMA4®IVM on White Crappie (Pomoxis anularis) | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Damayanti Rodriguez Ramos | Interamerican University–Aguadilla | Engineering Kluyveromyces lactis for anaerobic growth | Professor Christopher T. Hittinger, Genetics | |||||
| Doran Durant | Southern Utah University | Detecting HIV & HPV DNA and RNA in singly and co-infected cells | Professor Nathan M. Sherer, Oncology | |||||
| Emily Burns | Bay Path University | Using shRNAs to knock down the expression of the histone modifier EZH2 in epilepsy | Professor Avtar S. Roopra, Neuroscience | |||||
| Emily Reed | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Transcription-translation coupling in Z. mobilis in vivo | Professor Robert C. Landick, Biochemistry | |||||
| Hannah Cournoyer | Bay Path University | Vimentin-mediated proteasome trafficking to protein aggregates | Professor Darcie L. Moore, Neuroscience | |||||
| Ivelisse Cappielo Cosme* | University of Puerto Rico–Ponce | Can non-living systems respond to selection? | Professor David A. Baum, Botany | |||||
| Jennifer Koehler | Macalester College | Screening microbial communities and isolated strains for neutral lipids on residue | Professor Cameron Currie, Bacteriology | |||||
| Joanna Lum | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Identifying novel regulators of DAXX-mediated retrotransposon silencing | Professor Peter W. Lewis, Biomolecular Chemistry | |||||
| Juliet Santiago | University of Florida | Role of Homer1c and mGluR5 interactions in memory formation | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Karla Anaya Aldrete* | San Diego City College | Inflammation of the brain in Tmem135 mutant mice | Professor Akihiro Ikeda, Genetics | |||||
| Kristen Hirsch | Loras College | The inositol trisphosphate 3 receptor is a potential target for p7056 kinase | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Lizbeth Camacho | California State University–Northridge | Characterization of the interaction between ISTL-1 and Exo70E2 in Arabidopsis | Professor Marisa Otegui, Botany | |||||
| Luis Rodriguez Ramos* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Directed evolution of EntF chimeric proteins | Professor Michael G. Thomas, Bacteriology | |||||
| Mariah Dicksen* | Western Illinois University | Mutations identifying amino acids important to structure and function of Sindbis Virus Non-structural Protein 1 | Professor Paul G. Ahlquist, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research | |||||
| Megan Orr | Brevard College | Analyzing the rate of successful development at low temperatures in Drosophila melanogaster | Professor John E. Pool, Genetics | |||||
| Miguel Lopez Cortes* | University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo | The influence of Toxoplasma gondii genes on host parasite infection metabolomics | Professor Laura J. Knoll, Medical Microbiology | |||||
| Nassima Bouhenni* | University of Pittsburgh | Improving the efficiency of cell-free transcription-translation in bacteria | Professor Silvia Cavagnero, Chemistry | |||||
| Nicole Woodhead* | Albion College | Effects of traumatic brain injury on the aging process of Drosophila melanogaster | Professor David A. Wassarman, Genetics | |||||
| Oyinkansola Adenekan | Washington University in St. Louis | Multi-omics based characterization of GTP-induced death in Bacillus subtillis | Professor Jue D. Wang, Bacteriology | |||||
| Rashika Budhathoki | University of Virginia | Maternal sleep apnea during pregnancy alters the peripheral immune reponse of adult offspring to an inflammatory challenge | Professor Jyoti J. Watters, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Sara Minemyer | University of Pittsburgh | Does Fxr1 conditional knockout in PV+ cells affect the number of PV+ interneurons in the postnatal mouse PFC? | Professor Xinyu Zhao, Neuroscience | |||||
| Sara Torres Robles | San Diego State University | Contributions of divisome proteins FtsB-FtsQ to bacterial cell division | Professor Alessandro Senes, Biochemistry | |||||
| Sarah Isaac* | Washington & Jefferson College | Purposeful parental DNA in embryogenesis | Professor Francisco J. Pelegri, Genetics | |||||
| Sierrra Strebe | New Mexico State University | Studying early development of oral microbial communities in dairy calves | Professor Garret Suen, Bacteriology | |||||
| Silvette Ruiz Ramirez* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Characterization of the antimicrobial activity of L. reuteri R2lc-encoded pksR2lc02 cluster using in vitro competition assays | Professor Jan Peter van Pijkeren, Food Science | |||||
| Tamara Scott* | Carleton College | Follicular fluid contents may prevent fallopian tube epithelial cell anoikis via FAK | Professor Pamela K. Kreeger, Biomedical Engineering | |||||
| 2017 SIGNALS | ||||||||
| Aicha Quamine | Cleveland State University | A precision medicine approach to coorecting Long QT Syndrome using patient-derived cardiomyocytes | Professor Gail A. Robertson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Amanda Martinez | University of Texas–San Antonio | Role of synaptogyrin in exocytosis and fusion pores | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Anna Schmidt | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Spatial and temporal distribution of mercury methylating microbes within Lake Mendota | Professor Katherine D. McMahon, Civil & Environmental Engineering | |||||
| Ariel Sorg* | Baylor University | Metagenomic characterization of methylotrophic freshwater proteobacteria in Wisconsin, USA | Professor Katherine D. McMahon, Civil & Environmental Engineering | |||||
| Astrid Rodriguez-Vélez* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Development of a more efficient CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out method for critical genes in type II Toxoplasma gondii parasites | Professor Laura J. Knoll, Medical Microbiology | |||||
| Avnika Bali | Miami University | The role of PI(3,4)P2 and PI(3,4,5)P3 in neural growth cone invadosomes | Professor Timothy M. Gomez, Neuroscience | |||||
| Brianne Nunez | Old Dominion University | Does β4- β5 linker regulate benzodiazepine allosteric drug modulation of GABAA receptor function? | Professor Cindy M. Czajkowski, Neuroscience | |||||
| Corey Andrews | Georgia State University | Identification of a phosphodiesterase isoform in T-stellate cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus | Professor Donata Oertel, Neuroscience | |||||
| Daniel Osorio-Méndez | University of Arizona | Kinetics of MAP kinase activation in Arabidopsis | Professor Patrick J. Krysan, Horticulture | |||||
| Elizabeth Gamillo* | Alverno College | Arabidopsis thaliana genes, SPDS1 and PLC4, have an effect on the cadaverine growth response pathway | Professor Patrick H. Masson, Genetics | |||||
| Emily Perszyk | Washington and Lee University | Diminished contextual learning in autism spectrum disorder | Professor Ari Rosenberg, Neuroscience | |||||
| Evan Knep | Macalester College | Investigating the relationship between juvenile social behaviors and phosphorylated synapsin in the rodent amygdala | Professor Anthony P. Auger, Psychology | |||||
| Francis Ortega Mercado | Macalester College | CLUH: A potential regulator of mitochondria adaptation in AT-1 sTg and AT-1S113R/+ models | Professor Luigi Puglielli, Medicine | |||||
| Janice Reynaga | California State University Fullerton | Elevating serotonin pre-partum alters hepatic energy metabolism in transitioning dairy cows | Professor Laura L. Hernandez, Dairy Science | |||||
| Jennifer Tran | Texas A & M University | Transcriptional properties of drug-resistant mycobacterial RNA polymerase | Professor Robert C. Landick, Biochemistry | |||||
| Jessica Pederson | University of Wisconsin–Madison | House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) digestive physiology: the ability to modulate sucrase, maltase and aminopeptidase-N | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Kimberly Gutierrez* | University of Wisconsin–Platteville | The role of Gasdermin D in inflammasome mediated host defense | Professor John-Demian Sauer, Medical Microbiology | |||||
| Luisángely Soto Torres* | University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras | Influence of patch size and isolation distance on bumblebee residence | Professor Johanne Brunet, Entomology | |||||
| Mark Horton | Benedictine College | Role of Pht1 phosphate transporters PtPT9 and PtPT12 in the maintenance of mycorrhizal associations in poplar | Professor Jean-Michel M. Ané, Bacteriology | |||||
| Milon Hutchinson* | Carlton College | Mogat2 deletion attenuates diabetic phenotype in Ins2Akita mice | Professor Chi-Liang Eric Yen, Nutritional Sciences | |||||
| Neil Poole* | California State University Los Angeles | Identifying biomarkers for traumatic brain injury in Drosophila | Professor David A. Wassarman, Genetics | |||||
| Rachel Sundstrom* | Drake University | The role of Annexin 1 and 2 with the ESCRT machinery and endosomal trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana | Professor Marisa Otegui, Botany | |||||
| Sarea Recalde Phillips | Pennsylvania State University | Combined effects of tumor treating fields and microtubule-disrupting drugs in inhibiting glioblastoma proliferation | Professor John S. Kuo, Neurological Surgery | |||||
| Shekina Gonzalez-Ferrer* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Directed evolution of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase to be MbtH-like protein independent | Professor Michael G. Thomas, Bacteriology | |||||
| Steven John* | College of New Jersey | Characterizing follicle development in Irx3 knockout mice | Professor Joan S. Jorgenson, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Veronica Albrecht* | Eastern Washington University | Water transport from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus to its host plant | Professor Jean-Michel M. Ané, Bacteriology | |||||
| Yinghua Wang* | Michigan State University | Establishing a bacterial two-hybrid system and test the interactions between proteins in Type IV Pilus | Professor Katrina Forest, Bacteriology | |||||
| 2016 IBS-SRP | ||||||||
| Abigail Scullin* | Upper Iowa University | Investigating the interaction of novel HIV inhibitors with the HIV frameshift site | Professor Samuel E. Butcher, Biochemistry | |||||
| Alice Szeliga | Harvey Mudd College | A computational framework and R package for predicting regulatory and expression-modulating eQTLs by leveraging MPRA data | Professor Sunduz Keles, Statistics | |||||
| Anna Muhich* | Gonzaga University | Assessment of disease susceptibility in midwest cereal lines | Professor Lucia Gutierrez Chacon, Agronomy | |||||
| Anthony Amolo | Kenyon College | Antibody fragments to probe hERG potassium channel gating | Professor Gail A. Robertson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Aryel Clarke* | University of Rochester | Exploring the role of Munc13-4 in exosome release | Professor Thomas F. J. Martin, Biochemistry | |||||
| B. Malique Jones | Bennett College | Effects of sodium azide on plants: Development of a system to measure active uptake of pharmaceuticals and personal care product ingredients | Professor Joel A. Pedersen, Soil Science | |||||
| Berliza M. Soriano* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Screening for a MLP-independent adenylation domain through directive evolution | Professor Michael G. Thomas, Bacteriology | |||||
| Bikal Paudel | Virginia Tech | Evaluating inhibitory effects of DCG-IV on the dentate gyrus using hybrid voltage sensor (HVOS) | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Chris Muriel-Mundo | Universidad Del Este | Saccaromyces cerevisiae as a biosensor to study chemical mixtures and AHR | Professor Christopher A. Bradfield, Oncology | |||||
| Edwin Jimenez Sanchez | University of Puerto Rico–Aguadilla | Dose response and time course of GDNF expression by AAV2 and AAV5 in rats | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Dominic Gray | Norfolk State University | Conditional motif finding: An approach to cluster analysis of multi-dimensional time-series datasets | Doctor Deborah Muganda-Rippchen, Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping | |||||
| Dylan Cronin | Bowling Green State University | Temporal phosphorylation and network analysis of yeast signaling | Professor Anthony Gitter, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Gregory Desjarlais | Madison College | When winter kicks your grass: Identification of genes influencing cold tolerance in lowland switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) | Professor Michael D. Casler, Agronomy | |||||
| Idanis Garcia Sanchez | University of Puerto Rico–Ponce | Using nanoneedles to improve CRISPR technology in C. elegans | Professor Ahna R. Skop, Genetics | |||||
| Jack Gellerman | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Examining the role of imputed epigenomic signals on the prediction of long-range regulatory interactions | Professor Sushmita Roy, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Jesslyn Park | Winthrop University | Functional characterization of novel GH10 xylanases | Professor Brian G. Fox, Biochemistry | |||||
| Jordan Brown* | Ohio Wesleyan University | Metabolomic and thermodynamic analyses of C. thermocellum strains engineered for high ethanol production | Professor Daniel Amador-Noguez, Bateriology | |||||
| Jossiemar Perez Horta | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Determining the effect of dietary oxidized lipids consumption and immune response using swine model | Professor Dhnansayan Shanmuganayagam, Animal Sciences | |||||
| Julio Cuevas Cruz | University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras | Predicting and validating targets of miRNA in Schwann cells | Professor John P. Svaren, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Karla Martin | Xavier University of Louisiana | Phylogeography of East African Adansonia digitate | Professor David A. Baum, Botany | |||||
| Kendra Musmaker | Truman State University | Defining a signaling module for vascular development in A. Thaliana | Professor Marisa Otegui, Botany | |||||
| Kevin Liao | University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill | Comaring similarity measures over RNA-seq derived gene expression profiles | Professor Colin N. Dewey, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Kiara Rodriquez* | University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez | Exploratory analysis of the correlation between fungal communities and common scab disease in potato tubers from Wisconsin | Professor Richard Lankau, Plant Pathology | |||||
| Kimberley Aguilar | Old Dominion University | Structural and dynamic analysis of a ribosome-bound nascent protein | Professor Silvia Cavagnero, Chemistry | |||||
| Lacey Lopez* | University of Missouri–Columbia | The contribution of the gut microbiota towards the development of atherosclerosis | Professor Federico E. Rey, Bacteriology | |||||
| Luis Gutierrez* | Estrella Mountain Community College | Determining the function of GRHL2 in ER positive breast cancer cells | Professor Elaine T. Alarid, Oncology | |||||
| Marissa Harjoe* | University Of New Mexico | Anchoring a sequence scaffold that encodes FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) in the Brassica rapa (var. FPsc) genome | Professor Richard M. Amasino, Biochemistry | |||||
| Meenakshi Nag | Vassar College | The interaction between Kin28 and Rai1 in the regulation of RNA synthesis | Professor Aseem Z. Ansari, Biochemistry | |||||
| Melody Garcia Torres | University of Puerto Rico–Humacao | Co-translational interaction between delayed rectifier currents: hERG and KCNQ1 | Professor Gail A. Robertson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Michael Trevino | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Characterizing catecholamine expression in Pink1 KO model of Parkinson’s disease | Professor Michelle R. Ciucci, Commmunication Sciences & Disorders | |||||
| Miguel Angel Rosas* | California State University–San Marcos | The subcellular localization of ion channels involved in plant-microbe symbioses | Professor Jean-Michel M. Ané, Bacteriology | |||||
| Mykala Sobieck | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Microbes that methylate mercury | Professor Katherine D. McMahon, Civil & Environmental Engineering | |||||
| N. Carolina Mendoza Cavazos | California State University–Fullerton | Generation of mannose binding molecular probes for the analysis of the human gut microbiota | Professor Laura L. Kiessling, Chemistry | |||||
| Priscilla Prem | Old Dominion University | The physiological role of the microtubule associated protein tau in dendrites | Professor Erik W. Dent, Neuroscience | |||||
| Rochely Luna-Serrano | Universidad Del Este | AHR endogenous ligands assessment using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a biosensor | Professor Christopher A. Bradfield, Oncology | |||||
| Ryan Brown* | Nicholls State University | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and folic acid interact in the mammary gland to regulate calcium homeostasis during lactation | Professor Laura L. Hernandez, Dairy Science | |||||
| Sai Batchu* | College of New Jersey | Maximizing tyrosine accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana | Professor Hiroshi Maeda, Botany | |||||
| Serge Aleshin-Guendel | Boston College | Predicting colorectal cancer risk using protein biomarkers | Professor Mark W. Craven, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Shelby Petersen | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Dietary modulation of pancreatic lipase in Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Stephanie Krislov | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater | Developing a protocol for expressing and purifying alpha synuclein | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Steven Queoff | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Investigating effects of herbivory on late-glacial vegetation change using Coprophilous fungal spores | Professor Jack W. Williams, Geography | |||||
| Tamille Rhynes | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Ischemia/re-oxygenation injury induces changes in cytokine expression in macrophages | Professor Robert Dempsey, Neurological Surgery | |||||
| 2015 SIGNALS | ||||||||
| Allison Dawson | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Investigation of an epigenetic role in epileptogenesis in KCNA1 mutant mice | Professor Avtar S. Roopra, Neuroscience | |||||
| Amanda Dlugi | Alverno College | An RNAi-based suppressor screen reveals potential interactors of ATX-2 in C. elegans | Professor Ahna R. Skop, Genetics | |||||
| Amarilys E.González Vázquez | University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | Effects of 2,4-D on final oocyte maturation in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Andy Vega Caraballo | University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | Bisphenol A exposure promotes gene expression change in prostate cancer | Professor William A. Ricke, Urology | |||||
| Arman Siddiqui | University of San Diego | The functional role of the intrinsic ligand on EAG gating | Professor Gail A. Robertson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Ayana McLeod | Medgar Evers College | Understanding the kinetics of lymphocyte activating ligands on cord blood derived B cells during early infection with lytic Epstein Barr virus (EBV) | Professor Jenny E. Gumperz, Medical Microbiology | |||||
| Bryson Bellefeuille | Western Washington University | AHR-dependent effect of particulate matter on the inflammatory response of the lung | Professor Joshua D. Mezrich, Surgery | |||||
| Christina Knutson | Wartburg College | Triggering actin remodeling through optogenetics | Professor Matthew J. Merrins & Chetan Poudel, Medicine | |||||
| Colin Nelson | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | An exploration of the modulating effects of D2 receptors on μ-opioid evoked impulsivity in rats | Professor Brian A. Baldo, Psychiatry | |||||
| Darwin Ferng | Vanderbilt University | Munc13-4 regulates MT1-MMP exocytosis during cancer progression | Professor Thomas F. J. Martin, Biochemistry | |||||
| Diana Macias | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulics in four co-occurring species | Professor Katherine A. McCulloh, Botany | |||||
| Emily Balczewski | Carleton College | Spectral graph theory wavelet toolbox and neuroimaging applications | Professor Vikas Singh, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Erika Ramsden | University of Wisconsin-Madison | The effect of substrate and pH concentration on digestive intestinal enzymes of nestling house sparrows (Passer domesticus) fed different diets | Professor William H. Karasov, Forest & Wildlife Ecology | |||||
| Evan C. Harris | St. Mary’s College of Maryland | Tradeoffs between industrial degradability and decomposition in Zea mays lines | Professor Randall D. Jackson, Agronomy | |||||
| Gerardo Rodriguez-Orella | University of Utah | mGluR 2/3 agonist DCG-IV increases the epileptiform threshold in rat hippocampal dentate gyrus brain slices | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Gina L. Cardona-Acevedo | University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo | Transcription and regulation of 6S RNA in E. coli | Professor Karen M. Wassarman, Bacteriology | |||||
| Glenda Valdez | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Tree distribution in Southern Michigan prior to EuroAmerican settlement | Professor Jack W. Williams, Geography | |||||
| Jason West | University of New Mexico–Albuquerque | Understanding the molecular nature of electric organs | Professor Michael R. Sussman, Biochemistry | |||||
| Jennifer L. Johnson | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Analyzing the electronic health record data-capture process | Professor Eneida A. Mendonça, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Jessica Lora | University of Texas-Pan American | Extracellular matrix components characterized in fetal testes–A potential role in steroidogenesis | Professor Joan Jorgensen, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| John Spaw | Millikin University | Visualizing inferred phylogenetic networks using Julia | Professor Cécile M. Ané and Professor David Baum, Botany | |||||
| José Pagán-Muñoz | University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez | 1-butene oligomerization over dealuminated ferrierite | Professor George W. Huber, Chemical & Biological Engineering | |||||
| Joseph Sauder | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico | Comparing a novel method with a standard method in personalized medicine | Professor Menggang Yu, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Juan A. Hernández-Bird | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Contribution of (p)ppGpp synthetases to the survival of Bacillus subtilis to stress | Professor Jue D. Wang, Bacteriology | |||||
| Kamyra S. Edokpolor | Bryn Mawr College | Prostatic stromal cell composition changes in mice with hormone-induced urinary dysfunction | Professor Chad M. Vezina, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Luis M. Rivera-Pérez | University of Puerto Rico–Ponce | Regulation of the development of human neurons by substratum elasticity | Professor Timothy M. Gomez, Neuroscience | |||||
| Mariana Rui¬z-Belez | Barry University | Cre recombinase has no significant effect on dendritic complexity of cultured hippocampal neurons | Professor Xinyu Zhao, Neuroscience | |||||
| Megan Seymour | Oregon State University | Soil pathogen fine-root dynamics of peach orchard replant | Professor Amaya Atucha, Horticulture | |||||
| Nancy Garcia | St. Mary’s University of San Antonio | Increasing the stiffness of the extracellular matrix increases PRL signals to ERK1/2 in ER alpha-positive mouse mammary cancer cell lines | Professor Linda A. Schuler, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Nathaniel Henning | Hamline University | Developing reverse genetic tools to study SUMOylation in Zea mays | Professor Richard D. Vierstra, Genetics | |||||
| Neydis Moreno | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Expression of an insoluble histidine kinase portion of a bacteriophytochrome from Ramlibacter tataouinensis | Professor Katrina Forest, Bacteriology | |||||
| Nicholas Escanilla | Lake Forest College | Finding gene-disease associations when hidden by gene-gene interactions | Professor C. David Page, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics | |||||
| Oxmara Barrera | Texas A&M International University | Screening of aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands as novel chemopreventive agents for colorectal cancer | Doctor Gregory Kennedy, Surgery | |||||
| Patricia Walker | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Finding connections between metabolism and biofilm transcriptional networks | Professor Daniel Amador-Noguez, Bacteriology | |||||
| Pha Tran | California State University-Long Beach | Protein expression variation between papillary and glandular ERα+ mammary carcinomas | Professor Linda A. Schuler, Comparative Biosciences | |||||
| Rey Hernández-Rodríguez | University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras | Effects of TAT peptide and membrane bending energy in Ca2+-triggered exocytosis of chromaffin cells | Professor Meyer B. Jackson, Neuroscience | |||||
| Sarah Jayawardene | Loyola Marymount University | Role of zinc finger in a C. elegans stem cell regulator | Professor Judith Kimble, Biochemistry | |||||
| Savannah Mills | Lake Erie College | Determining the most synergistic ratio of an enzyme cocktail for the hydrolysis of Cu(AHP) poplar seed in bioethanol synthesis | Professor Brian G. Fox, Biochemistry | |||||
| Sayo E. McCowin | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | A DNA-based launch system for alphavirus manipulation | Professor Paul G. Ahlquist, Virology | |||||
| Sean W. Rogers | University of Missouri | Functions of the yeast Sub2 DECD motif and its role in spliceosome subunit assembly | Professor Aaron A. Hoskins, Biochemistry | |||||
| Shanika Kingston | Barry University | Preliminary results for an estrogen receptor heterodimer inducing compound | Professor Wei Xu, Oncology | |||||
| Tanner K. Byer | Pomona College | Covalent cross-linking uncovers novel targets of Kin28 and Bur1 | Professor Aseem Z. Ansari, Biochemistry | |||||
| Theresa Devasia | University of Georgia | Impact of modeling assumptions on county health rankings | Professor Ronald E. Gangnon, Population Health Sciences | |||||
| Thomas Bekman | New College of Florida | A Novel in vitro assay for Parkinson’s Disease | Professor Corinna Burger, Neurology | |||||
| Tiffany Nguyen | North Carolina Central University | Defective GST-theta activity in canine livers | Professor Lauren A. Trepanier, Medical Sciences | |||||
| Vir D. Patel | Duke University | Computationally predicting enhancer-promoter interactions in cell types from early development | Professor Sushmita Roy, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics | |||||
| Zabdiel Alvarado-Martínez | University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | 5-hydroxytryptophan infusion in dairy cows will induce change in milk calcium levels, and mammary gland alveoli size and number | Professor Laura L. Hernandez, Dairy Science | |||||
| Zully E. Contreras-Correa | University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez | Comparison of bacterial and fungal xylose isomerases for the production of biofuels by Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Professor Trey K. Sato, Wisconsin Energy Institute | |||||
* NSF funded students