2017 REU: Research Training in the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

Fellow Fellow’s Institution Research Mentor Project Title
Kenneth Adusei Yale University Prof. Jesse Rinehart Mapping Important Phosphosites on Pyruvate Kinase and their Implications in
Signal Transduction
Mitchell Butler University of Southern California Prof. Corey O’Hern At the Core of Conformation:
Investigating Mechanical
and Structural Properties of
Transmembrane Proteins
Shaye Firmin Wellesley College Prof. Alex Kwan Mouse Models of Schizophrenia Show an Overall Increase in Activity in Excitatory Neurons in CG1/M2
Anna Georgieva University of California Riverside Prof. Erdem Karatekin Deciphering the Role of FisB During Bacillus Subtilis Sporulation
Jennifer Giannini Gettysburg College Prof. Kathryn Miller-Jensen Exploring How NF-kB Signaling Dynamics Encode Transcriptional Output
Sabina Haque Middlebury College Prof. Julien Berro Modeling Fluorescent Signal Lifetimes in Linear Filaments
Thomas Hoang Southern Connecticut State University Prof. Andre Levchenko A Nanotopographic Platform for Sensitive Assessment of Stromal Invasion

 
KeVaughna Patrick Wayne State University Prof. Simon Mochrie Studying Chromatin Dynamics in Single Cells

 
Sara Siwiecki Chapman University Prof. Megan King Mapping Spatial Dynamics: Chromatin Diffusive States in Single Cells
Dori Watts Lawrence Technological University Prof. Lynne Regan Developing a New Design to Enable High-Sensitivity Sensing: Applications to Ricin