2022 REU: Research Training in the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

Fellow Fellow’s Institution Research Mentor Project Title
Woodny Alerte Colmumbia University Prof. Julien Berro In Vivo Tension Measurement Between Fimbrin’s Actin Binding Domains
Katelyn Amero University of Maine Prof. Paul Turner Understanding the Antibiotic Sensitivity and Virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Using Bacteriophage-Resistant Mutants
Divine Ayichi University of Maryland-College Park Prof. Michael Mak Investigating the Role of NCS1 in Liver Cancer Cell Matrix Interactions
Jillian Belluck Brown University Prof. Corey O’Hern Fraction core analysis of AlphaFold1 protein structure predictions
Sam Belsky The College of Wooster Prof.  Corey O’Hern Computational Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions: An Analysis of the Factors which Influence Affinity Between Protein Subunits
Aidan Cabral Yale University Prof. Michael Mak Determining the mechanical role of architectural cues in cell-laden collagen hydrogels
Kayla Hennigan Dillard University Prof. Megan King Understanding how SUN proteins within the LINC complex play a role in EMT Gene Expression
Emily Kang Amherst College Prof. Amir Pahlavan Diffusiophoretic Dispersion of Colloids in Porous Media
Delaney McRiley Dominican University Prof. Matthew Girgenti Elucidating HDAC5 in PTSD Stress Model
Geneve Ortiz University of New Haven Prof. Hoy Shen Subcellular dynamics of VAT1 and VAT1L, proteins of unknown function
Vanessa Saldivar University of California-Irvine Prof. Nikhil Malvankar Purification of Pili Cap Proteins in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Kayln Whitehead University of Illinois at Chicago Prof. Hesper Rego Determining how Non-genetic Bacterial Heterogeneity Contributes to M. Tuberculosis Infection

Affiliates: Emily Clarke (Prof. Megan King); Katherine Duseau (Prof. Megan King); Nick Wilmerding (Prof. Corey O’Hern) Linda Chen (Prof. Megan King); Jasmine Jones (Prof. Corey O’Hern); Michael Sacks (Prof. Simon Mochrie); Tanzila Alam (Prof. Corey O’Hern); Carlos Chacon Cordon (Prof. Yansheng Liu); Jafer Hasnain (Prof. Scott Miller); Lixing Wang (Prof. Scott Miller)