Fellow |
Fellow’s Institution |
Research Mentor |
Project Titles |
| Nisha Basappa | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Prof. Marcus Bosenberg | The Effect of Green Tea and Ibuprofen on Melanomagenesis |
| Henny Bennett | Yale University | Prof. Megan King | Microtubule Dependent Maintenance of Telomeres in Fission Yeast |
| Miles Fuller | Morehouse College | Prof. Paul Forscher | Implementing CAD Cells to Quantify the Relationships Between IgCAM-mediated Adhesion, Force Transduction, and Actin Dynamics |
| Kim McCabe | Yale University | Prof. Kathryn Miller-Jensen | The Role of the Nef Protein in T Cell Activation |
| Aqeela Mohammed | Claflin University | Prof. Yongli Zhang | Investigating Nucleosomal Disruption using Optical Tweezers |
| Ezinne Mong | Claflin University | Prof. Scott Holley | Examining cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesive crosstalk during zebrafish somitogenesis |
| Marcus Najera | University of Texas, San Antonio | Prof. Hui Cao | Can the color of butterfly wing scales be modified by expression of Ultrabithorax? |
| Paola Peshkepija | Connecticut College | Prof. Lynne Regan | Analyzing Protein-Protein Interactions: Investigating Binding of CTPR390(MMY) with Peptide MEEVF |
| Ramza Shahid | Connecticut College | Prof. Lynne Regan | Analyzing Protein-Protein Interactions: Investigating Binding of CTPR390(MMY) with Peptide MEEVF |
* Brandond Young, from UMBC also conducted summer research on Yale’s campus and participated in the enrichment and social activities as a program affiliate. His project was titled, “Crystallization of Escherichia Coli 70S Ribosome in complex with tRNAs”
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Welcoming picnic to ensure that participants meet each other as well as their faculty and graduate mentors and program administration prior to starting research in the lab -
Welcoming picnic -
Group photo at annual cricket match -
One of the teams discussing strategy during the cricket match -
Playing cricket -
Symposium in which students gave short talks on their research -
Presenting research posters at the final Undergraduate Research Symposium -
PEB Undergraduate Research Symposium -
PEB Undergraduate Research Symposium -
Group photo at PEB Undergraduate Research Symposium -
Group photo of REU participants