Examples of Undergraduate Research Projects
Fall 2021 Projects
| Student | Research Proposal |
|---|---|
| Whitney Brown | Characterizing the role of FOXP3 in ccRCC |
| Ziche Chen | Intereations between LANA and Super-enhancers |
| Anna Eberwein | Synaptic Dysfunction in the Drosophila Niemann Pick Type C Disease Model |
| Ivy Han | Investigating tension in epithelial wound healing |
| Cassidy Johnson | Elucidating Genes Involved in hoe-1-dependent UPRmt activation via a Forward Genetic Approach |
| Grace Lee | Microtubule dynamics regulates gap junction trafficking and placement in the motor circuit |
| Shuyang Lin | PGE2-G mediated P2Y6 signaling pathway |
| Robert McCarthy | Survivability of E. Coli Rho and H-NS mutants in various pH ranges. |
| Sharath Narayan | Identifying suppressor mutations in RNA polymerase to rescue replication-transcription conflicts |
| Dev Patel | Effects of CSK inhibition on Atrial Fibrillation |
| Jacque Pinon | The role of macrophages in obesity and metabolic disease |
| Brittany Polevikov | Defining the pathogenic cascade of P. aeruginosa in UTIs |
| Eddie Qian | Exosome treatment of ischemic kidney injury |
| Bennett Schneier | Copper Homeostasis in UPEC Bacteria |
| Elena Solopova | Correlation of White Matter MRI Hyperintensities with Expression of Lysyl Oxidase in Patients with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy |
| Carly Stewart | The Impact of Infection on Fecundity in Insects |
| Liraz Stilman | Telomeres and telomerase in yeast |
| Navya Thakkar | Rhythm and Grammar |
| Katherine Zhong | Negative Regulators of the Immune System |
Previous Projects
| Student | Research Proposal |
|---|---|
| Dhivyaa Anandan | Identifying mechanisms of tumor dormancy in the bone marrow |
| Patrick Bray | Stress effects of restricgted feeding in mice |
| Ivy Chen | The effect of domestication on cultural transmission of birdsong |
| Dara Craig | Camera trapping in Ecology |
| Jacob Edwards | Studies on GPBP within the extracellular matrix |
| Elise Erman | Development of assay to monitor error fre repair in non-homologous end joining |
| David Fei-Zhang | Characterization of BVES degrons |
| Jacob Gussert | Studying the nature of circadian rhythms in bacteria isolated from the natural environment |
| Alexis Gutierrez | Extracellular RNA |
| Alexander Kuraj | Examining the effect of photoperiod on the Trek-1 channel in serotonin neurons |
| Emily Layton | "Paternal Grandmother Age Affects the Strength of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster." |
| Zelong Liu | Overexpression of xCT in noralized lung epithelial cells |
| Abby Perry | Effect of co-infection on the immune response of tribolium flour beetles |
| Carter Powers | The Effects of Temperature and Age on Immune Gene Expression in Anopheles gambiae |
| Anish Raman | Intersection of HSPG expression at the drosophilia neuromuscular junction |
| Saba Rehman | Characterization of neuregulin (NRG) trafficking |
| Sabeen Rehman | Positional cloning of a novel gene regulating craniofacial development |
| Zhan (Jack) Rong | The role of Rif1 in controlling DNA damage and structure during replication |
| Faith Rovenolt | Characterizing and modeling co-infection in Tribolium |
| Nicholas Ruppe | Mechanisms that regulate do novo telomere addition at a double-strand break |
| Chloe Stallion | Comparison of genetic and liguistic character of Creolization in the Caribbean |
| Emily Struttmann | Effects of high-salt conditions on H. pylori |
| Amanda Sun | Determining the function of Rm62 in resolving R-loops |
| Raymar Turangan | Immune priming in mosquitoes |
| Claire Weinstein | The characerization of acinetobacter baumannii sensitivity to novel bacteriophages |
| Matthew Xin | Characterizing the relationship between p73 and cigarette smoke |
| Roger Yu | Protein trafficking and membrane biogenesis |
| Eric Zhang | CK1 in DNA repair and Hhp1 as a model protein |
| Danzhu Zhao | Quantifying the impact of ACK1 inhibition on the interferon gamma response in melanoma cells |
| Junqin Zhu | Examining the role of ten elleven translocation enzymes in RNA 5-hydroxymethylcytosine |