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The following nine students were selected to be HHMI Research Scholars for the Winter 2004.
Amanda Barker
Chemical Engineering '05
Kimberly Miller
Biology '05
Allison Wojcik
Biology '05
Elisabeth Mari
Biology '05
Alison Wedekind
Chemical Engineering '05
Tyler Zimmerman
Chemistry '05


 
Scholar: Amanda Barker

Major:  Chemical Engineering

Research Mentor: Clifford Robinson, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Grafting extracellular loops of NK1R onto a BR scaffold

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Vice president UD Society of Women Engineers 2003-4, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, DBI Life Science Undergraduate Research Scholar, member of Omega Chi Epsilon

 
Scholar:  Elisabeth Mari

Major: Biology

Research Mentor:  Catherine Kirns-Safran, Biological Sciences, .
Project Title: Hip/RPL29 gene disruption impact on proliferation and chondrocytic differentiation potential of murine embryonic stem cells in vitro.

Awards and Honors:
Charles Peter White Undergraduate Research Scholar Summer 2004.



 
Scholar: Kimberly Miller                                                               

Major:  Biology

Research Mentor: Patricia DeLeon, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Examination of Hyalp1, a Murine Reproductive Hyaluronidase

Honors, Awards, and Activities: HHMI-sponsored PBL tutor facilitator, HHMI Summer  Research Scholar 2004 

Fall 2005 Plans:  Graduate School in Conservation Biology in New Zealand

 
Scholar: Alison Wedekind                

Major:
  Chemical Engineering

Research Mentor: Anne Skaja Robinson, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Optimization of GPCR Expression in Yeast

Awards and Honors:
Chemical Engineering Class of 1950 Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi, 2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction,  HHMI Summer Research Awards 2002, 2003, and 2004
Presentations: Poster Summer 2002, Poster Summer 2003
, "Optimizing Expression of GPCRs in Yeast", Alison Wedekind and Anne Skaja Robinson. American Chemical Society Meetings, Anaheim, CA. March 2004.

Wojcik photo  
Scholar: Allison Wojcik

Major: Biology

Research Mentor: Daniel Simons, Department of Biological Sciences                                       
Project Title:
Purification of Elongation Factors Involved in SV40 DNA Synthesis

Awards and Honors:
HHMI Summer Research Award 2003, 2004

Presentations: Poster Summer 2003, Poster Summer 2004

   
Scholar:  Tyler Zimmerman

Major:
Chemistry

Research Mentor:  Steven Brown, Chemistry  
                              
Project Title: 
Chemometric analysis of the difference between coffee bean sources.


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