HHMI 
Undergraduate Research
   Scholars 
 Summer 2003
The following forty-one students were selected to be HHMI Research Scholars for the Summer 2003.


 

Jennifer Arseneau
Biology '05

Research Mentor: Gary Laverty, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title:  Ion transporters on Chick Renal Proximial Tubules: NH4+ or Cl-?

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta

Elizabeth Bell

Chem Engineering '05
Research Mentor:  Anne Skaja Robinson, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Cellular Stress During Recombinant Protein Expression

Honors and Awards: Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta, Summer 2003 HHMI Undergraduate Research Scholar, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Secretary, Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, Amerada Hess Corporation Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Junior Award.

Publication: D. Raden, , S. Hildebrandt, P. Xu, Elizabeth Bell, Frank J. Doyle, III and Anne S. Robinson (2005) Analysis of cellular response to protein over-expression, IEE Proc Syst Biol 152(4): 285-9.

Daniella Betts
Biology '04


Research Mentor: Erica Selva, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Posttranslational Interactions by way of the 7H24 Mutation

< style="font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Publication: R. M.Goodman, S. Thombre, Z. Firtina, D. Gray, Daniella Betts, J. Roebuck, E. P. Spana, and Erica M. Selva (2006) Sprinter: A novel transmembrane protein required for Wg secretion and signaling. Development, 133, 4901-4911.

Chelsea Bridgewater
Biology '04, Lincoln U
Research Mentor: Carlton Cooper, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Hyaluronan Expression in LNCaP Progression Models

Alaina Brown*
Biochemistry '04

Research Mentor:  Neal Zondlo, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title:  Examination of Type II Polyproline Helices in Peptides

Poster Presentation: A Thermodynamic Propensity Scale for Type II Polyproline Helices, Experimental Biology Meetings, San Diego, CA. April 11-15, 2003. 
Awards and Honors: First Place Award in the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Diego. Quaseta Drake Scholarship. Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa Herbert Ellis Newman Award, Evelyn Holst Clift Award in History, William E. Meakin Memorial Award in History, Merck Index Award in Chemistry, James A. Moore Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry. Graduated May 2004 with an Honors B. S. degree in Biochemistry with distinction and a B.A. degree in History.
Fall 2004 Plans:
Entering the M.D. Program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine

William Dunworth
Biology '04

Research Mentor:  Uhlas Naik, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Uncovering the mystery of SNAP

Honors and Awards: 2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction

Heather Egolf-Fox
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor: Thomas Beebe, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Study of Neuron Growth on Surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy 

Presentations and Awards:  68th Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, Hood College, Frederick, MD, April 24, 2004. First Place Biochemistry II
"Controlling Neurite Outgrowth: AFM Analysis of Comb Polymer Patterned Features", American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry, Quaesita Drake Scholarship

Joseph Fotos
Biology '05

Research Mentor: Deni Galileo, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Role of Secreted NgCAM in Glioma Invasiveness

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta

Brian  Gladnick
Biology '05

Research Mentor:  George Molloy, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Protection of dopaminergic neurons from MPTP neurotoxicity.

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, George and Margaret Collins Steitz Award, Richard M. Johnson Jr. Memorial Award in Biology 

Lawrence Hall
Biology '05

Research Mentor:  Norman Karin, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title:  SERCA1a expression stimulates SR formation
 

Afeez Hazzan
Biology '05, Linclon U

Research Mentor: Erica Selva, Department of Biological Sciences .
 

Project Title: Use of FLP/FRT system to study 7H24 mutation

Awards: Second Place Lincoln LASER Program Annual Poster Competition October 3,  2003

Sookhee Hwang
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor: Junghuei Chen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title:  Homologous Recombination with Molecular Biology
 

Adoara Ikwuagwu
Chem '06, Del State

Research Mentor:  Catherine Davies, Department of Animal and Food Sciences 

Project Title: Changes to food during processing and storage

Conference Presentation: Adoara Ikwuagwu, Cathy Davies,  Edmund Nowak, 
Annette Shine - "A New Method to Measure Viscosity in Food Using a
Flaxseed Meal Model System" at ABRCRM Meeting, October 2003, San Diego.

Rahul Jawa
Biology '06

Research Mentor:  Robert Sikes, Department of Biological Sciences 
 

Project Title: Generation of Constitutive & Inducible Prostate Cancer Lines

Erin Kenaley
Biology '05

Research Mentor: Kamil Akanbi, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Megalin Mediation of Extracellular Ca Effects in Adipocytes

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta

Christine Kosman
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor: Daniel Simmons, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title:  Preparation of DNA polymerase for studies of DNA Replication
 

Kholiswa Laird*
Chemistry  '04

Research Mentor:  Mary Wirth, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

Project Title: The Study of Chromatographic Tailing of Peptides in HPLC

Conference Presentation:  Kholiswa L. Kaird and Mary Wirth, "The Study of
Chromatographic Tailing of Peptides in HPLC" ABRCMS Conference, San Diego, October 2003 and at National McNair Scholars Conference at the Univ of Delaware in October of 2003.

Honors and awards: Graduated May 2004 with a B.S.in Chemistry and  minor in Women's studies.

Fall 2004 Plans: Attend University Maryland Baltimore County and obtain an M.S. degree in Chemistry. 

Peter Lazzopina*
Biology '04

Research Mentor:  Deni Galileo, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title:  Attenuation of NgCAM in the developing chick brain

Honors and Awards:  2004 Honors degree in Biology and Liberal Studies (Medical Scholars Program) with distinction

Fall 2004 Plans: Enter the M.D. Program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia

Pelumi Magbagbeola
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor: Clifford Robinson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: A2a receptor: Cloning, expressing, and purifying TM domains

David Manna
Biology '04

Research Mentor:  Daniel Simmons, Department of Biological Sciences 
 

Project Title: Interactions Between SV40 Replication Initiation Proteins

Honors and Awards: Graduated with a bachelors of science in biotechnology

Fall 2004 Plans: Entering University of Delaware's accelerated Biotechnology M.S. program.

Chris McAndrew
Biochemistry '04

Research Mentor:  Brian Bahnson, Departmkent of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: The structure and esterase/peroxidase activity of PON1

Honors and Awards: Honors Degree with Distinction B.S. in Biochemistry with minors in Biological Sciences and Biochemical Engineering May 2004.

Fall 2004 Plans: Entering Chemistry/Biochemistry Ph.D. program at University of California, San Diego.

Asif Mohammed
Biology '04

Research Mentor: Gary Laverty, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Ammonia Transport in Avian Proximal Tubule Cells

Daniel Nadel
Neuroscience '05

Research Mentor: George Molloy, Department of Biological Sciences 

Project Title: Creatine kinase ATP regeneration and neurotoxicity

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta

David Nation
Biology '04

Research Mentor:  Mary C. Farach-Carson, Department of Biological Science

Project Title:  Identification of L-type Ca2+ channels in cancer cells

Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, 2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction with a minor in Psychology

Presentations: Poster at the ASBMB meetings in Boston, June 2004

Fall 2004 Plans: Attending medical school, most likely at Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.


Elizabeth Oeffinger
Chem Engineering '06

Research Mentor:  Anne Skaja Robinson, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: A Study of in vitro Refolding of the p53 Protein

Honors and Awards:  Merck Outstanding First-Year Chemical Engineering Student Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sophomore Award, Merck Engineering and Technology Scholar, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society,
 

James O'Leary
Biology '04

Research Mentor: Melinda Duncan, Department of Biological Sciences   

Project Title: SELDI Profile of Pseudoexfoliation Aqueous Humor

Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi,  2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction



James Parris
Biochemistry '06

Research Mentor: Ulhas Naik, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Expression of JAM-1 during Mouse Development

Awards: Kevin Scott Beall Memorial Award

Presentations: "Developmental Expression Pattern of Junctional Adhesion Molecule-1 (JAM-1): Expression during Early Organogenesis" J. J. Parris, P. B. Kelley, M. K. Duncan, U. P. Naik at the American Society for Cell Biology Meetings, San Francisco, December 12-17, 2003.
 


 

Shweta Patel
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor:  Douglass Taber, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

Project Title: Modifications on Morphine Synthesis by Wittig-Prevost Sequen

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi 

Presentations:  68th Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists Conference, Hood College, Frederick, MD, April 24, 2004.  Organic Chemistry I Division:  "Vanillin Synthesis from Molecular Br2 and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde"

Publication: Douglass F. Taber, Shweta Patel, Travis M. Hambleton, and Emma E. Winkel (2007) Vanillin Synthesis from 4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde, J. Chem. Educ. 84, 1158-60.


Amanda Peters
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor:  David Usher, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Roles of ECM and Cytoskeleton in Adipocyte Differentiation

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Quaesita Drake Scholarship
 

Freddie Pruitt
Biology '04

Research Mentor: Carlton Cooper, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: The Immunity Response of Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma Cells

Conference Presentation: Freddie Pruitt, Carlton R. Cooper, Angelo Evans,
Bianca Graves,  Meghna Naik, Kenneth Pienta, Kathleen Ignatoski, - "The Activation of Akt in Prostate Cancer Cells by Adhesion to Bone Matrix" at ABRCRM Meeting,October 2003, San Diego.

Sarah Redding 
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor:  Colin Thorpe, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
 

Project Title: New assay methods for sulfhydryl oxidases

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta

Presentations and Awards: Second Place, Biochemstry I Division of the 68th Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, Hood College, Frederick, MD, April 24, 2004,

Kari Reese*
Biol/Med. Tech '04

Research Mentor:  Mary Beth Miele, Medical Technology

Project Title:  Possible Melanoma Metastasis Suppression by HDAC2 and CITED2

<>Honors and Awards: Phi Kappa Phi Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, 2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction

Publication:
Reese Kari L, Aravindan RG, Griffiths GS, Shao M, Wang Y, Galileo DS, Atmuri V, Triggs-Raine BL, Martin-Deleon PA (2010). Acidic hyaluronidase activity is present in mouse sperm and is reduced in the absence of SPAM1: evidence for a role for hyaluronidase 3 in mouse and human sperm.  Mol Reprod Dev. 77(9):759-72.

Matthew Roberts
Biochemistry '05

Research Mentor: Clifford Robinson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Helix-Helix Interactions Between Transmembrane Peptides of Adenosine A2a Receptor. Talk

Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Summer 2003 HHMI
Undergraduate Research Scholar, 
HHMI-sponsored PBL tutor facilitator. Sigma Xi prize for the best oral presentation
at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 2004.  First place Biochemistry Division at the
Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 2005. Recieient of a
Sigma Xi Honors Thesis Award 2005.

Publications: Thevenin, D., Lazarova, T., Roberts, M. F., Robinson C. R, (2005) Oligomerization of the fifth transmembrane domain  from the adenosine A2A receptor. Protein Science 14, 2177-2186.

Robinson, C. R & Roberts, M. F.  (2005) Identifying Interactions Between Transmembrane Helices from the Adenosine A2A Receptor, Biochemistry, 44 (49), 16239 -16245.. Fall 2005 Plans: Doctoral program in Molecular Biology and Biophysics at Yale University.

Julie Schwarzwalder
Chemistry '05

Research Mentor: Klaus Theopold, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Synthesis of Tris(pyrazolyl)borate  Complexes

Presentations and Awards: First Place, Inorganic Division of the 68th Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, Hood College, Frederick, MD, April 24, 2004,

Stacy Shertok
Biology '05

Research Mentor: Patricia DeLeon, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Analysis of the Expression of Mouse Hya15

Honors and Awards: Beta Beta Beta (Biology)

Presentation: Expression of a Seventh Hyaluronidase Gene, Hyal 5, in the Mouse, with H. Zhang, M. Eaton, and P.A. Martin-DeLeon at the American Society of Andrology Meetings, Baltimore, MD, April 2004.

Apoorva Srivastava
Med Technology '05

Research Mentor:  Mary Ann McLane, Department of Medical Technology

Project Title: Targetted mutagenesis in Eristostatin

Jane Ullah
Biology '05, Lincoln U

Research Mentor:  Mary C. Farach-Carson, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Development of a non-isotopic Protein Kinase C (PKC) assay.

Awards: First Place Lincoln LASER Program Annual Poster Competition October 3,  2003

Amy van Fossen
Chem Engineering '04

Research Mentor: Anne Skaja Robinson, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Expression of membrane proteins with GFP

Honors and Awards: Chemical Engineering Class of 1950 Scholarship, Graduated May 2004 with an Honor's Degree with Distinction in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biochemical Engineering.

Fall 2004 Plans: Entering Ph. D. Program in Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University

Allison Wojcik
Biology '05

Research Mentor: Daniel Simmons, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Replication of SV40 DNA using the Bipolymerase System

Alisha Yallowitz*
Biology '04


Research Mentor:  Melinda Duncan, Biological Sciences

Project Title:  Ability of deltaEF1 to regulate betaB1-crystallin production

Awards, Honors, and Activities: Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society,  Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, 2004 Honors degree in Biology with distinction with a concentratiuon in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Genetics with a minor in Chemistry, HHMI Summer Research Awards 2002 and 2003 and Winter 2004. Attended the Thomas Jefferson Sigma Xi Student research day for 2003 and 2004.
Presentations: Poster Summer 2002, Poster Summer 2003
Fall 2004 Plans:
Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Claire Zelinskas
Med Technology '05

Research Mentor: Mary Ann McLane, Department of Medical Technology

Project Title: The Molecular Basis of Metastasis Inhibition. Poster

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta, Health and Nursing Sciences Alumni Honors Day Book Award, Writing Fellow for the University's Honors Program, Private Tutor for Organic Chemistry and General Physiology, Delaware State Student Representative for the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science, MBNA Delaware Scholar, American Red Cross Volunteer, Woman of Promise Award recipient, Alumni Enrichment Award recipient, Medical Technology Alumni Award recipient, Summer 2003 HHMI Undergraduate Research Scholar, Peter G. Anderson Scholarship, W. Robert Bailey Memorial Award for academic achievment in allied health. Recipient of 4.0 index award at graduation.

Publication: Mary Ann McLane, Xiaoming Zhang, Jing Tian, Claire Zelinskas, Apoorva Srivastava, Brett Hensley, Carrie Paquette-Straub (2006) Scratching below the surface: Wound healing and alanine mutagenesis provide unique insights into interactions between eristostatin, platelets and melanoma cells. Pathophysiology of Thrombosis and Haemostasis,Pathophysiology of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 34(4-5): 164-168.


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