URECA Biology and Biochemistry Award Recipients 

 

2023

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Ana Barreira, Biology (Eugene Katz Undergraduate Research Award) Development of a low-copy E. coli-Rickettsia shuttlevector(Dr. Hwan Kim, Microbiology and Immunology)

Rehman Basharat, Biology Modeling ASD-associated NMDAR missense mutations in Zebrafish (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Tyler Chatterton, Biology Potential therapeutic effects of 5-HT1B receptor agonist administration on respiratory dysfunction in a Parkinson’s Disease rat model (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

Sumaiyah Khan, Biology Exploring the role of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in regulating Influenza A (Dr. Daniel Salamango, Microbiology and Immunology)

Dimitris Koliatsis, Biochemistry Blood brain barrier permeability (Dr. Styliani-Anna Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)

Amber Mullins, Biochemistry (Denise Loring Undergraduate Research Award) Structural mechanism of PARP1 inhibition by histone variant MacroH2A (Dr. Dongyan Tan, Pharmacological Sciences)

Zachary Phelps, Biochemistry Investigating cross-talk between receptor tyrosine kinases in non-small cell lung cancer (Dr. John Haley, Pathology)

Asha Rath, Biology & Political Science Identification of mechanisms underlying susceptibility to kidney injury (Dr. Sian Piret, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Claire Seeling-Branscomb, Biology & Psychology Evaluation of late positive potential as an indicator of passing as non-autistic behaviors in individuals with ASD (Dr. Matthew Lerner, Psychology)

Akaash Sharma, Biology Spatiotemporal controlled enzymatic tracing of neural circuits (Dr. Scott Laughlin, Chemistry)

Chhabra URECA Award

Christian Reilly, Biology & Psychology Role of mRNA alternative splicing in glomerular disease (Dr. Shipra Agarwal, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Gabriela Rodriguez, Biochemistry The impact of climate variability on mammal diversity and abundance in seasonally variable ecosystems (Dr. Tara Smiley, Ecology and Evolution)

Keith Yeung, Psychology & Health Sciences Understanding the role of protein synthesis in consolidation of differential cued avoidance(Dr. Prerana Shrestha, Neurobiology and Behavior)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Elizabeth Argiro, Biology APOBEC3 mutation motifs as genomic predictors of viral zoonosis (Dr. Thomas McCarthy, Applied Math & Statistics)

Athena Choi, Biochemistry Nir2 regulates neuron development via BDNF-mediated phosphoinositide signaling (Dr. Maya Shelly, Neurobiology & Behavior)

Matthew Cruise, Biology Investigate IL-33 expression and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in STK11-altered non-small cell lung cancer patients (Dr. Richard Lin, Physiology & Biophysics)

Ujala Dar, Biology & Globalization Studies and International Relations Deciphering the role of long non-coding RNA Snhg5 in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (Dr. Karam Aboudehen, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Grace Ding, Physics & Mathematics Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Nihamul Ehan, Biology The effects of prenatal THC exposure on rat skeletal development (Dr. David Komatsu, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation)

Andrew Fu, Biology Disentangling the effect of Black/African ancestry from confounding variables on colorectal cancer gene expression (Drs. Alexandra Guillaume & Ellen Li, Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Alexander Gelman, Clinical Laboratory Science Contribution of FABP5 to OA progression and pain in a DMM model of mice (Dr. Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology)

Maanasa Hanubal, Biology Role of Polr2a in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (Dr. Sian Piret, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Christopher Jannotta, Biochemistry Investigating the role of adenovirus protein VII in evading the host cellular DNA damage response pathway (Dr. Patrick Hearing, Microbiology & Immunology)

Aliya John, Biology & Psychology Novel picolinate boundlLinker with chitosan for potential selective lead removal (Dr. Dale Drueckhammer, Chemistry)

David Li, Biology Investigating CPI-613's effects on the metabolism and survival of prostate cancer cell lines (Dr. Paul Bingham, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Abigail Masri, Biomedical Engineering Investigating the function of the mitochondrial protease subunit Paraplegin (Dr. Steven Glynn, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Aarush Mehta, Biochemistry & Psychology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Aman Mistry, Biology Determining the role of TCF15 in somite differentiation and regeneration (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Jonathan Mui, Biology The last of us: Investigating the intracellular life of a fungal human pathogen (Dr. Bettina Fries, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases)

Moniza Mujtaba, Biology A model of Parkinson's Disease: Investigation of Pink1-/- in female rats with comparisons to findings in Pink1-/- males (Dr. Mary Kritzer, Neurobiology & Behavior)

Jayden Reilly, Applied Mathematics and Statistics & Biology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

June Yeop Seong, Biology PolyloxExpress: in vivo barcoding technique for neurogenesis lineage tracing (Dr. Grigori Enikolopov, Anesthesiology)

Aryna Sharma, Biology & Psychology Implications of competitive Nrp1 b1 domain inhibition in glioblastoma tumor proliferation, survival, and recurrence (Dr. Styliani-Anna Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)

Heshwin Singh, Biology & Psychology Assessment of expression levels of serotonergic receptors in respiratory-related brainstem regions in rat models of Parkinson's Disease (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology & Biophysics)

Laura Streminsky, Biology Social media behavior and neural response to monetary and social rewards in adolescent girls (Dr. Brady Nelson, Psychology)

Gabriella Vaccaro, Biochemistry Development of a bioinformatic analysis pipeline to test and measure in vivo barcoding induction in a mouse model of adult neurogenesis (Dr. David McKinnon, Neurobiology & Behavior)

Frances Faye Valmores, Biochemistry Enzymatic phosphorylation of cellulose nanofibers using hexokinase (Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, Chemistry)

Gabriel Vayner, Information Systems & Business Management AI teaching assistant (Dr. David McKinnon, Neurobiology & Behavior)

Amanda Wang, Psychology How do circadian rhythm and inflammation interact on a molecular basis to affect depression? (Dr. Christine DeLorenzo, Psychiatry)

Mehika Yarram, Biochemistry role of mRNA alternative polyadenylation in glomerular disease (Dr. Shipra Agrawal, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Camryn Zezelic, Biology & Psychology Roles of DNA-PK-CHK1 signaling in DNA replication fork instability and apoptotic cell death (Dr. Hyungjin Kim, Pharmacological Sciences)

Andrew Zhang, Biology & Psychology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Biology Explorations in STEM Awards

Isabella Berger, Biochemistry & Psychology (Steven K. Galson Undergraduate Research Award Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Katherine Otavalo, Biology (Ellen Geis Undergraduate Research Award) Investigating the role of GluN2D in neurogenesis and neurodevelopmental disorders (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology & Behavior) 

Jade Yu, Biochemistry (Mitchell Wortzman Undergraduate Research Award) Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

PSEG Explorations in STEM Awards

Zachary Don, Clinical Laboratory Sciences Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Megha Gopal, Biomedical Engineering Methodology for modeling complex aneurysm geometry by poly(vinyl alcohol) and resorcinol diphenyl phosphate-clay casting (Dr. Chander Sadasivan, Neurological Surgery)

Trinity Hausch, Biochemistry Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Bushra Islam, Biomedical Engineering Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Isabella Janowicz, Biology O-Glucose modification of Fibrillin EGF repeats is essential for microfibril organization and signaling during limb and intestine development (Dr. Bernadette Holdener, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Ryan Marquez, Biology & Spanish Language and Literature The role of gC1qR as a tumor cell marker across cell proliferation (Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology)

Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship Awards

Nina Cheng, Biology Investigating HspQ-mediated allostery in Lon protease (Dr. Wali Karzai, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Sarah Gunasekera, Biology & Applied Mathematics & Statistics Improving accessibility to RNA simulation tools (Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry)

Iveliz Hernandez, Biology Fungi as a natural fertilizer (Dr. Tara Smiley, Ecology & Evolution)

Amy Phi, Biology Regulation of TIM turnover by PARP1 as a novel mechanism of action of PARP inhibition (Dr. Hyungjin Kim, Pharmacological Sciences)

SUNY Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (SOAR)

Jerom Cai, Health Science Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Nickolas Chalen, Chemistry (Dr. John Haley, Pathology)

Shuwen Guo, Biochemistry Biological evaluation of L-[18F]FAla and L-[18F]FAla-d3 for PET Imaging of gliomas (Dr. Peter Tonge, Chemistry)

Loy Hashimoto, Biology The effect of nutrition on mouse molar thickness(Dr. Natasha Vitek, Ecology & Evolution)

Katherine He, Biochemistry Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Stacey Jiang, Biochemistry Krüppel-like factor 15 (KLF15) protein regulation for potential therapeutic treatment of kidney injury (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Ellena Karapatakis, Biology Roles for Phospholipase D in tumor microenvironment (Dr. Michael Frohman, Pharmacological Sciences)

Adam Mostafa, Biology (Dr. Joshua Dubnau, Anesthesiology)

Mia Kotikovski, Biology MicroRNA-15 as an inhibitory factor in pancreatitis progression via the PDGF pathway (Dr. Agnieszka, Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Ada Lin, Biology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Bryant Peña, Chemistry Analyzing the effects of temperature on micelle formation of Soluplus® using dynamic light scattering (Dr. Surita Bhatia, Chemistry)

Miriam Ramirez, ChemistryUsing blue light to dimerize a DNA-binding protein in bacteria (Drs. Jinnette Tolentino-Collado & Peter Tonge, Chemistry)

Mahmoud Salem, Biology The co-expression of K17 and A2ML1 in pancreatic ductal-adrenocarcinomas (Dr. Kenneth Shroyer, Pathology)

Natalie Sokolow, Biology & Human Evolutionary Biology Changes in allele frequency as a function of lifecycle in the three spine stickleback (Drs. Krishna Veeramah & Joshua Rest, Ecology & Evolution)

Kiyoshi Shiomitsu, Biochemistry The effects of Iinterleukin (il)-22 signaling in adipose tissue during intestinal inflammation (Dr. Pawan Kumar, Microbiology & Immunology)

Alisha Tejada, Biomedical Engineering The effects of thrombosis on abdominal aortic aneurysms (Dr. Wei Rubenstein, Biomedical Engineering)

Michelle Yang, Biology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

Malaika Zaidi, Biology Protective role of podocyte-specific overexpression of Kruppel-like Factor 6 in Diabetic Kidney Disease (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Aria Zaman, Biology Using density dependent gene oscillators to create sustainable nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, 2023 iGEM team)

INDUCER: Increasing Diversity in Undergraduate Cancer Biology Education and Research

Anahje Hector, Biology The development of miRNA-based therapy on ovarian cancer(Dr. Jingfang Ju, Pathology)

Jennifer Hernandez-Torres, Biology Analyzing the effects of Annonacin on MDA-MB-468 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines as a potential therapeutic drug for TNBC (Dr. Jennie Williams, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Laura Infante, Biology & Psychology Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in regulating autophagy within the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment (Dr. Styliani-Anna E. Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)

Erick Intriago, Biochemistry & Psychology Effects of miRNA on pancreatic cancer (Dr. Jingfang Ju,Pathology)

Juan Diego Marzano, Psychology Molecular mechanism of protein kinase and ubiquitin ligase signaling in cancer and aging (Dr. Markus Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)

Taylor Rooney, Biology Environmental impacts on bone cancer development(Dr. Jaymie Meliker, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Mitchel Sarfo, Biology Targeting the metabolic function of BLVRB in breast cancer(Dr. Natalia Marchenko, Pathology)

Esther Smilley, Biology & Philosophy Researching the proximity of mammography clinics to black and white communities (Dr. Jaymie Meliker, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

 

2022

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Andrew Chow, BiologyDrug screening of Krüppel-like factor 15 (KLF15) agonists for potential therapeutic treatment of kidney injury (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension)

Jia Ci Deng, BiologyEffects of environmental influence on molars of grasshopper mice (Dr. Natasha Vitek, Ecology and Evolution)

Nilufer Dilmen, Biochemistry & Business ManagementInvestigation of a novel post-translational modification on secreted Candida albicans proteins (Dr. Neta Dean, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Joshua Gershenson, Biology & Psychology Investigating lipid signaling pathway modulation for pain and inflammation (Dr. Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology)

Meghan Italo, Biology Regulation of gene expression in the Drosophila embryo by the Runt transcription factor (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Eva Paruch, Biochemistry (Denise Loring Undergraduate Research Award)  Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Vindhya Rani Rapelli, Biochemistry & PsychologyAssessment of heart rate variability in rat models of Parkinson's Disease(Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

Noshin Shakawat, Biochemistry & Psychology Neural indices of own age bias during facial emotion recognition in individuals with and without ASD (Dr. Matthew Lerner, Psychology)

Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Maulik Masaliya, Human Evolutionary Biology Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Ahmed Rehman, Biology Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Lori Saxena, Biology Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Ziyin Zhang, Biology Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Chhabra URECA Award

Joseph Bisulca, Biology The effect of metformin on Multiple Sclerosis (Dr. Holly Colognato, Pharmacological Sciences)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Rehman Basharat, Health Science Prime editing to develop NMDAR subunit disease models (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Averill Bryan, Biology Morphological differences in the auditory bullae of American mink: wild vs. domestic (Dr. Natasha Vitek, Ecology and Evolution)

Trinity Chen, Biology Metagenomic analysis of GMO and organic soybean rhizospheres (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences)

Andrew Fu, Health Science Advancing colorectal cancer equity among Hispanic population in Suffolk County (Dr. Ellen Li, Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Sarah Gunasekera, Biology & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Performance of RNA force fields on molecular dynamics (Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry)

Ankita Gupte, Biology Impact of predictability on threat sensitivity and the startle reflex (Dr. Brady Nelson, Psychology)

Christopher Jannotta, Biochemistry Investigating the function of adenovirus protein VII in protecting the viral genome from the cellular DNA damage response pathway (Dr. Patrick Hearing, Microbiology and Immunology)

Rachel Jones, Biology The skeletal effects of Mustn1 on fracture healing (Dr. David Komatsu, Orthopedics)

Annie Lin, Biochemistry Integrating TetR-binding aptamers into linearizer gene circuits (Dr. Gabor Balazsi, Biomedical Engineering)

Joel Matthew, Biology Studying disease-associated variants in NMDA receptors (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Aviram Nessim, Biology PET/MRI study of brain metabolism and cognitive impairment following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) of domestic violence shelter residents (Dr. Anat Biegon, Radiology)

Amy Phi, BiochemistryInvestigating the interaction between PARP1 and TIM in the DNA repair pathway (Dr. Hyungjin Kim, Pharmacological Sciences)

Lyrikah Rodrigues, Biochemistry & Psychology Studying the relationship between APOE allele type and Amyloid and Tau burden in Alzheimer’s Disease (Dr. Hoi-Chung Leung, Psychology)

Theresa Rohan, Biology Interactions between Rickettsia and macrophages and their role in tick-borne rickettsioses (Dr. Hwan Kim, Microbiology and Immunology)

Heshwin Singh, Biology Identifying the electrophysiological signatures of recovery of consciousness (Drs. Sima Mofakham and Charles Mikell, Neurosurgery)

Audri Wong, Biology Synthesis of a disaccharide model compound to study the mechanisms of Nitro-oxidation and related reactions on cellulose (Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, Chemistry)

Biology Explorations in STEM Awards

Namrata Singh, Biomedical Engineering (Steven K. Galson Undergraduate Research Award) Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Isam Adnan, Biology (Mitchell Wortzman Undergraduate Research Award) Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

PSEG Explorations in STEM Awards

Madeeha Ali, Biology Determining the kinetic parameters for OaPAC -a photoactivated adenylate cyclase enzyme and studying the binding equilibria of OaPAC with a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog ApCpp in the dark and light (Dr. Peter Tonge, Chemistry)

Ya Jing Chen, Biochemistry Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Maira Riaz, Biochemistry Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Maria Rodriguez, Biology Toward developing a real-time measure of consciousness (Dr. Sima Mofakham, Neurosurgery)

Divleen Singh, Biology Diagnosis and treatment of Protein S deficiency (Stony Brook 2022 iGEM Team)

Gabriella Vaccaro, Biochemistry Analysis of single cell/nuclei data (Dr. David McKinnon, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship Awards

Leslie Campo Catalan, Biology & Health Science Understanding the relationship between microbes and cancer to prevent and treat colorectal cancer (Dr. David Montrose, Pathology)

Joyce Chen, Biochemistry Understanding the kinetics of cell proliferation during the transition of developmental and dormant states (Dr. Chi-Kuo Hu, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Francesca DellaRusso, Biology The mechanism of drug action (Dr. Peter Tonge, Chemistry)

Gifty Gyimah, Biology Cryptococcus neoformans phenotypic changes during chronological aging (Dr. Bettina Fries, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases)

Marcela Muricy, Biology & Women's and Gender Studies (also Ellen Geis Undergraduate Research Award) Investigating how disease mutations in Tafazzin impact membrane binding (Dr. Steven Glynn, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

SASS Foundation for Medical Research

Hannah Farley, Biology MicroRNA expression profile of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast correlated by histologic grade (Dr Jingfang Ju, Pathology)

Jason Linzer, Biochemistry & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Investigating mechanisms of acquired EGFR inhibitor resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (Dr. John Haley, Pathology)

Hannah Philipose, Biology Targeting chemoresistant Src kinase mutants by combining ATP-competitive inhibitors with novel allosteric inhibitors (Dr. Markus Seeliger, Pharmacologiocal Sciences)

INDUCER: Increasing Diversity in Undergraduate Cancer Biology Education and Research

Justin Beutil, Biology and Psychology, Correlates in CYBA expression and survivability in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Dr. Weigun Lu)

Leslie Campo-Catalan, Biology/Health Sciences, Understanding the relationship between microbes and cancer to prevent and treat colorectal cancer (Dr. David Montrose)

Vanessa Diaz Almanzar, Biochemistry, Regulation of pancreatic stellate cells activation by modified miR-15a (Dr. Agnieszka Bialkowska)

Audrey Fernandez, Biology, Surface Expression of a Potential Therapeutic Target, C1, in African American Breast Cancer to Address Racial Disparities (Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet)

Erick Intriago, Biochemistry and Psychology with a minor in Chemistry, miRNA in cancer (the type of cancer is to be determined (Dr. Jingfang Ju)

Christelle Jean-Baptiste, Biology, Circulating miRNAs and proteins from Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in pregnant women with substance use exposure (Dr. Maricedes Acosta Martinez)

Sebastien Lalanne, Biology, The effect of nSMase2 on tumorigenesis (Dr. Christopher Clarke)

Juan Diego (Diego) Marzano, Psychology, Molecular Mechanism of Protein Kinase and Ubiquitin Ligase signaling in Cancer and Aging (Dr. Markus Seeliger)

Taylor Rooney, Biology, Environmental impacts on bone cancer development (Dr. Jaymie Meliker)

Mitchel Sarfo, Biology, Transcription-independent functions of p53 protein in regulating programmed cell necrosis (Dr. Amr Ghaleb)

Anna Veintimilla, Biology, The Anti-Cancer Potential of FABP5 Inhibitors (Dr. Iwao Ojima)

2021

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Tanvir Alam, BiologyRole of integrin proteins in intercellular crosstalk within the kidney Glomerulus (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Division)

Karli Casler, Biology NompC function in sperm of Drosophila (Dr. Maurice Kernan, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Linda Chen, Biology The Influence of Lon protease in the virulence and transmission of R.conorii into mammalian host cells (Dr. Hwan Kim, Microbiology and Immunology)

Merin Davis, Biochemistry Transcriptional regulation of KLF6 in DNA damage-induced proximal tubular injury contributing to renal fibrosis (Dr. Sian Piret, Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Division)

Jason Devaraj, Biology Endothelial-specific Krüppel-like factor 4 (Klf4) mitigation of nephrotoxicites in Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) inhibition (Dr. Chelsea Estrada, Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Division)

Maanasi Dudi, BiologySocial motivation in relation to Event-Related Potentials and vocal emotion recognition in youth with ASD (Dr. Matthew Lerner, Psychology)

Joelle El Hamouche, Chemistry Biodegradation of microcystin (Stony Brook 2021 iGEM Team)

William Khayyo, Biochemistry & Applied Mathematics and StatisticsBiophysical properties of the eukaryotic-specific M4 segment in NMDAR Disease-Associated Variants (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Ian Winkeler, Biochemistry APEX Hitchhiking: CpnT as our ‘ride’ to the mycobacterial surface proteome (Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)

Chhabra URECA Award

Samuel Escobar, Biology Cell cycle regulation modulates tail-bud morphogenesis in zebrafish (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Vicken Khazar, Biology Role of SPRTN in the adenovirus regulation of the cellular DNA damage response (Dr. Patrick Hearing, Microbiology and Immunology)

Kenneth Nicholas URECA Award

Gaurav Sharma, BiochemistryUnderstanding the Connection Behind Quorum Sensing, NosP, and NaHK Through the GacS Multikinase Pathway (Dr. Elizabeth Boon, Chemistry)

Women's Leadership Council URECA Award

Ana Fonseca, BiologyAn investigation of psychosocial factors and pregnancy outcome using the PROMOTE Study (Dr. Marci Lobel & Dr. Heidi Preis, Psychology)

URECA Summer Research Awards 

Trinity Chen, Biology Effect of glyphosate on EPSPS in human inflammatory bowel diseases (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences)

Siobhan Cohen, Biochemistry Non-invasive PET imaging probes quantifying class-IIa histone deacetylase expression in the brain (Dr. Anat Biegon, Radiology)

Ethan Ertel, Biomedical Engineering & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Effects of system-targeted lung/airway neural inflammation on acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH)-induced respiratory plasticity studies (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

Fabliha Fairuz, BiochemistryStudies of endotoxins in acute kidney injury(AKI) in mice and humans (Dr. Sian Piret, Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Division)

Anya Fang, Clinical Laboratory Sciences How cell cycle regulation impacts cell migration and cell fate decisions (Dr. David Matus and Dr. Rebecca Adikes, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Morgan Fish, Biology Effects of segmentation mutations on gene expression in Drosophila embryos (Dr. Peter Gergen, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Elbek Fozilov, Biology Understanding the underlying mechanisms in early stages of diabetic kidney disease (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Division)

Michael Fung, Biology Biodegradation of microcystin (Stony Brook 2021 iGEM Team)

Andy Jiang, Biology & Psychology Evaluating the applicability of smart mobile apps in collecting motoric data and testing remote neuropsychological tests on patients with Parkinson’s Disease (Dr. Hoi-chung Leung, Psychology)

Simranjeet Kaur, Biology & Psychology Single cell transcriptomics analysis of the blood brain barrier in a rat model of Chemobrain (Dr. Barbara Rosati, Physiology and Biophysics & Dr. David McKinnon, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Samy Sasoun, Biology The effect of AMPA exposure on eye spot regeneration and swimming speed of freshwater planarian (Dugesia tigrina) (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences)

Biology Explorations in STEM

Heera Bandi, Biology (Steven K. Galson Undergraduate Research Award) Biodegradation of microcystin (Stony Brook 2021 iGEM Team)

Isabel Hernandez, Biology (Ellen Geis Undergraduate Research Award) Modulation of ECG patterns and heart rate data associated with different phases of micturition and the subsequent effects of hypoxia on data (Dr. William Collins, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Nicole Gladstein, Biology (Denise Loring Undergraduate Research Award) Biodegradation of microcystin (Stony Brook 2021 iGEM Team)

Sarah Vaccaro, Biology (Three Village Garden Club Undergraduate Research Award) Genomic evolution of the threespine stickleback (Dr. Krishna Veeramah, Ecology and Evolution)

Daniel Wong Gutierrez, Biology (Mitchell Wortzman Undergraduate Research Award) Structure and function of the C-Terminal domains of human perilipins 4 And 5 (Dr. Michael Airola, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

SASS Foundation for Medical Research

Haisam Amin, Health Sciences Mechanisms of glycosphingolipid regulation by oncogenic KRAS in colon cancer (Dr Yusuf Hannun, Cancer Center)

Mourya Chimpiri, Biology The impact of PET-DOTATATE on survival in advanced neuroendocrine tumor patients (Dr. Minsig Choi, Medicine, Oncology Division)

INDUCER: Increasing Diversity in Undergraduate Cancer Biology Education and Research

Justin Beutel, Biology & PsychologyCYBA overexpression and ROS action as a pathway for PDAC (Dr. Weiqin Lu, Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division)

Leslie Campo Catalan, Biology Understanding the relationship between microbes and cancer to prevent and treat colorectal cancer (Dr. David Montrose, Pathology)

Vanessa Diaz, Biochemistry Regulation of pancreatic stellate cells activation by modified miR-15a. (Dr. Agnieszka Bialkowska, Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division)

Nicolette Fenelon, Biology,Effects of quercetin derivative compounds in colitis and colorectal cancer (Dr. Grace Gathungu, Pediatrics)

Audrey Fernandez, Clinical Laboratory ScienceThe surface expressions of a potential therapeutic target, gC1qR, in African-American breast cancer to address racial disparities (Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Medicine, Immunology Division)

Breanna James, BiologyDifferential expression of lung cancer biomarkers for early detection of lung cancer(Dr. Jennie Williams & Dr. Barbara Nemesure, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Christelle Jean-Baptiste, Biology Circulating miRNAs from Extracellular Vehicles (EVs) in pregnant women with substance use exposure(Dr. Maricedes Acosta Martinez, Physiology and Biophysics)

Sasha McKay, Biochemistry & Sociology Racial and geographical disparities in colorectal cancer incidence in Mississippi, 2003-2018 (Dr. Jaymie Meliker, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Sebastien Lalanne, Biology Mechanisms of virus-host and tumor-host interactions (Dr. Chioma Okeoma, Pharmacological Sciences)

Jennifer Mzobe, Biology Effects of Glioma Chemotherapy on MDM2 and Cyclophilin B Localization and Function: Impact in Overall Response (Dr. Styliana-Anna Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)

Hillary Ramos Espinoza, BiologyDNA damage repair, gene expression, and patient response to Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Dr. Patricia Thompson-Carino, Pathology)

Anna Veintimilla, BiologyThe anti-cancer potential of drugs that target and inhibit FABP5 (Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry)

2020

2020 Note: all research projects done remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Danny Chen, BiologyExpression, purification, and in vitro characterization of ciliary proteins (Dr. Ken-Ichi Takemaru, Pharmacological Sciences)
Kellie Hon, Biochemistry Role of dendritic cells in intestinal epithelium Klf5 knock out mice model (Dr. Agnieszka Bialkowska, Medicine)
Meenu Johnkutty, BiologyEvaluating neuroprotective effects of minocycline to minimize tissue damage and improve respiratory and lower urinary tract function following mid-thoracic SCI (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)
Amy Kuang, Biology Therapeutic potential of intermittent hypoxia-induced plasticity following spinal cord injury (Dr. William F. Collins III, Neurobiology and Behavior)
Isabel Martins, BiologyEffect of social bonds on physiology and body condition of Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Dr. Amy Lu, Anthropology)
Andrew Sillato, Biochemistry Light Switch - optogenetic control of plant GMOs (Stony Brook 2020 iGEM team)
Sydney Sirota, Biochemistry Examining the role of cell cycle in cell fate decisions (Dr. David Matus, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)
Guancheng Zeng, Biology & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Assess the haplotype structure of freshwater haplotypes in a marine population by implementing the Tn5 transposase library preparation method (Dr. Krishna Veeramah, Ecology and Evolution)

Angela & Dexter Bailey URECA Award

Jerome Belford, Biochemistry Purification and crystallization of Epstein-Barr Virus derived BNRF1 protein truncations (Dr. Jarrod French, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Eugene Katz Undergraduate Research Award

Jose Guerra, Biochemistry (Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Bismi Biju, Biochemistry Discovering the mechanisms and treatments for NMDA receptor dysfunction in neurodevelopmental diseases​ using a zebrafish model (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology and Behavior)
Joseph Bisulca, Biology Imaging features associated with disease course prediction in radiologically isolated syndrome (Dr. Timothy Duong, Radiology)
Trinity Chen, Biology Using R and BASH to find glyphosate susceptible/resistant genes in microbes (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies)
Ethan Ertel, Biomedical Engineering & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Effects of system-targeted lung/airway-evoked neural inflammation on acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH)-induced respiratory plasticity (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)
Michael Farber, Biology & Applied Mathematics and Statistics The role of pseudouridine modifications on spliceosomal function (Dr. Maria Nagan, Chemistry)
Yogesh Gowthaman, Biology Decellularization of a mouse kidney to be used as a scaffold for kidney regeneration studies (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine)
Mohammed Harb, Biology & SociologyLong term outcome of interventional and conventional treatment of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (Dr. Nicos Labropoulos, Surgery)
Jasleen Kaur, Biology Assessment of the role of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and standard surgical dressings (SSDS) on cancer wound beds (Dr. Gurtej Singh, Surgery)
Sultan Kaur, Biology The effect of glyphosate spraying on organic and GMO soybean plants (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies)
Isha Malik, Biology & Psychology Examine substrate-contacting regions within AFG3L2 to the gripping of substrate proteins that promotes substrate unfolding (Dr. Steven Glynn, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)
Kenil Mehta, Biology iImpact of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction on survival and neurologic outcomes in adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest (Dr. Jignesh Patel, Medicine)
Olgerta Mucollari, Biology & Sociology Zebrafish NMDAR subunit grin1 knock-out - a potential model for the mechanistic study and promotion of the proliferation of neurons in the neurodegenerative brain (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology and Behavior)
Andrea Palu, Biology Patient and professional opinions on use of AI in medical decisions (Dr. Jason Jones, Sociology)
Vincent Peetz, Biochemistry & Physics Investigating the mechanism of amyloid aggregation inhibition by flavanols (Dr. Daniel Raleigh, Chemistry)
Aiden Peleg, Biochemistry Functions of Proteins LprG and rv1410c in Tuberculosis Cell Wall Synthesis (Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)
Aditya Persaud, Biology Klf5 as the sole driver in acinar-to-ductal metaplasia and PanIN formation (Dr. Agnieszka Bialkowska, Medicine)
Ariel Shaddaie, Biology Glyphosate effects on microbial biomass and their influence on soybean plant health (Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies)
Neha Somineni, Biochemistry How ectopic gene expression impacts cell fate in C. elegans (Dr. David Matus, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)
Nicholas Sterge, Biochemistry Effects of small molecule Neuropilin-1 inhibitor on glioblastoma growth and angiogenesis  (Dr. Stella Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)
Inna Trygubchuk, Biology Analysis of the etiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from a chemical, cognitive and biological perspective (Dr. Sean Clouston, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Biology Explorations in STEM

Alexis Choi, Biochemistry (Steven K. Galson Undergraduate Research Award) Light Switch - optogenetic control of plant GMOs (Stony Brook 2020 iGEM team)
Melissa King, Biology (Ellen Geis Undergraduate Research Award) Light Switch - optogenetic control of plant GMOs (Stony Brook 2020 iGEM team)
Marcia-Ruth Ndege, Biology (Mitchell Wortzman Undergraduate Research Award) Effects of acute fluoxetine administration during the peak phase of the early inflammatory response on expression levels of inflammatory biomarkers in respiratory-related CNS regions (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

PSEG Explorations in STEM

Adit Anand, Computer Science Light Switch - optogenetic control of plant GMOs (Stony Brook 2020 iGEM team)
Chiu Yin Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering Light Switch - optogenetic control of plant GMOs (Stony Brook 2020 iGEM team)

SASS Foundation for Medical Research

Navid Ashrafi, Biochemistry Targeting the sphingolipid pathway to sensitize Philadelphia positive ALL cells to the next generation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Dasatinib and Ponatinib (Dr. Chiara Luberto, Physiology and Biophysics)
Gabriella Baraks, Biomedical Engineering Therapeutic targeting of the chromatin remodeling domain on keratin 17 to overcome chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer (Drs Luis Escobar and Kenneth Shroyer, Pathology)
Natalie Lo, Biology & Sociology Exploring the mechanism of DNA replication fork protection (Dr. Kim Hyungjin, Pharmacological Sciences)
Shivasuryan Vummidi, Biochemistry Synergistic molecular mechanisms of combined Crizotinib and Erlotinib in MET-amplified, EGFR inhibitor-resistant non-small-cell lung carcinoma (Dr. John Haley, Pathology)

INDUCER: Increasing Diversity in Undergraduate Cancer Biology Education and Research

Paul Antwi Boasiako, Clinical Laboratory Science:Exploring the l Alkaline Ceramidases and their pathological implication (Dr. Cungui Mao, Medicine, Stony Brook Cancer Center)
Leslie Campo Catalan, Double Major in Biology and Health Science, Minor in Studio Art: Understanding the relationship between microbes and cancer to prevent and treat colorectal cancer (CRC) (Dr. David Montrose, Department of Pathology)
Gabriela Dominguez, Biology:Understanding how extracellular vesicles from breast cancer are traveling to the brain (Dr. Maricedes Acosta, Physiology and Biophysics)
Alexia Grant, Biology:Examining the role of C1q and its potential as a target in therapy against Colorectal & Prostate Cancers (Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Department of Medicine)
Breanna James, Biological Sciences:An overview of risk factors associated with lung cancer and evaluating the impact on the incidence and mortality rates of african american, hispanic american, and latinx american individuals (Dr. Jennie Williams, Dr. Barbara Nemesure, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)
Natali Lelieur, Chemistry: Examining racial disparities in head and neck cancer associated with HPV (Dr. Ghassan Samara, Department of Surgery)
Sasha McKay, Biochemistry and Sociology:  Racial disparities in lung cancer incidence and mortality due to PM_2.5 exposure (Dr. Jaymie Meliker, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)
Jemima A. Morgan, Biology: The variation of racially based cancer pain perception by clinicians (Dr. David K. Lam, School of Dental Medicine; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
Chinyere Julie Nwaogbe, Biology: Quercetin, an anti-inflammatory flavonoid, and its oral bioavailability (Dr. Grace Gathungu, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)
Bismark Owusu Frimpong, Biology:Diabetic nephropathy, glomerular mitochondrial protein expression patterns (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Department of Medicine)
Hillary Ramos Espinoza, Biology:Evaluating the effects of sex hormones, age, and race on immune and vaccine response to lower the susceptibility of contracting COVID-19 and improve response towards a possible future COVID-19 vaccine, for cancer patients (Dr. Patricia Thompson-Carino, Department of Pathology)
Tobi Somorin, Biochemistry:  Evaluation of the anti-cancer efficacy of various novel compounds in a colon cancer xenographic model (Dr. Mary Kritzer, Department of Neurobiology)
Malik Tranquille, Biochemistry:Role of tetherin in multidrug resistant breast cancer cells (Dr. Chioma Okeoma, Department of Pharmacology)

2019

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Nina Gu, Biology Fitness consequences of cellular memory from stochastic gene expression variation (Dr. Joshua Rest, Ecology and Evolution)

Mohamed Heiba, Biology The effects of instruction on locomotor learning (Dr. Erin Vasudevan, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Sally Li, Biology Role of alkaline ceramidase 1 in ultraviolet radiation-induced skin carcinogenesis in mice (Dr. Cungui Mao, Medicine)

Ryan McHugh, Biology & Chemistry Mechanism of subunit communication and coordination in AAA+ enzymes (Dr. Steven Glynn, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Nicholas Roig, Biochemistry Peroxidase-mediated proximity labeling using an APEX2 fusion protein (Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)

Katina Singh, Biology NDRG2 as a protective factor in early stages of pancreatic neoplasia development (Dr. Agnieszka Bialkowska, Medicine)

Rin Yang, Psychology Testing the effects of dActin A attenuation in oral vaccine for Salmonella typhimurium using Listeria monocytogenes (Dr. Brian Sheridan, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology)

Neurobiology and Behavior Giving Day Summer Fellowship

Kole Nikprelaj, Biology Acute intermittent hypoxia: a non-invasive therapeutic intervention to ameliorate cyclophosphamide-induced bladder hyperreflexia (Dr. William Collins, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Chhabra-URECA Award

Douglas Marr, Biology Determining whether the cell wall integrity pathway plays a role in the construction of the cell wall in phenotypically normal Candida albicans glycosyltransferase mutants (Dr. Neta Dean, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Marcia-Ruth Ndege, Biology Effects of single system inflammation on serotonergic and adenosinergic ventilatory control mechanisms in the C57BL6 adult male mouse (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

Angela & Dexter Bailey URECA Award

Naika Gernier, BiologyDesign and fabrication of a tissue engineered vascularized skin flap (Dr. Gurtej Singh, Surgery)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Thomas Bertino, Human Evolutionary Biology Understanding adaptive changes in modern Europeans using ancient DNA from early medieval populations and beyond (Dr. Krishna Veeramah, Ecology and Evolution)

Evan Davis, Biochemistry & Physics To investigate the effect of HP1α phosphorylation on chromatin compaction (Dr. Dongyan Tan, Pharmacological Sciences)

Jose Guerra, Biochemistry Investigating the DNA Polymerase editing pathway with mismatched pairs (Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry)

Klea Kalenja, Biology & Psychology Analyzing the roles of Cryptococcus neoformans transporters in antifungal drug tolerance, virulence, and replicative aging (Dr. Bettina Fries, Medicine)

Samuel Khoo, Biology Astrocyte development and interaction with neurons in Rett syndrome (Dr. Nurit Ballas, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Christopher Little, Biochemistry Structural control of dendrimer synthesis (Dr. Jon Rudick, Chemistry)

Nidhi Patel, Biology Analysis of secreted proteins in Candida albicans (Dr. Neta Dean, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Xegfred Quidet, Biology Studying the physiologic effects of knocking out the genes responsible for encoding carotenoids (Dr. Joshua Rest, Ecology and Evolution)

Ashna Raiker, Biology Effects of fluoxetine on respiratory dysfunction in the 6-OHDA neurotoxin-induced Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB) lesion Parkinson’s Disease rat model (Dr. Irene Solomon, Physiology and Biophysics)

Sonika Rathi, Biomedical Engineering Investigating the role of IL-22 signaling in Paneth cells (Dr. Pawan Kumar, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology)

Adrian Thompson, Biochemistry Synthesizing a fluorescent lipid (Dr. Scott Laughlin, Chemistry)

Anh Vo, Biology Generation of virus-resistant plants with the Xrn1 nuclease (2019 iGEM team)

Jennifer Yang, Biology Exploring the expression of cohesion molecules on the epithelial cells of salivary glands after infection with MCMV virus (Dr. Lucille London, Oral Biology and Pathology)

Biology Explorations in STEM

Arlene Alvarez, Biology (Ellen Geis Undergraduate Research Award) c-fos imaging in spatial learning tasks in turtles (Dr. Alice Powers, Psychology)

Jerome Belford, Biology (Steven K. Galson Undergraduate Research Award) Expression, purification and crystallization tests of Epstein Barr Virus BNRF1 protein truncations (Dr. Jarrod French, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Samuel Escobar, Biology (Mitchell Wortzman Undergraduate Research Award) Molecular cloning and phenotypic analysis of a zebrafish axial extension mutant (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

PSEG Explorations in STEM

Jihu Mun, Computer Science & Applied Mathematics and Statistics Generation of virus-resistant plants with the Xrn1 nuclease (2019 iGEM team)

SASS Foundation for Medical Research

Jonathan Aminov, Biology The role of DES1 on anoikis resistance in IGR1R and EGFR overexpressed breast cancer (Dr. Christopher Clarke, Medicine)

Rumana Rahman, Biochemistry & Religious Studies Identifying epigenetic regulators of cell invasive behavior (Dr. David Matus, Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

INDUCER: Increasing Diversity in Undergraduate Cancer Biology Education and Research

Paul Boasiako, Clinical Laboratory Science Saturated fatty acids induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in intestinal epithelial cells (Drs. Ashley Snider, Songhwa Choi, Yusuf Hannun and Lina Obeid, Medicine)

Doreen Dadson, Biology The role of the protein Scribble in epithelial carcinoma invasion (Dr. Maya Shelley, Neurobiology and Behavior)

Bismark Owusu Frimpong, Biology Over-expression of Kruppel-Like Factor 6 and podocyte injuryr in diabetic kidney disease (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine)

Emmaly Gutierrez, Biology Intratumoral macrophage analysis and characterization of pretreatment HER2 neoadjuvant patient samples using multiplex immunofluorescence (Dr. Patricia Thompson-Carino, Pathology)

Maame Gyamfi, Psychology and Maryam Tayyab, Biology Investigating the interplay of monocytes in the tumor microenvironment of glioblastomas (Dr. Styliani-Anna Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)

Jemima Morgan, Biology Central Protease-activated receptor 2 mechanisms in cancer pain (Dr. David K. Lam, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)

Chinyere Julie Nwaogbe, Biology Quercetin derivative compounds in a colitis/colorectal cancer model (Dr. Grace Gathungu, Pediatrics)

Tiana Nicole Reyes, Biology The effect of C1q and gC1qR in breast cancer: Racial health disparities (Dr. Jennie Williams, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine)

Malik Tranquille, Biochemistry The role of BST-2 in regulating drug resistance in breast cancer cells (Dr. Chioma Okeoma, Pharmacological Sciences)

2018

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Peter Alsaloum, Biochemistry Synthesis, testing, and chemical modification of a new lead drug for pain inhibition  (Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry)
Stephen Bruno, Biology The effect of conditioned taste aversion learning on the GABAergic activity of inhibitory neurons  (Dr. Arianna Maffei, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Annet Kuruvilla, Biochemistry Arf small GTPase in skin and hair pigmentation  (Dr. Jiang Chen, Pathology)
Katherine Lo, Biology Understanding the role of cdh6 in early zebrafish development via generation of a cdh6 mutant and reporter line  (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Jesse Pace, Biology Pharmacological inhibition of STAT3 as a potential treatment in a model of HIV-associated nephropathy  (Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine)
Jin Ho Park, Biology Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbrial assembly  (Dr. David Thanassi, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)

Chhabra-URECA Award

Ryan Kawalerski, Biochemistry and Applied Mathematics & Statistics Deriving new ways to treat pancreatic cancer based on a tumor-promoting mechanism of Keratin 17  (Drs. Kenneth Shroyer & Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, Pathology and Dr. Richard A. Moffit Biomedical Informatics)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Meghan Bialt-DeCelie, Biochemistry Discovery of small molecule probes for PD1, PDL1 and B7H4 immune checkpoints  (Dr. John Haley, Pathology)
Jonathan Burianek, Biology and Philosophy A new in vivo model of cell migration studying C. elegans male sex myoblasts  (Dr. David Matus, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Eric Cheang, Biology SPRTN protein interaction with Adenovirus early protein E40RF3  (Dr. Patrick Hearing, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Ting-Ju (Woody) Chiang, Biochemistry and Psychology Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to export sucrose for carbon sequestration  (iGEM Team Faculty Advisors)
Shinae Choi, Biochemistry Using resting state functional connectivity to differentiate SWEDD and Parkinson's disease populations  (Dr. Hoi-Chung Leung, Psychology)
Timothy Darby, Biomedical Engineering p53 regulation of sphingosine kinase in colon cancer  (Dr. Lina Obeid, Medicine)
Jonathan Gaige, Human Evolutionary Biology Developing epigenetics age estimation tools for human bone  (Dr. Krishna Veeramah, Ecology & Evolution)
Jason Ha, Biology Comparison of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance imaging-ultrasound fusion guided biopsy for prostate cancer diagnosis (Dr. Timothy Duong, Radiology)
Zachary Hage, Biochemistry Characterization of endocannabinoid metabolizing enzyme fattay acide amide hydrolase 2  (Dr. Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology)
Rohan Hofland, Biology & Applied Mathematics & Statistics Role of CRD Nrg1 in cortical neuron development  (Dr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences)
Matthew Lee, Biology Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to export sucrose for carbon sequestration  (iGEM Team Faculty Advisors)
Melvin Li, Biochemistry Investigating the inflammatory responses of macrophages when exposed to lunar soil simulants  (Dr. Styliani-Anna Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences)
Michael Liu, Biomedical Engineering Elucidating the mechanism of disease-associated sub-conductance states  in NMDA receptors  (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Nirali Mandavawala, Biology Role of the cholinergic system in age-related cognitive decline  (Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Penpichaya Miyan, Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology Using CT scans of sacra at the sacroiliac joint to deduce locomotion and tail ability   (Dr. Gabrielle Russo, Anthropology)
Nimi Patel, Biology The role of neutral ceramidase in the synthesis of bacterial sphingolipid and its structural crystallization  (Dr. Michael Airola, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Emily Richters, Biology Modifications that improve or inhibit activity of the SWR enzyme  (Dr. Edward Luk, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Lee Santore, Biochemistry Assessing primary care providers' knowledge of autism spectrum disorder  (Dr. Matthew Lerner, Psychology)
Anastasi Slavutsky, Biomedical Engineering Develoment of a shank3a zebrafish autism model  (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Daniel Thach, Biology and Chemistry Characterization of PMSA uptake and internalization by prostate cancer cells  (Dr. Eszter Boros, Chemistry)
Jerin Thomas, Biochemistry Regulation of non-receptor tyrosine kinase Ack1  (Dr. Todd Miller, Physiology & Biophysics)
Daniel Walocha, Biochemistry The role of Hsp27 in the regulation of CerS1 and its effect on teh growth of pancreatic and colon cancer cells  (Dr. Can Senkal, Medicine)
Helena Woroniecka, Biochemistry Probin the role of electron transfer in the mechanism of light activation and signal transduction in LOV domains  (Dr. Peter Tonge, Chemistry)
Daniella Yang, Psychology Listeria vaccine for Salmonella typhimurium  (Dr. Brian Sheridan, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)

PSEG Explorations in STEM

Karthik Ledalla, Biomedical Engineering Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to export sucrose for carbon sequestration  (iGEM Team Faculty Advisors)
Lukas Velikov, Computer Science Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to export sucrose for carbon sequestration  (iGEM Team Faculty Advisors)

BIO Explorations in STEM

 Daniel Aldarondo, Biochemistry Enzymology of the Adiponectin receptors: therapeutic targets for diabetes  (Dr. Michael Airola, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Jackelyne Garcia-Cruz, Biology Genetic analysis of cdh6 function in the zebrafish embryo  (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

NIH IMSD-MERGE Scholars

Kevin Catalan, Biology Investigating the molecular mechanism of transcription enhancer interference in the Drosophila embryo  (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Demetra Catalano Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Acacia Morris, Biochemistry Histone H4 tail as a proposed marker for SWR complex mediated insertion of H2A.Z  (Dr. Edward Luk, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Wilson Nieves-Vasquez, Biochemistry and Physics Developing a novel spectrophotometric assay for measuring the activity of enzymes essential in the development and transport of pharmaceuticals  (Dr. Jarrod French, Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Chemistry)
Jessica Vila-Boas, Biochemistry Determining the binding kinetics of novel Abl kinase inhibitors  (Dr. Markus Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)

 2017

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Brian Badloo, Biology and Psychology The effect of maternal depression and other psychopathologies on parenting quality  (Dr. Kristin Bernard, Psychology)
Sarika Hira, Biology Synthesis of highly potent fluoro-taxoids, SB-T-12854 for tumor-targeting drug delivery systems  (Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry) 
Olivia Joseph, Biology Drug discovery: finding inhibitors of FABP transporters  (Dr. Dale Deutsch, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Ryan Kawalerski, Biochemistry and Applied Math & Statistics Understanding the underlying physiological roles of BACE1, a protease implicated in Alzheimer's disease development  (Dr. Adan Aguirre, Pharmacological Sciences)
Tailai Li, Biochemistry Development of a rapid purification approach for native chromatin remodeling complexes fromyeast for EM structural analysis  (Dr. Ed Luk, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Sara Vincent, Biology Spatial analysis on Mirounga leonina and implications on the mating system in South Georgia  (Dr. Heather Lynch, Ecology & Evolution)

Angela & Dexter Bailey-URECA Award

Udokama Ezekwe, Biology Pathways ions take to enter channels of NMDA receptors  (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology & Behavior)

Chhabra-URECA Award

Justin Bell, Biochemistry Analysis of the structure and function of Human Lipin-1  (Dr. Michael Airolo, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

S. Blum-URECA Award (non-biology topic)

Kevin Shan, Biochemistry Overcoming motivated learning in politics  (Dr. Jason Barabas, Political Science)

URECA Summer Research Awards

Peter Alsaloum, Biochemistry Development of novel fatty acid binding protein inhibitors: an approach to pain-relief  (Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry)
Pamela Best, Biology and Psychology (Dr. William Collins, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Kelly Eckartt, Biochemistry Ca2+ sensitive split enzyme system for marking neural circuitry  (Dr. Scott Laughlin, Chemistry)
Amgad Ghoprial, Biology Understanding the effect of the putative scaffolding protein IppK on the lipid-transport protein LprG in Mycobacterium smegmatis  (Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)
Christopher Giuliano, Applied Math and Chemistry Identification and characterization of survival-associated genomic features across tumor types  (Dr. Jason Sheltzer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories)
Ayman Haider, Biomedical Engineering Investigating the mechanisms of the central ion permeation pathway in NMDA receptors  (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Hussein Harb, Biology Determining optimal paramaters for gait training post-stroke using a novel device  (Dr. Erin Vasudevan, Health & Rehabilitation Sciences)
Tiffany Kim, Biomedical Engineering Effects of Erythropoietin administration on neuronal upregulation of hemoglobin gene expression and cognitive dysfunction in an animal model of "Chemobrain"  (Dr. Barbara Rosati, Physiology & Biophysics)
Ann Lin, Biochemistry and Economics Investigating protential synthetic lethality targets in MELK-knockout triple negative breast cancer  (Dr. Jason Sheltzer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories)
Katelyn Neuman, Biomedical Engineering Post-traumatic stress disorder (Dr. David Mckinnon, Neurobiology)
Rideeta Raquib, Biology E.co-Light: Detection of arsenic contamination via bacteria-based bioassays  (Dr. J Peter Gergen, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Jamshid Sarwari, Biology The function of SP071 during sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (Dr. Aaron Neiman, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Anastasia Slavutsky, Biomedical Engineering Developing a zebrafish shank3a autism model  (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Dominique Spiegowski, Biology Heteroaryl  imidazolinones synthesis via sigmatropic rearrangement  (Dr. Ming-Yu Ngai, Chemistry)
Lyle Suh, Biology Stony Brook iGEM Synthetic Biology Project 2017  (Dr. J Peter Gergen, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Jerin Thomas, Biochemistry Genetic modification of metabolic pathways in E. coli to produce long chain alcohols  (Dr. J Peter Gergen, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

2016

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Irvind Buttar, Biology Characterizing Y2853 as a substrate of AAA+ protease Lon (Dr. Wali Karzi, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Aaron Gochman, Biology Characterizing Novel Sites for Modulating NMDA Receptor Function (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology)
Andrew Seunghyun Lee, Biology, Psychology Investigation of S100B-mediated Neuroinflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Animal Model of Developmental Hyperserotonemia (DHS) (Dr. Patricia Whitaker-Amitia, Psychology)
Ryan Linzer, BiochemistryThe Effect of Sphingolipid Metabolism on CMT2F (Dr. Can Senkal, Medicine-Cancer Center)
Henry Ng, BiologyOptimizing Mutation introduction by CRISPR/Cas in Candida albicans (Dr. Neta Dean, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Sundas Shafique, BiologyThe Evolution of Thermo-perception in Vampire Bats (Dr. Liliana Davalos, Laurel Yohe, Ecology & Evolution)
Veevek Shah, BiochemistryThe Rate of Tumor Growth and Metastasis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer in PLD-/- Mouse Models, (Dr. Michael A. Frohman, Pharmacological Sciences)
Andrew Tsai, Biology Characterization of the Four Classes of Human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters (Dr. Jarrod B. French, Biochemistry,Chemistry)

Chhabra-URECA Award

Sunil Deochand, Mathematics/Biology minorCreating Self-Preserving Vaccines with Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Undergraduate Biology, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

URECA Recipients

Elle Butler Basner, Biochemistry, Applied Math & StatisticsAssessing the Subject Matter Knowledge of Beginning STEM Teachers in the US: A Longitudinal Demographic Study (Dr. Gregory Rushton, Chemistry)
Kathryn Eckartt, BiochemistryBiotin Phenol Project; Labeling of Proteins in Live Cells (Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)
Ibrahim Elmaghrbi, BiologyDown regulation of RCOR2 and its effect on movement in zebra fish embryos (Dr. Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology)
Michelle Goodman, BiologyInvestigating the Role of ID3 Transcription Factors in Mesodermal Cell Fate (Dr. Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Michael Haggerty, BiologyFunction Mapping of Electrically Excited Sex Hormone Sensitive Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons (Dr. Mary Kritzer, Neurobiology)
Ayman Haider, Biomedical EngineeringInvestigating Mechanisms of Ion Permeation in NMDA Receptors (Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology)
Yasmeen Hamami, BiochemistryDissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Mfa Fimbrial Assembly in Poryphoromonas gingivalis (Dr. David Thanassi, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Tasnia Islam, BiologyStony Brook iGEM 2016 Team (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Undergraduate Biology, Biochemistry)
Maitreyee Kale, BiochemistryLeaving Groups: An Analysis of Beginning Teacher Attrition and Mobility (Dr. Gregory Rushton, Chemistry)
Evelyn Kandov, BiologyThe Role of gC1qR and its Ligands in Cancer Pathogenesis and Metastasis (Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Medicine)
Page Keating, Biology & AnthropologySequencing of the pyrin gene in black rats to determine its role in host resistance to Yersina pestis in Madagascar (Dr. James B. Bliska, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Jonathan Krog, Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook iGEM 2016 Team (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Undergraduate Biology, Biochemistry)
Ann Lin, BiochemistryDownsides and benefits of unicellularity in budding yeast (Dr. Gabor Balazsi, Laufer Center)
Jennifer Luk, Biology & Chemistry Researching on Gender-Differences in the CFA Pain Model in Mice treated with selected FABP Inhibitors (Dr. Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Rima Madan, Biology Comparing the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in wild ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) inside and outside of Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve (Dr. Patricia Wright, Anthropology) Arun Nallainathan, Biomedical Engineering Analysis of the gene expression changes underlying taxolinduced 'chemo brain' (Dr. Barbara Rosati, Physiology & Biophysics)
Kevin Skier, PsychologyDissection of Pair Rule Response Elements for Drosophila Wingless Gene (Dr. J. Peter Gergen, Undergraduate Biology, Biochemistry)
Gregory Smith, BiochemistryExamining the Disputed Role of FOXP2 in Modern Human Origins (Dr. Brenna Henn, Ecology & Evolution)
Andrew Sullivan, Engineering Science, Applied Mathematics & StatisticsDevelopment of an Algorithm for Analyzing Calcium Signaling Data (Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology)
Joseph Sweeney, Pharmacology Inhibiting Endocannabinoid Intracellular Transporters, Fatty Acid Binding Proteins: A Novel Pain Relief Mechanism (Dr. Dale Deutsch, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Qian Yang, Biochemistry, Psychology Matrix Metalloproteinase-12 Regulating Planar Cell Polarity in Ependymal Cells (Dr. Holly Colognato, Pharmacological Sciences)
Melissa Yannetti, BiologyMutation and Crystallization of Nitric Oxide Sensing Protein (Dr. Elizabeth Boon, Chemistry)

2015

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Hemil Chauhan Construction and analysis of homogeneous length P pili in E. Coli  (David Thanassi, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Shang-Yang Chen Seasonal clines in lifespan and starvation resistance in Drosophila simulans (John True, Ecology & Evolution)
Luke McGoldrick Elucidating the role of human genes VPS13A and VPS13B in neurodegenerative diseases (Aaron Neiman, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Jonathan McGuire The effect of MeCP2 deletion on the integrity of the cholinergic nervous system (David Talmage, Pharmacology)
Priscilla Moley The effect of plants on removal of the pollutant nitrate by wetlands  (Stephen Baines, Ecology & Evolution)
Jessica Willdigg & the iGEM Team Translating CRISPR cas9 technology into the standardized iGEM community (J. Peter Gergen, Undergraduate Biology)

Angela & Dexter Bailey-URECA Award

Jasmine Walker, Biochemistry Determination of age structure among Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations divergent for body size (Michael Bell, Ecology & Evolution)

URECA Summer Research Award Recipients

Danya Abedeen, Biology Regulation of blood pressure in human adenocorticoid carcinoma cell line: the effect of PLD2 mutant R172C in aldosterone secretion (Michael Frohman, Pharmacology)
Simon D'Oelsnitz, Pharmacology FABP5 and MAGL function in promoting prostate cancer metastasis and proliferation (Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology)
Aaron Gochman, Biology The crucial role of the S2-M4 linker in NMDA receptor gating (Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology)
Victoria Ly, Biochemistry The role of Kruppel-like factor 6 in kidney fibrosis under diabetic conditions (Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine)
Naveen Mallanganda, Biology Exploring the mechanistic connection bewteen Kras and mitochondrial STAT3 in pancreatic cancer with a novel curcumin derivative (Gerardo McKenzie, Preventive Medicine)
Greg Poterewicz, Biology Mammalian antimicrobial peptide diversity and its relevance to bat white nose syndrome (Liliana Davalos, Ecology & Evolution)
Rebecca Shum, Biology Characterizing potential inhibitors of LprG function in M. tuberculosis lipid transport (Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacology)
June Yang, Biochemistry Examining the interaction sbetween MBP-CAG-110 and GST-Arl1 proteins (Feng Qian Li, Pharmacology)
Hakeem Yousef, Pharmacology The role of sin3b in skeletal development in zebrafish (Howard Sirotkin, Neurobiology)

 

2014

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients

Gabrielle Baylon The neural correlates of facial processing in the prefrontal cortex in major depressive disorder patients (hoi-Chung Leung, Psychology)
David Chen Is Ndt80 induction sufficient to promote intersister repair in meiosis? (Nancy Hollingsworth, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Shanawaj (Roy) Khair Alterations in the colonic microbiome in APCMin/+ mice (Ellen Li, Medicine)
Brian Ralph De novo and chemical synthesis and screening for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of novel FABP inhibitors (Dale Deutsch, Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Robert Rizzo, Applied Mathematics & Statistics)
Angela Taravella Migration patterns and evolutionary history of the Duffy blood group expression in African populations (Brenna Henn, Ecolgy & Evolution)

URECA Summer Research Award Recipients

Alexander Estrin (Shelly Maya, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Connor Fitzpatrick (David McKinnon, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Yoshiaki Higashide (Jeffrey Levinton, Ecolgy & Evolution)
William Huang (Edward Luke, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Sara Supriyatno (Gerald Thomsen, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Sharugash Swargaloganathan (Elizabeth Roemer, Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Christie Yie (Deniz Erezyilmaz, Biochemistry & Cell Biology) 

2013

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients:

Kevin Chavez Restriction of herpes virus replication by host APOBEC31 (Laurie Krug, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Jia Hong Chen Measuring oxidative DNA damage in neurons (Bruce Demple, Pharmacology)
Melissa Daniel Regulation of channel opening by electrostatistics in the NMDA receptor (Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Elizabeth Ha A possible interaction between kinesin isoform C heavy chain and phosphatidic acid on the mitochondrial surface (Michael Frohman, Pharmacology)
Samuel Kimmey Maintenance of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryonic stem cells by fibroblast growth factor signaling (Benjamin Martin, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Sean Ho Yoon Mathematical model of regulatory evolution (David McKinnon, Neurobiology & Behavior)

URECA Summer Research Award Recipients

Matthew Alsaloum Determinants of sybtype specific gating in ionotropic glutamate receptors (Lonnie Wollmuth, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Sherry Bermeo Understanding teh folding mechanism of GNRA tetraloops using GB8 implicit solvent (Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry)
Amy Cheung Modulation of taste processing by an auditory cue-induced expectation (Alfredo Fntanini, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Jamie Leonard Mechanisms of neurotrophin uptake and transport in neurons via endosomal mediation (Simon Halegoua, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Taylor Medwig The effects of REST and REST co-repressor elimination on genotypic and phenotypic expression in mice (Nurit Ballas, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Stephen Ngo Elucidating the enzymatic mechanism and identifying potential inhibitors of MenB (Peter Tonge, Chemistry)
Brian Ralph Identifying and refining lead inhibitors of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins (FABPs) through novel methods in de novo design and high-throughput virtual screening (Dale Deutsch, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Ali Syed Modeling an intervention program to raise breast cancer awareness among immigrant communities on Long Island  (Rebekah Burroway, Sociology)
Ling Jessica Zheng The potential relationship and efefct of suttaella on autistic children (Ellen Li, Medicine)
Jianmin Zhuo The effect of dopaminergic pathway due to exercise and cocain using in vitro autoradiography (Peter Thanos, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

2012

URECA Biology Alumni Research Award Recipients:

Julia JosephLipid-protein interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences)
Min Jung Developing a novel method for synchronizing yeast cells prior to double-strand break formation (Nancy Hollingsworth, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Yang Liu Identification of the nuclear localization signal in the STAT3 transcription factor (Nancy Reich, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Tianyu Zhan Genetics of Runt-dependent transcription regulation in Drosophila (Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

URECA Summer Research Award Recipients:

Alex Gromatsky Assessing the stability and degree of proteinprotein interactions (Joshua Rest, Ecology & Evolution)
KwanNok Leung Identification and characterization of the intracellular carrier for Ananadamide (Martin Koczocha, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Kenneth Lu Female choice in Drosophila sechellia and Drosophila simulans (Deniz Erezyilmaz, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Alice McGarry Staging and comparative analysis of skeletal development in the ninespine stickleback (Michael Bell, Ecology & Evolution)
Jon McGinn Characterization of novel components of the piRNA pathway in Drosophila melanogaster (Gregory Hannon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
James Murphy Evolution of the KChIP2 promoter region (David McKinnon, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Brian Ralph Footprint based virtual screening for novel endocannabinoid transport inhibitors (Dale Deutsch, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Christina Roman Understanding the role of histone proteins at eukaryotic promoters (Edward Luk, Biochemistry & Cell Biology)
Zaki Shafi Experience-dependent regulation of specific inhibitory circuits (Arianna Maffei, Neurobiology & Behavior)
Joshua Son Mouse stool microbiome project (Ellen Li, Medicine)
Lindsay Stemke Production of nanotubes by Francisella tularensis and analysis of nanotube-associated virulence factors (David Thanassi, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)