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Andre Alcon (aalco002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Manuela Martins-Green, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to examine the consequences of increased CXCR1 (an interleukin-8 receptor) expression in transgenic mice that can spontaneously develop atherosclerotic plaques. |
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Shamim Bonna (sbonn001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Johnson, Biomedical Sciences
Proposed Research: to study how drugs and proteins work on a molecular level, specifically nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AcChR), cAMP dependent protein kinase (PKA), and acetylcholinesterase (AcChE). |
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Curtis Darling (cdarl001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Manuela Martins-Green, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to determine the effects of Dexmethasone, an anti-inflammatory agent, on corneal reepithelialization when exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke. |
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Ronald Fong (rfong002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dan Strauss, Biomedical Sciences, Biology
Proposed Research: to examine the mechanism of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), inclusive of gene expression, transport functions, and barrier functions of the colonic and ileal epithelium. |
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Jacob Good (jgood003@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ludwig Bartels, Chemistry
Proposed Research: to examine the properties of molecular walkers (from Bartel's lab) and the properties of the molecular muscles synthesized in the Marsella lab. |
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Cleve Hosea (cleve.hosea@email.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ludwig Bartels, Chemistry
Proposed Research: to examine the impact of intermolecular interactions on the surface dynamics in the model system CO/Cu(111). |
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Priti Lalchandani (plalc001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Grosovsky, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Project: to examine if the chromosomal breakage associated with abnormalities in replication fork progression and stabilization are critically involved in the instability observed following random integration of heterochromatin into test cell genomes. |
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Brian Lonquich (blonq001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ted Garland, Biology
Proposed Project: to determine if mice, which selectively breed for high voluntary locomotor activity on a daily basis, also possess higher locomotor endurance capacities. |
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Janelle McNabb (jmcna002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marlene Zuk, Biology
Proposed Research: to determine how female crickets find their male mates by observing the interaction between the two. |
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Michael Panowicz (mpano001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Xuan Liu, Biochemistry
Proposed Research: to define the role of the B'y3-p53 interaction and resulting dephosphorylation in tumorigenesis. |
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Parth Parikh (parth.parikh@email.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gerhard Gierz, Mathematics
Proposed Research: to calculate the area beneath mappings and to predict the margin of error, when using specific methods, i.e. Riemann Sums. |
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Neha Patel (neha.patel003@email.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Monica Carson, Biomedical Sciences
Proposed Research: to study microglial gene expression. |
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Andrew Pham (apham004@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Manuela Martins-Green, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to determine if corneal healing is affected by exposure to cigarette smoke. |
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Najjia Shahabuddin (nshah013@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Frances Sladek , Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to determine, using immunohistochemical staining, which cells in the regenerating liver are expressing HNF4(hepatocyte nuclear factor 4). |
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Anoush Shahidzadeh (ashah009@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maggie Curras-Collazo , Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to study the connection between NO (nitrous oxide) and somatodendritic vasopressin release and the possible effect NO drugs on osmoregulation and cardiovascular regulation. |
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Matthew Taon (mtaon002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marlene Zuk, Biology
Proposed Research: to examine the effects of immunity on the ability to reproduce viable sperm or offspring in males. |
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Amy Thompson (athom008@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biology/Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nancy Beckage, Entomology
Proposed Research: to characterize the viral gene products which trigger host immunosuppression in the hornworm. |
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Thomas Vu ( tvu011@student.ucr.edu )
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mike Coffey , Plant Pathology
Proposed Research: to generate a forensic database format that will provide an easy resource for retrieving the genotypic and phenotypic data of the pathogenic microorganism Phytophthora and Pythium. |
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