UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH HOME
June 24
Zev Bryant (Bioengineering)
Engineering Molecular Motors
Sarah Heilshorn (Materials Science and Engineering)
Designing New Medical Materials for Stem Cell Transplantation
Dmitri Petrov (Biology)
Studies of Molecular Adaptation
July 1
Miriam Goodman (Molecular & Cellular Physiology)
Using C. elegans to Understand Pleasant and Painful Touch Sensation
Geoff Gurtner (Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
Understanding the Role of Progenitor Cell Mediated Repair Following Injury
Cliff Wang (Chemical Engineering)
Evaluation of Combinatorial Gene Expression in Lymphocytes
July 8
Carla Shatz (Biology and Neurobiology)
Brain Tuning
Matthew Bogyo (Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology)
Applications for Small Molecules in the Study of Protease Function
July 15
Judith Frydman (Biology)
Protein Folding and Misfolding in the Eukaryotic Cytosol
Michael Longaker (Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
Adipose‐derived Cells for Skeletal Tissue Engineering
Charles Taylor (Bioengineering and Surgery)
Biomechanical Factors in Vascular Disease
July 22
Kevan Yamahara (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
California Beach Sands ‐ Reservoirs for Fecal Indicator Bacteria
Margaret Fuller (Developmental Biology and Genetics)
Regulation of Self‐renewal and Differentiation in Adult Stem Cell Lineages
Suchi Saria (Computer Science)
Towards Holistic Diagnostic Models
July 29
Helen Blau (Microbiology & Immunology)
Bioengineering Stem Cell Fate
Jill Helms (Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
Wnt‐mediated Tissue Regeneration
Steve Quake (Bioengineering and Applied Physics)
Turning the Spotlight to Dark Matter in Biology
August 5
Matthew Scott (Developmental Biology and Genetics)
Genetic Control in Development and Disease
John Huguenard (Neurology & Neurological Sciences)
Dissecting Neural Circuitry One Cell at a Time
August 12
Richard Zare (Chemistry)
Cell, Cell, Cell!
Michael Clarke (Medicine - Oncology)
Molecular Regulation of Self Renewal
August 19
Patrick Ng (Health Policy and Research)
Vaccines for the Treatment of Lymphomas
Theo Palmer (Neurosurgery)
Functional Roles for New Neurons in Old Neural Networks
Raphael Guzman (Neurosurgery)
Multimodality Imaging in Stroke Stem Cell Therapy
August 26
Joachim Hallmayer (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
Genetics of Autism
Kang Shen ( Biology and Pathology)
Small Connections in Tiny Worms: Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation