UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH HOME
June 24
Margaret Fuller (Developmental Biology & Genetics)
Control of proliferation and differentiation in an adult stem cell lingeage [SUNet login required]
Edward Graves (Radiation Oncology)
Effects of radiation on tumor cell migration
Geoffrey Gurtner (Surgery)
July 2
Joy Wu (Endocrinology)
Bone and blood: how the skeleton controls blood cell production
Anthony Wagner (Psychology)
Imaging human memories: understanding the mechanisms of learning and remembering
Alfred Spormann (Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering)
Microbial electrosynthesis: synthesis of CO2-neutral chemicals
Alexandria Boehm (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Sunlight inactivation of waterborne pathogens
July 9
Lars Steinmetz (Genetics)
Extensive diversity in the transcriptional output of genomes [SUNet login required]
Carla Shatz (Biology and Neurobiology)
New synapses in old brains? [SUNet login required]
Rajat Rohatgi (Oncology)
The connections between cancer and development
Daria Mochly-Rosen (Chemical & Systems Biology)
What does translational research mean?
July 16
Thomas Südhof (Molecular & Cellular Physiology)
Neurexins and the molecular logic of neural circuits
Paul Bollyky (Infectious Diseases)
Tissue integrity signals and translational immunology
Marc Levenston (Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanical Engineering)
Improving repair of articular cartilage defects
Lucy Shapiro (Developmental Biology)
The architecture of a bacterial cell cycle in time and space [SUNet login required]
July 23
David Prince (Neurology)
Prophylaxis of posttraumatic epilepsy [SUNet login required]
Julien Sage (Pediatrics and Genetics)
Reversing evolution to enhance regeneration [SUNet login required]
Bianxiao Cui (Chemistry)
Tracking cargo transport in neurons
Emilie Cheung (Orthopaedic Surgery)
July 30
Sharon Pitteri (Radiology)
Molecular approaches for early cancer detection
Audrey Ellerbee Bowden (Electrical Engineering)
Optical coherence tomography: technology and applications
Russ Fernald (Biology)
Social control of the brain [SUNet login required]
Jeffrey Glenn (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
Translating molecular virology into novel antiviral therapies [SUNet login required]
August 6
Michelle Monje (Neurology)
Neuron-glial interactions in development and disease
Marius Wernig (Pathology)
Reprogramming fibroblasts to neurons
Anne Brunet (Genetics)
Mechanisms that regulate the aging process
Giles Plant (Neurosurgery)
Stem cell transplantation to repair the injured spinal cord [SUNet login required]
August 13
Daniel Madison (Molecular & Cellular Physiology)
Fundamental synaptic circuitry: plasticity and disease
Alan Cheng (Otolaryngology)
Regeneration of inner ear sensory organs [SUNet login required]
Kevin Wang (Dermatology)
Unlocking royal secrets from the queen [SUNet login required]
Manish Butte (Pediatrics)
August 20
Mindie Nguyen (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Daniel Jarosz (Chemical & Systems Biology and Developmental Biology)
Quantitative analysis of the evolving genotype-to-phenotype map
Roeland Nusse (Developmental Biology)
Stem cells and tissue maintenance
Sean Wu (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stem cells in heart development and regeneration
August 27
Upi Singh (Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology)
Discovering novel aspects of pathogenesis in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica
Atul Butte (Pediatrics - Systems Medicine and Genetics)
Translating a trillion points of data into therapies, diagnostics, and new insights into disease
Stephen Skirboll (Neurosurgery)
A novel live cell antibody array to identify cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Euan Ashley (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Genomic medicine [SUNet login required]