2008 Research Highlights
Flavian Brown, a biology senior at Carleton College
Used high throughput small molecule screens in an attempt to find genotype specific inhibitors for K-Ras mutants.
Christel Chehoud, a computational biologist sophomore at Princeton
Analyzed 16S rRNA sequences related to the Human Microbiome Project.
Eric Delgado, an economics and biology freshman at Yale
Explored the effect that ploidy has on the genetic analysis of yeasts.
Bruce Jobse, a biological sciences sophomore at Dartmouth College
Interpreted genotype expressions of human cell lines for heritable rheumatoid arthritis risk.
Nicole Martinez, an industrial biotechnology senior at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Identified small molecules that may inhibit ETS transcription factor function.
Dominic McDonald, a chemical-biological engineering junior at MIT
Analyzed microRNA stability in lymphoma cancer cells.
Diego Borges-Rivera, a computational biology sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University
Developed and implemented methodology which allows for the prediction of biological patterns using chemical substructure features.
Kristin Rose, a biology junior at MIT
Established positive controls in the development of an assay to detect transdifferentiation of pancreatic exocrine cells to an insulin expressing phenotype.
Sara Tribune, a biology senior at Tougaloo College
Studied electrocardiographic QT intervals association with common genetic variation.
Nicole Windmon, a chemistry senior at Florida Atlantic University
Helped in the synthesis of diverse triazole scaffolds for future small molecule library design.
Luke Yancy, a computer science and bioinformatics sophomore at Morehouse College
Probed the systems biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using computer algorithms and gene expression data.
