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STARS Students
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Cindy Camacho
Townview Health Professions High School
Host:
Ray MacDonald, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology
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Using embryonic pancreatic cells to search for new transcription factors that are responsible for the regulation of endocrine cells, which may eventually lead to insulin producing cells as treatment for diabetic patients.
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Gypsy Gavia
Townview Talented & Gifted High School
Host:
YuhMin Chook, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
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Studying protein substrates (through cloning DNA) that will be carried into the nucleus by a nuclear transport protein.
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Richard Gomez
Thomas Jefferson High School
Host:
Vanessa Sperandio, Ph.D.
Microbiology
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Cloning the lacI gene, which is involved in the transport and metabolism of lactose in E. coli, in addition to studying the regulatory cascade involved in quorum sensing regulation of virulence genes in EHEC (enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli).
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Tanya Hendricks
James Madison High School
Host:
Nancy Monson, Ph.D.
Neurology & Center for Immunology
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Investigating the role that B cells may play in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis by comparing the B cell antibody repertoire of MS patients vs. healthy controls.
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Jay Hennig
Booker T Washington High School
for Visual & Performing Arts
Host:
Alexander Pertsemlidis, Ph.D.
McDermott Center for
Human Growth Development
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Making the association calculations between SNPs and phenotype more efficient by utilizing a grid infrastructure that will utilize idle computers around campus.
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Eneida Male
Townview Science & Engineering High School
Host:
Paula Ulery, Ph.D.
Psychiatry
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Determining whether or not the Stx-1 function is regulated by phosphorylation, and how it impacts neurotransmitter release which may play a role in schizophrenia.
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Elianne Ortiz
Townview Science & Engineering High School
Host:
Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology & Green Center
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Studying NRSF regulation of neuronal genes in dentate gyrus after kainic acid induced seizures in a rat model.
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Andrew Palacios
Townview Health Professions High School
Host:
Michel Saint-Cyr, M.D.
Plastic Surgery
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Evaluating the performance and viability of a new suture for tendon repair and dermal closure as compared to current standard sutures.
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Jorge Pereda
Roosevelt High School
Host:
Kristine Kamm, Ph.D.
Physiology
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Identifying the changes in expression of Myosin Phosphatase in a skeletal muscle differentiation model.
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Nevena Rakonjac
Hillcrest High School
Host:
Zbysek Otwinowski, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
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Expressing, purifying, and optimizing crystallizing conditions for three Structural Genomics proteins in order to eventually determine their structure using crystallography technique of X-ray diffraction.
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Chris Renard
Townview Talented & Gifted High School
Host:
Skip Garner, Ph.D.
McDermott Center,
Biochemistry, Internal Medicine
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Refining and extending a textual comparison engine (http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/index.shtml) to load and search multiple databases, including MEDLINE, Nasa, and IOP (international journal of physics) records.
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Flor Rojas
Roosevelt High School
Host:
Vidu Garg, M.D.
Pediatrics
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Identifying novel genetic etiologies of congenital heart disease by studying a large family with autosomal dominant atrial septal defects.
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Neri Sandoval
Molina High School
Host:
Dominika Borek, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
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Growing Crystals in a variety of conditions to compare the impact of those conditions on radiation damage.
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Pooja Sarkar
Townview Science & Engineering High School
Host:
Jef De Brabander, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
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Working on the optimization of peptide-coupling reactions that produce oxazole precursors. An oxazole is a cyclic compound that contains an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom separated by one carbon atom. These are naturally occuring anti-tumor compounds.
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Thuy Tran
WT White High School
Host:
Michael Roth, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
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Patrick Ward
Townview Talented & Gifted High School
Host:
Diana Tomchick, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
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Researching the structure of a variety of bacterial lipoproteins through X-ray crystallography in order to determine the mechanisms of pathenogenicity.
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