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The REU Program:

2007 REU students

KGI REU Program 2007: Participants

REU 2007 students


Marta Bjornson

Rice University, Bioengineering, Sophomore

The Role of Sterols in Arabidopsis
Advisor: Professor Kathrin Schrick
 

Catherine Burk

University of Michigan, Biomedical Engineering, Senior

Progress toward an Electrowetting Cell Sorter

Advisor: Professor Jim Sterling
 

Praneet Kalkat

Northwestern University, Biology/Psychology/History, Freshman

Characterization of Isothermal DNA Amplification through Experimentation and Numerical Modeling

Advisor: Professor Angelika Niemz

 

Aditi Khurana

Cerritos College, Biology, Junior

Impedance-based DNA detection on Semiconductor Electrodes

Advisor: Professor Angelika Niemz

 

Jonathan Lansey

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Applied Mathematics, Junior

Breaking the Evolutionary Speed Limit: From the Cambrian Explosion to Digitals and Back

Advisor: Professor Christoph Adami

Andrew Lawrence

Harvey Mudd College, Engineering, Sophomore

Blink-detection as a Reference for Drowsiness Monitoring

Advisor: Professor Gail Baura
 

David Lee

University of California, San Diego, Molecular Biology, Junior

Social Netowrks and Marketplace Formation within California Biotechnology Clusters

Advisor: Professor Stephen Casper
 

Daniel Martín-Alarcón

New Mexico State University, Chemical Engineering, Freshman

Advisor: Professor Angelika Niemz

 

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Columbia University, Biology, Freshman

Changes in Genome-Wide Association of RNA Polymerase II Isoforms in Response to Metabolic Shift

Advisor: Professor Aminesh Ray
 

Henry Nguyen

Carnegie Mellon University, Biological Sciences/Chemistry, Sophomore

Chemical genetics in yeast to characterize START lipid/sterol-binding domains

Advisor: Professor Kathrin Schrick
 

Luvena Ong

University of Michigan, Undeclared, Freshman

Investigating the role of miRNAs in initiation and progression of mouse cardiac stem cell differentiation

Advisor: Professor M. Ian Phillips

 

Holly Poole

Scripps College, Science and Management, Sophomore

Research and Creative Writing for Bioethics Case Studies

Advisor: Professor Gary Cohen

 

Danielle Porter

Washington University in St. Louis, Biomedical engineering, Freshman
Development of an HIV-1 Viral Load Assay Suitable for Resource-Limited Settings

Advisor: Professor Angelika Niemz
 

Jorden Schossau

Linfield College, Computer Science, Senior

Learning How to Evolve Receptors

Advisor: Professor Christoph Adami
 

Nicholas Szapiro

Swarthmore College, Engineering, Mathematics, Sophomore

Social Netowrks and Marketplace Formation within California Biotechnology Clusters

Advisor: Professor Stephen Casper

 

Shilpa Vadodaria

Columbia University,  Biomedical Engineering, Freshman

Changes in Genome-Wide Association of RNA Polymerase II Isoforms in Response to Metabolic Shift

Advisor: Professor Aminesh Ray

 

James Winkler

Rice University, Chemical Engineering, Sophomore

Module discovery in S. cerevisiae Protein and Gene Interaction Graphs

Advisor: Professor Alpan Raval
 

Cindy Wong

University of California, Los Angeles, Microbiol/Immunol/Genetics, Junior

Characterization of the supersecretory phenotype in Pichia pastoris

Advisor: Professor James Cregg

 

Hetty Wong

Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Sophomore

Genetic Engineering: An Automatic Gene Therapy for Hemorrhage in Combat

Advisor: Professor M. Ian Phillips

 

Jun Yin

Indiana University, Biochemistry, Sophomore

Approaches to the deletion of MNN4 in Pichia pastoris

Advisor: Professor James Cregg

 



KGI RET Program 2007: High School Teachers and Student Interns 

 

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John Lawrence

Claremont High School, Teacher                                                       

Advisor: Professor Matthew Croughan

  

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William Schlegel

Upland High School, Teacher                                                              

Advisor: Professor Deb Chakravarti

  

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Nina Ng-Wuinn

Upland High School, Sophomore                                                      

Advisor: Professor Angelika Niemz

  

Chris Qiu

Troy High School, Fullerton, Sophomore

Growth Rates of Dosage Suppressed Mutants of Temperature Sensitive sec39 Lethal Mutation

Advisor: Professor Aminesh Ray

  

Michael Eastham

Claremont High School, Junior                                                       

Advisor: Professor Christoph Adami

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