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Jakita Baldwin
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Hampton University, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Vivian Hook
Project Title: Mutant Huntington Protein Fragments in Huntington's Disease
Melissa Cruz-Acuna
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Puerto Rico, Biotechnology
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeff Omens
Project Title: Activation sequence assessment using two-dimensional contour maps to determine effective pacing locations in a diseased heart
Marikah Davin
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Penn State U, Kinesiology, Movement
Research Mentor: Dr. Hemal Patel & Dr. David Roth
Project Title:
Adrian Diamond
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Harvard University, Pre-Medicals
Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Ross
Project Title: The role of Talin in the Cardiac Myocyte
Jennifer Dumdie
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of South Dakota, Biology & Mathematics
Research Mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
Project Title: Genetic Cell Lineage Tracing of the Cardiovascular System
Obinna Ekekezie
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Harvard University, Statistics
Research Mentor: Dr. Fred Levin
Project Title: Novel Ligands for the Orphan Nuclear Receptor HNF-4α
Jackie Engel
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Cal State San Marcos, Biological Sciences
Research Mentor: Dr. Judith Varner
Project Title: Lymph node lymphangiogenesis precedes metastasis
Ali Evans
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Harvard University, Neurobiology
Research Mentor: Dr. Barry Greenberg
Project Title: Angiotensin II Signaling in Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts – Involvement of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Transactivation
Alisha Gordy
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Howard University, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Farah Sheikh
Project Title: A Novel Desmoplakin-Cereblon Interaction: Possible Role In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Omar Gutteriez
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Case Western University, ISAT
Research Mentor: Dr. Hemel Patel
Project Title: Anthropology & Health Sciences
Axel Moreira
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Texas, Microbiology
Research Mentor: Dr. Francisco Villarreal
Project Title: Extraction of Epicatechin from Green Tea by Column Chromatography
Carlos Roston
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of San Francisco, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. JoAnn Trejo
Project Title: Differential expression of FAM/USP9X and ALIX related to protease-activated receptor-1 in invasive and non-invasive breast carcinoma
Angel Tabuyo
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Puerto Rico, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Rolf Bodmer
Project Title:
Tedra Thomas
Undergraduate Institution & Major: SUNY,Albany, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Timothy Bigby
Project Title: The Effect of TNFα, IL-13, and IL-33 on NCX1 Expression and Cell Migration In Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells
Michael Willams
Undergraduate Institution & Major: UCSD, Human Biology
Research Mentor:
Dr. Antonio De Maio
Project Title: The IL-23/IL-17 pathway in the innate immune response during Sepsis