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Aaron Briggs
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Dartmouth College, Biology with Biochemistry Emphasis and Chemistry
Research Mentor: Dr. Antonio De Maio
Project Title: Scavenger Receptor A1 Role in the TLR4 Receptor Complex
Hannes Buck
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Amherst College, Biophysics
Research Mentor: Dr. JoAnn Trejo
Project Title: Sorting of Protease Activated Receptor 1 (PAR1) in Early to Late Endosomes
Taiwo Dodo-Williams
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Mount San Antonio Community College, Psychobiology
Research Mentor: Dr. Hemal Patel
Project Title: Role of caveolin and adaptation of C. elegans to hyperoxia
Beruk Kiros
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. David Roth
Project Title: Cardiac-specific over expression of caveolin-3 protects from diabetic cardiomyopathy
Riley McMurtrie
Undergraduate Institution & Major: UC San Diego, Human Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
Project Title: Efficient Generation of Cardiomyocytes as a Novel Human in Vitro model of Danon Disease
Afomia Mesfin
Undergraduate Institution & Major: UC San Diego, Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Neuroscience
Research Mentor: Dr. Farah Sheikh
Project Title: A Novel Desmoplakin-SNAP29 Interaction: Possible Role In Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Nicholas Meyers
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Central Washington University, Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Rolf Bodmer
Project Title: Elucidating the relationship between Mmp1 and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Caroline Opene
Undergraduate Institution & Major: California State University, Long Beach, Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Ross
Project Title: The Role of Beta-1D Integrin Cytoplasmic Domain in Cardiac Myocyte Mechanotransduction
Ayodeji Sotimehin
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Emory University, Chemistry
Research Mentor: Dr. Barry Greenberg
Project Title: The Role of Prolyl-4-hydroxylase in the Synthesis and Regulation of Triple Helical Collagen
Brian Tran
Undergraduate Institution & Major: UC Irvine, Biological Sciences
Research Mentor: Dr. Nicole Purcell
Project Title: Effect of Small Molecule Activators of Akt in Primary Cardiomyocytes
Alejandro Vargas
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Notre Dame, Biological Sciences
Research Mentor: Dr. Francisco Villarreal
Project Title: The Protective Role of Epicatechin in Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity in C2C12 Myoblasts