2017 Graduates

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Jocelyn Baquier

• Undergraduate Institution: Barry University
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Farah Sheikh
  
• Project Title: A possible role for cereblon as a desmoplakin regulator at the intercalated disc
  

Anthony Dinkel

• Undergraduate Institution: Santa Clara University
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. David Roth
  
• Project Title: Isolation, purification, and functional characterization of exosomes from Caveolin-1 mutant human dermal fibroblasts
  

Jessica-Sophie Horoschak

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Hemal Patel
  
• Project Title: Assessment of mitochondrial function in hearts from caveolin-1 knock-out mice
  

Shivani Lakkaraju

• Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Albert La Spada
  
• Project Title: Investigating the role of increased autophagy in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy in vitro
  

Julian Pacheco

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Omens
  
• Project Title: Effect of Cleaved Osteopontin on Cardiac Fibroblast and Myofibroblast Profibrotic Activity Compared Between Stiffnesses
  

Joel Pardo

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
  
• Project Title: Examining the role of tbx2b in myocardial cellular plasticity
  

Sarah Schurr

• Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Ross
  
• Project Title: The Role of Perm1 in Cardiac Muscle
  

Ashley Scott

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
  
• Research Mentor: Dr. Eric Zorrilla
  
• Project Title: Optimizing qPCR analyses of leptin receptor expression in the anterior insula