2010 Graduates

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