Summer 2017
Enrique Carrera
Tyrosinase Inhibition via the Halogenation of Stilbenes
Mentor: Dr. Valerie Burke (Chemistry)
Kyla Cole
Environmental toxin effects on Xenopus laevis embryo growth and development.
Mentor: Dr. Sonya Schuh (Biology) Report
Kirsti Dunckel
Impact of community dynamics on osmobiosis in Tardigrades. (Phylum Tardigrada)
Mentor: Dr. David Chambers (Biology)
Amanda Hassard
Synthesis and investigation of Resorcinol derivatives.
Mentor: Dr. Valerie Burke (Chemistry) Report
Rachel Henley
The expression and significance of γ-Secretase in BMP-Initiated dendritic growth.
Mentor: Dr. Vidya Chandrasekaran (Biology) Report
Moises Hernandez
Modeling Mitochondrial Intermediate Peptidase structure and activity.
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Sigman (Chemistry) Report
Brittany Jensen
Trials and tribulations of replicating established colorimetric enzymatic activity assays for S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine Hydrolase (SAHHASE)
Mentor: Dr. James Pesavento (Biology)
Juliann Jugan
Endo- and ectoparasitism associated with elevated androgens and corticosteroids in male coast range fence lizards. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii)
Mentor: Dr. David Chambers (Biology)
Kellen Kitzman
Effects of oil and natural gas production on surface-level ozone.
Mentor: Dr. Joel Burley (Chemistry)
Linxin Liu
Ranking system of Multiplayer contests.
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Conner (Mathematics)
Kate Maurey
Synthesis of immoblilized radicals to improve dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced MRIat 6.5 mT.
Mentor: Dr. Mark Lingwood (Chemistry)
Elisa Rapadas
Culture is practice: Comparing cultural competency of counselors from Guam and the San Francisco bay area.
Mentor: Dr. Mark Barajas (Psychology) Report
Joe Sperling
Expression and characterization of human Mitochondrial Intermediate Peptidase
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Sigman (Chemistry)
Maya Szafraniec
Temporal and spatial trends of the ozone weekend effect in Southern California.
Mentor: Dr. Joel Burley (Chemistry) Report
Meagan Lasecke and Clarissa Velez
The impact of the pratfall effect and gender on ratings of likeability.
Mentor: Dr. Emily Hause (Psychology)
Marcus Viscardi
In vivo study of conserved glycined riboswitches by novel combinations of mutations to ligand-binding and dimerization regions.
Mentor: Dr. Karen Ruff (Chemistry)
Katherine Whiting
Molecular mechanisms underlying dendritic growth in sympathetic neurons.
Mentor: Dr. Vidya Chandrasekaran (Biology)
Fabiola Zaragoza
Towards establishment of a gene-knockdown strategy to study methyltransferases in the green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Mentor: Dr. Jim Pesavento (Biology)