Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2019

Madison Darish

University of Miami
Mentor: Alexander Gow, PhD

“Investigation of Dendritic Spine Density in the OBiden Mouse Model”

1^st Place Awardee with Alexia Zolenski: Oral Presentations - 2019 School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Nidhi Dungrani

Michigan State University
Mentor: Lobelia Samavati, MD

“Regulation of IL1β through Umbiquination of HIF1‐α”

3^rd Place Awardee: Oral Presentations - 2019 School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

April Feist

University of Minnesota
Mentor: Li Li, PhD

“The Controversy Debunked: Angiotensin II’s Effect on Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation”

Tara Metcalfe

Michigan State University
Mentor: Michael Tainsky, PhD

“Functional Analysis of a Rare African‐specific SNP, NBN I439M, Found in African‐American Women

with Breast Cancer”

2^nd Place Awardee: Oral Presentations - 2019 School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Amanda Moy

Grand Valley State University
Mentor: Henry Heng, PhD

“Micronuclei Clusters and Genome Chaos: Creating New Genomes Under Crisis”

Nina Neumann

Wayne State University
Mentor: Stephen Krawetz, PhD

“Sperm RNAs Highlight Chromosomal Activation During Spermatogenesis”

Alexia Zolenski

University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Alexander Gow, PhD