Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2023

Lauren Demas

Michigan State University
Mentor: Siddhesh Aras, MBBS, PhD and Lawrence Grossman, PhD
“A mitochondrial CHCHD2P9 analysis: applying brakes on MNRR1”

Shivayne Gandotra

Oakland University
Mentor: Kezhong Zhang, PhD
“Investigation of Airborne Particulate Matter PM2.5-Induced Organelle Stress Response”

Ella Kole

Villanova University
Mentor: Alexander Gow, PhD
“Establishing Criteria to Determine Phenotype Severity in an Animal Model of PMD”

Adam Livingston

Miami University 
Mentor: Lawrence Grossman, PhD
“CHCHD2P9, a genetic misnomer?”

Pranavi Pullela

Michigan State University
Mentor: Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD
“Endoplasmic-Reticulum Associated Degradation in Spermatogenesis”

Taryn Raisanen

Trine University
Mentor: Maik Huettemann, PhD
“Analysis of cytochrome c oxidase activity in diabetic rat liver”

Alexandar Trendov

Wayne State University
Mentor: Alexander Gow, PhD
“Assessing Motor Coordination in a Mouse Model of PMD”