Student Profiles
- Elizabeth Adams
- Seckin Akgul
Mentor: Yuan Zhu
seckinak@umich.edu
Determination of the role of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes in nervous system tumors- Steve Allen
Mentor: Sofia Merajver
allensg@umich.edu
Interplay of macrophages and inflammation with early breast malignancy and chronic mastitis- Erik Anderson
Mentor: Cunming Duan
anderser@umich.edu
Peptide growth factors act to control vertebrate growth, development, and aging- Hilary Archbold
Mentor: Kenneth Cadigan
hilaryar@umich.edu
Wingless Response Elements: Characterising the bi-partite binding motif of the transcription factor dTCF- Berhanegebriel Assefa
- Shauna Marie Bennett
- Mario Blanco
- Nathan Blewett
Mentor: Aaron Goldstrohm
blewett@umich.edu
Regulation of messenger RNA stability, translation and localization by RNA-binding proteins, mRNA untranslated regions, and nucleases. Genetic mechanisms of cancer and obesity- John Chad Brenner
Mentor: Arul Chinnaiyan
chadbren@umich.edu
Prostate and Breast Cancer, Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Bioinformatics- Daniela Burgos-Ojeda
Mentor: Ronald Buckanovich
danivane@umich.edu
Internal Medicine Division of Hematology Oncology Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Gynecologic Oncology- Randi Burns
- Jeff Calhoun
Mentor: Lori Isom
calhoujd@umich.edu
Role of voltage-gated sodium channel beta subunits in neurite extension and axon guidance- Alyssa Cates
Mentor: Mark Day
alycates@umich.edu
Elucidating the therapeutic potential of ADAM15, a protein implicated in the metastatic progression of several cancer types- Albert (Tzong-Yang) Chen
- Wei-Yun (Winnie) Chen
- Andrew Chervenak
Mentor: Kate Barald
apcher@umich.edu
The Role of Zic1 and Zic2 in Cell Fate Specification During Inner Ear Development- Jooho Chung
Mentor: Ivan Maillard
jooh@umich.edu
Transcriptional dynamics of notch signaling in peripheral T-cells- Erika Cline
Mentor: Nils Walter
ecline@umich.edu
Developing a Synthetic Mimic of Promoter Searching by RNA Polymerase- Meredith Collins
Mentor: Marina Pasca di Magliano
macoll@umich.edu
Kras in pancreatic cancer: tumor initiation, progression, and maintenance- Ishita Das
Mentor: JoAnn Sekiguchi
idas@umich.edu
Role of a specific DNA nuclease in resolution of replication stress and maintenance of genome stability- Katie Dumas
- Taylor Eves
Mentor: Lois Weisman
teves@umich.edu
Discrimination between Cargoes by the Yeast Myosin V Motor, Myo2p- Tamar Feinberg
Mentor: Stephen J. Weiss
tyfei@umich.edu
Matrix metalloproteinase mobilization and function in branching morphogenesis- Nicole Gabreski
Mentor: Brian Pierchala
ngab@umich.edu
Functions of several splice variants of RET, a receptor tyrosine kinase, during development in the mouse- Krista Geister
Mentor: Sally Camper
kgeister@umich.edu
Roles of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 2 and a Novel Gene in Skeletal Development, Ovulation, and Spermatogenesis- Jill Haenfler
Mentor: Cheng-Yu Lee
haenfler@umich.edu
Regulation of Drosophila Neural Stem Cells by Notch Signaling- Alexander Holtz
Mentor: Ben Allen
amholtz@umich.edu
Cell surface regulation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling, focusing on the interaction of pathway antagonists in mouse neural tube development- Brooke Horton
Mentor: Hisashi Umemori
bnhorton@umich.edu
Mechanisms underlying synapse formation and neurogenesis in the hippocampus- Kristine Ito
- Derek Janssens
- Ray Joe
Mentor: Christin Carter-Su
raymjoe@umich.edu
Determining the cellular basis for the Phenotype observed in patients with mutation in the adapter protein SH2B1 which includes severe early onset obesity- Morgan Jones
Mentor: Ivan Maillard
jonesmor@umich.edu
The roles of telomere capping and histone methylation in hematopoietic stem cell maintenance- Sarah Kampert
Mentor: Margaret Westfall
skampert@umich.edu
Combination of Phosphomimetic Substitutions within Cardiac Troponin I Cause Functional Cross-Talk- Kenneth Krill
- Katie Koelzer (Baldwin)
Mentor: Roman Giger
koelzekt@umich.edu
Molecular mechanisms that inhibit axonal regeneration following central nervous system injury- Charlie Kuang
Mentor: Cheng-Yu Lee
ckuang@umich.edu
A Novel Role of Fizzy/Cdc20 in Maintaining Neural Stem Cells in Drosophila- Yi-Chun (Jennifer) Lai
- Jamie Lane
- Brian Larsen
- Grace Lin
Mentor: Jessica Schwartz
gracelin@umich.edu
A novel transcriptional repressor-activator relationship in growth regulation- Stephanie Linn
Mentor: Kate F Barald
elmolinn@umich.edu
Characterization of Jab1, a Downstream Effector of the Cytokine Mif, in Zebrafish Inner Ear Development- Jeremy Linsley
Mentor: John Kuwada
jlinsley@umich.edu
A Novel Member of the Excitation-Contraction Complex in Zebrafish- David Lorberbaum
Mentor: Scott Barolo
dslorber@umich.edu
Transcriptional control of gene regulation and focus on characterizing enhancer function using Drosophila melanogaster- William Lu
Mentor: JoAnn Sekiguchi
luwill@umich.edu
Elucidating the mechanisms underlying regulation of the Artemis DNA repair factor- Matthew Marek
- Gabriel Martinez Santibanez
- Esha Mathew
- Yevgeniya Mironova
Mentor: Roman Giger
mironova@umich.edu
Nogo receptors in the healthy central nervous system by studying synaptogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and regulation of signaling pathways such as mTOR- John Moldovan
- Heather(Krueger)Moore
Mentor: Celina Kleer
kruegerh@umich.edu
Understanding the function of EZH2 as a determinant of breast cancer invasion and metastasis- Paul Moore
- Andrea Morris Spencer
Mentor: Stephen Ragsdale
almor@umich.edu
Regulation of biliverdin reductase and heme degradation through protein-protein interactions- Nicholas Niemuth
Mentor: Ursula Jakob
nniemuth@umich.edu
Investigating tissue-specific levels of reactive oxygen species in C.elegans aging- Ajay Prakash
- Jennifer Ro
Mentor: Scott Pletcher
jenro@umich.edu
Role of the central nervous system in nutrient homeostasis and dietary restriction response- Andrea Ramos
Mentor: Scott Barolo
airamos@umich.edu
Mechanisms of Gene Transcription Across the Hedgehog Signaling Gradient- Jose Rodriguez-Nieves
- Marijo Roiko
- Nadia Sedastian
- Christian Shively
Mentor: Anuj Kumar
chashive@umich.edu
Filamentous growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans- Becky Simon
Mentor: Ormond MacDougald
simonbec@umich.edu
Chemosensory receptor activity as a regulator of adipogenesis and adipocyte metabolism- Derek Simon
Mentor: Gary Hammer
simonde@umich.edu
Notch Signaling from the Fetal Adrenal Cortex to Medullary Precursors is Essential for Adrenal Development- Elisabeth Starnes
Mentor: Diane Robins
starnese@umich.edu
The role of androgen receptor genetic variants in prostate cancer initiation, progression and response to therapy- Michael Steinbaugh
Mentor: Richard Miller
msteinba@umich.edu
Mechanisms of enhanced stress resistance in long-lived mice- Ilea Swinehart
- Daniel Treisman
- Lauren Van Wassenhove
- Dang Vu-Phan
Mentor: Max Wicha, Ron Koenig
vudang@umich.edu
The Pax8-PPARgamma fusion protein and thyroid cancer stem cells- Mindy Waite
- Chris Walczak
- Guoxiao (Grace) Wang
Mentor: Jiandie Lin
gracewgx@umich.edu
Role of Nrg4 and Otop1 in brown adipose tissue metabolism and systemicenergy balance- Hanxiao Wang
Mentor: Alnawaz Rehemtulla
hanxiaow@umich.edu
Regulation of FADD (Fas-Associated protein with Death Domain) through ubiquitination- Mike Waterson
- Corinne Weisheit
Mentor: William Dauer
weisheit@umich.edu
Characterizing the behavioral and histochemical phenotype of novel mouse models of primary dystonia- Richard Yau
Mentor: Lois Weisman
rgyau@umich.edu
Novel Role for a Mitotic Checkpoint Protein in the Termination of Vacuole Inheritance