Name | Mentor | Talk Title | Future Plans |
Delaney Catania | Ernesto Fuentes |
Characterizing the Cache Sensor Domain of SrrB Histidine Kinase in S. aureus |
She will take a gap year to continue working on research in the Fuentes lab before applying to graduate schools in Medical Lab Science. |
Maunika Gandhamaneni | Daniel Weeks |
Protein Features That Direct Nucleolar Compartmentalization |
She will be working at the UIHC while applying to medical school. |
Emily Herum | Madeline Shea |
Target-Specific Dysfunctions of Mutants of Calmodulin |
She will be completing a post-bac program in a lab at the UI. |
Alexandria Jimenez | Rainbo Hultman |
Biophysical Characterization of Mouse-Model Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide |
She will attend graduate school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
Abigail Morrison | Miles Pufall |
Functional Interactions of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Leukemia Cell Death |
She will attend the UI Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. |
Caridad Naanep | Kris DeMali |
Investigation of FMNL2 and its Role in Junctional Actin Assembly in Response to Force |
She will apply for veterinary school while doing research with Dr. Alex Claussen in Otolaryngology at the UI. |
Nikhil Patel | Adrian Elcock |
Towards Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Escherichia Coli Inner Membrane |
He plans to apply to medical school, volunteer at the hospital, and shadow doctors. |