We were thrilled to host our 2015 class of Stowers Summer Scholars. They were a truly excellent group.
Our 29 Scholars hail from 10 states and 8 other countries, representing a total of24 universities. Our community was enriched by their energy and passion for science. Thank you for making it a great year!
Meet our Summer Scholars:
Scholar |
University |
Laboratory |
Poster/ Project Title |
Mary (Makenzie) Beaman |
Vanderbilt University |
Paul Kulesa |
Expression Analysis Reveals Potential Role for Chemokines in Neural Crest Migration |
Ellen Bruner |
Johns Hopkins University |
Linheng Li |
Robust Proliferation of ‘Neural’-Cadherin+ Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
LeAnna Cates |
University of Missouri - Kansas City |
Scott Hawley |
Nucleoplasmin-like Protein (NLP) is required for centromere clustering during meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster |
Mary Rose Copley |
Earlham College |
Sue Jaspersen |
Interactions With Binding Partners by Schizosaccharomyces pombe |
Sravan Kumar Devanathan |
SASTRA University |
Jennifer Gerton |
MukB is required for translation in E. coli |
Evan Eschliman |
University of Chicago |
Ron Yu |
The genetic diversity of sex-specific vomeronasal receptors in mouse |
Romain Forey |
Université Montpellier 2 |
Jennifer Gerton |
Budding yeast as a model to understand effects of human cancer driver mutants |
Scott Freeburg |
Kenyon College |
Tatjana Piotrowski |
Transient reduction of Fgf signaling is required for zebrafish hair cell regeneration |
Maria Gentry |
University of Missouri - Kansas City |
Scott Hawley |
Chromosome Fragmentation During Female |
Annika Kruger |
Cardiff Metropolitan University |
Matt Gibson |
Meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster |
Yanhui Li |
National University of Singapore |
Jerry Workman |
Modulation of Swi/Snf composition and function by subunits of the chromatin remodeler |
Sydney Loethen |
University of Missouri |
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado |
Investigating the Function of Ki-67 in Planarian Regeneration |
Jose Fabricio Lopez |
CINVESTAV.Irapuato |
Matt Gibson |
Nematostella vectensis: a new model for environmental sensing and behavior |
Daniel Sumner Magruder |
Rhodes College |
Kausik Si |
Analysis of protein confirmation in the formation of the Orb2 aggregate |
Conor McMann |
Vanderbilt University |
Sue Jaspersen |
Analysis of spindle pole body pore protein interaction and Nbp1 |
Santiago Medina |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Julia Zeitlinger |
A pipeline for peak calling and de novo motif discovery in ChIP-‐nexus data |
Malcom Moses |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
Jennifer Gerton |
Rpl19A Effects on the Smc5/6 Complex |
Nicole L Nuckolls |
Rockhurst University |
R. Scott Hawley |
Novel meiotic mutants provide insight into centromeric synaptonemal complex in Drosophila melanogaster |
Augusto Ortega Granillo |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico |
Sue Jaspersen |
Sec 61 complex localization in the INM |
Elizabeth Porto |
University of Missouri, Kansas City |
Scott Hawley |
sina Mutations Cause Aberrant Synaptonemal Complex in Drosophila melanogaster |
Bhuiyan Rahman |
Vanderbilt University |
Sue Jaspersen |
Characterization of enhancers in and around TALE protein genes |
Jacqueline Roth |
University of Texas at Austin |
Matt Gibson/ Kausik Si |
A snapshot of the nervous system 500 million years ago |
Bishwas Sharma |
St. Olaf College |
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado |
Developing a biochemical toolkit for studying stem cell and regeneration in planarian |
Jennifer Spengler |
Millersville University of Pennsylvania |
Paul Kulesa |
Turtle plastron bones development |
Yin Ho Vong |
University of Warwick |
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado |
Visualization of planaria proteins involved in regeneration |
Joanna Wasielewska |
University of Wrocław |
Matt Gibson |
Epithelial cell responses during regeneration of the Drosophila wing imaginal disc |
Morgan Widhalm |
University of Notre Dame |
Ron Yu |
Tauro-β-muricholate: Mouse Pheromone Candidate |
Pamela Wong |
Emory University |
Linheng Li |
Identification of Frizzled Receptors Positive Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Niches by Reporter Mice |
Andy Yu |
University of Michigan |
Linheng Li |
Repurposing the chemotherapeutic agent Doxorubicin as a targeted |