What a great 2019 class of Stowers Summer Scholars group!
Our 34 Scholars hail from 12 states and 8 countries, representing a total of 30 universities. The energy and creativity was felt throughout the summer. Thank you for making it a great year!
Meet our Summer Scholars:
|
Scholar |
University |
Laboratory |
Poster/ Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
|
María José Blanco Salazar |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Ariel Bazzini |
Defying decay: is codon optimality stronger than microRNAs? |
|
Christopher Chan |
University of Cambridge |
Nicolas Rohner |
ClampFISH for Imaging Flow Cytometry |
|
Juliane Marie-Helena Da Graça |
Aix-Marseille University |
Nicolas Rohner |
Metabolic adaptation of cavefish |
|
Yuchen Dai |
Carleton College |
Kausik Si |
Decoding the functional relevance of protein condensation at organismal level |
|
Ana María Daza |
Universidad de Antioquia |
Tatjana Piotrowski |
A novel mutant with sensory hair cell defect during development and regeneration in Zebrafish |
|
Michay Diez |
National University of San Martin |
Ariel Bazzini |
Proximity labeling of RNA binding proteins in living cells |
|
Daniel Dong |
Baylor University |
Linheng Li |
Effects of MK-2206 on colon cancer |
|
Eric Ebert |
Emporia State University |
Jennifer Gerton |
5` RACE of Human Centromeres 11 and 18 |
|
Francis Valeria Eliosa |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) |
Sarah Zanders |
Variation in gamete aneuploidy in fission yeast |
|
Taylor Farnan |
University of Arkansas |
Sue Jaspersen |
Novel Techniques for Genome Manipulation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae |
|
Julianna Haug |
University of Arizona |
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado |
Optimizing Expression and Purification of Nanobodies |
|
Matthew Jansen |
University of Notre Dame |
Paul Kulesa |
The Role of Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) in Sympathetic Ganglia Formation |
|
Alyssa Jones |
University of Missouri-Kansas City |
Scott Hawley |
Sina interactions during female meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster |
|
Anna Kogan |
Saint-Petersburg State University |
Julia Zeitlinger |
Alternative TFIID organization in Drosophila embryos |
|
Shiwani Kumari |
University of Delhi |
Kausik Si |
A screen for fibril-forming segments in prion-like domain of Herzog |
|
Jeremy Larson |
Benedictine College |
Randal Halfmann |
Oxidative Stress Drives Phase Separation of Sup35 in S. cerevisiae |
|
Olivia Lawler |
John Brown University |
Ron Yu |
Gadd45g Localization and Interactions with asH19 in Mice |
|
Nathan Luzum |
Duke University |
Randal Halfmann |
A summer of stress: Exploring the interactions of stress granules and inflammasomes |
|
Madeleine |
University of Kansas |
Linheng Li |
A home for stem cells: The fetal liver hematopoietic stem cell niche |
|
Karina Polacek |
Macalester College |
Paul Kulesa |
The Role of CCR9/CCL25 in Sympathetic Nervous System Patterning |
|
Balashankar |
IISER Mohali |
Jennifer Gerton |
5’ RACE for Cloning and Sequencing the Human Centromeric RNAs |
|
Mary Claire Rose |
Rockhurst Universtiy |
Brian Slaughter |
The Initiation of Synaptonemal Complex Assembly |
|
Rajit Roy |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology |
Ron Yu |
Aversion as a modulator of olfactory response in mice |
|
Anamay Samant |
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
Ron Yu |
Identification of Novel Cell Types in the Olfactory Bulb |
|
Samantha |
Kenyon College |
Sarah Zanders |
Variation in Mating Preference in Wild Isolates of S. pombe |
|
Shubhajit Sen |
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata |
Ron Yu |
How does the brain learn to categorize objects? |
|
Marina Slashcheva |
St.Petersburg State University |
Ron Yu |
Attention modulation of olfaction in mice |
|
Padmini Sreedhara |
University of Kansas |
Paul Trainor |
Med23 is Required in Endothelial Cells for |
|
Laura Steel |
University of Tulsa |
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado |
Discovering the “Brains” Behind Planarian Neoblasts: |
|
Jack Swann |
University of Kansas |
Ron Yu |
The Effects of V1re9/12 Knockout on Aggression and Copulatory Behavior |
|
Nathan Wamsley |
Hillsdale College |
Randal Halfmann |
Prion-Like Domains in Cancer Drivers: |
|
Emily Wesley |
University of Missouri-Kansas City |
Scott Hawley |
Exploring the physical interactions of synaptonemal |
|
Erik Zhivkoplias |
Uppsala University |
Julia Zeitlinger |
Applying CNN on solving core promoter code in Drosophila genome |
|
Elaine Zhu |
Columbia University |
Linheng Li |
Investigating Differences in Bone Marrow Cell Content in Adult and New-Born Mice |
