Nicole Barkley Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Carlton R. Cooper, Department of Biological Sciences Project Title:  Expression of Akt in PC-3 Cells Adhering to Bone Matrix Awards, Honors, and Activities: Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) held in Dallas, Nov. 10-13, Charles Peter White Scholar 2005, First Place in Biochemistry section, UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium, NUCLEUS Student Coordinator Presentations: Summer Research Symposium 2005, NIH Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF), UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium,  Experimental Biology Meetings-San Francisco 2006. Fall 2007:  Grdauate Program in Biotechnology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Meghan Cashman Biochemistry 2006

Research Mentor: Roberta F. Colman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Project Title: Amino Acids of the Active Site of Adenylosuccinate Lyase. Awards, Honors, and Acivities: Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, HHMI Summer Scholar 2004, Phi Kappa Phi, University Research Opportunities Program-Imperial College London Summer 2005. Presentations: Summer Symposium 2004, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition Experimental Biology Meetings-San Francisco 2006. Publication: Mark L. Segall, Meghan A. Cashman, and Roberta F. Colman (2007) Important roles of hydroxylic amino acid residues in the function of Bacillus subtilis adenylosuccinate lyase Protein Sci. 16, 441 - 448. Fall 2006: Dickinson Law School

Kevin DuPrey Biology 2006

Research Mentor:  Melinda Duncan, Biological Sciences Project Title: The Role of BetaB2-Crystallin in the Retina Awards, Honors, and Activities: Thomas Jefferson University Sigma Xi Research Day Award Winner, Cross Country/Track and Field Co-Captain, Alpha Lambda Delta, Beta Beta Beta, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappi Phi, Charles Peter White Fellow 2004, HHMI Summer Scholar 2005 Presentation: Summer 2004 Symposium,  Summer 2005 Symposium. Fall 2006: Medical School, Philadelphia, PA

Madeline Gregorits Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Robert Sikes and Ronald Gomes, Dept. Biological Sciences Project Title: Modeling Cancer Metastasis to Bone Using Hindlimb Unloading Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, University Honors Program, University Scholar Award, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Scholar 2004, University of Delaware Research Foundation Award, Blue Hen Ambassador, PLTL Chemistry Peer Facilitator. Presentations:  Effects of Hindlimb Suspension on CB. 17 SCIB/beige Mice, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Diego, CA April 2005. Summer 2004 Symposium, Summer 2005 Symposium. ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Francisco, CA April 2006. Fall 2006: MD program at the Penn State University School of Medicine, Hershey, PA

Patricia Hansen Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Deni Galileo, Biological Sciences Project Title:  Breast Cancer Cell Targeting to Brain in a New In Vivo Model. Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lamda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, UD Scholar Award Recipient, Governor's Award Recipient. Summer 2004 HHMI Scholar. Presentations: Summer 2004 Symposium, Summer 2005 Symposium, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Francisco, CA April 2006. Fall 2006: MD program at Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.

Sonali Joshi Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Mary C. Farach-Carson , Department of Biological Sciences Project Title: Heparanase Knockdown in ATDC5 cells Honors and Awards: Alpha Lambda Delta, Summer 2004 HHMI Scholar, Summer 2005 HHMI Scholar, Sigma Xi Undergraduate Thesis Award 2006. Presentations: Summer 2004 Symposium,  Summer 2005 Symposium. Publication: Gomes, R.R., Joshi, S.S., Farach-Carson, M.C. (2006) Ribozyme-Mediated Perlecan Knockdown Impairs Chondrogenic Differentiation of C3H10T1/2 Fibroblasts. Differentiation, 74(1):53-63. Fall 2006: PhD. program in the Integrated Graduate Program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Liang-I Kang Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Melinda Duncan, Department of Biological Sciences Project Title: Role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAK-A) in the Corneal Epithelium. Honors, Awards, and Activities: Goldwater Scholar 2004, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholar (2004), First Prize Sigma Xi Ethics Teaching Case (case), President Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society, AAAS Meeting Washington DC 2005, Phi Kappa Phi, UD Scholar Award (2002-2006), Richard M. Johnson Memorial Award for Intellectual leadership in Biology, 2006 AAUP Undergraduate Student Award Winner. Presentations: Summer 2004 Symposium,  Summer 2005 Symposium, Sigma Xi Research Day-Thomas Jefferson University March 2005,  UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium 2004, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Diego, April 2005, First Place AAAS Student  Poster Competition Cellular and Molecular Biology, St. Louis, February 2006, Honorable Mention in ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, Experimental Biology Meetings, San Francisco, April 2006. Fall 2006: MD-PhD Program, University of Pittsburgh

Chinedu Nworu Biology 2006

Research Mentor: David Usher, Department of Biological Sciences Project Title: Downward Regulated Genes and Adipocyte  Differentiation Honors, Awards, and Activities: Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) held in Dallas, Nov. 10-13,  Beta Beta Beta, 2nd Vice Preident Black Student Union,  McNair Scholar, HHMI Summer Scholar 2004, Presentations:   Summer 2004 Symposium poster, Fall 2006: IGERT Genomics PhD Program, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Arizona

Vivek Patel Biology 2006

Research Mentor: Deni Galileo, Department of Biological Sciences Project Title: Tumor cell migration on brain slices. Poster Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta, Psychology Junior Award,  McNair Scholar, HHMI Summer Analytical Chemistry Program, AAUP Undergraduate Student Award 2006, and Paynter Memorial Prize 2006, Historian/Webmaster for the Making Doctors (M.D.s) Student Organization, Alpha Lambda Delta, Psychology Junior Award,  McNair Scholar of Promise Award Presentations: 2003 Summer Research Symposium, Summer 2004 Symposium,  Summer 2005 Symposium, Poster at Experimental Biology Meetings-San Francisco April 2006.National McNair Scholars Research Conference in 2004 and 2005. 5th and 6th Annual McNair Scholars Summer Research Symposium. Publications: Joseph S. Fotos, Patel, V.P., N. J. Karin, M. K. Temburni, John T. Koh, and Deni S. Galileo (2006) Automated time-lapse microscopy and high-resolution tracking of cell migration. Cytotechnology, Cytotechnology  51(1): 7-19. Jing Tian, , Carrie A. Paquette-Straub, E.H. Sage, S.E. Funk, Vivek Patel, Deni S. Galileo, and Mary Ann McLane (2007). Inhibition of melanoma cell motility by the snake venom disintegrin eristostatin, Toxicon, 49(7), 899-908. Fall 2006: MD-PhD Program, University of Pittsburgh-Carnegie Mellon University School of Medicine.