HHMI 
Undergraduate Research Scholars
Winter 2002
The following ten students were selected to be HHMI Research Scholars for the Winter 2002.
 
Suzanne Biehn, Biology Erin Henninger, Biology Allison Olszewski, Biochemistry
Justin DiAngelo, Biology Nicole Hill, Biology Michael Usher, Biology
Valerie Dzubeck, Chemistry Karyn Oberman, Biology Kathryn Whitehead, Chem. Engineering
Todd Greco, Biochemistry


 
Scholar: Suzanne Biehn
Major:  Biology
Research Mentor:  Norman Karin, Department of Biological Sciences
Project Title: Organelle Membrane Biogenesis by Ca 2+ - ATPase (SERCAla) Expression
Abstract: Suzanne E. Biehn, Kirk J. Czymmek, Norman J. Karin.Induction of organelle membrane biogenesis by Ca 2+ -ATPase (SERCA1a)  expression. FASEB J. 16(4), B48 (2002) Abst. 676.1.
Honors and Awards: Pfizer Summer Research Award 2001;  A First Place Winner in the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition at the Experimental Biology Meetings in New Orleans, 22 April 2002. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Paynter Memorial Prize to senior Biology major with the highest academic index and outstanding personal qualities who is going on to medical school.
After Graduation: University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill

 
Scholar: Justin DiAngelo
Major:  Biology
Research Mentor:   Melinda Duncan, Department of Biological Science
Project Title:  Production of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Pop1/BVES.
Abstracts and Publications: JR DiAngelo, TK Vasavada, MK Duncan. Expression of an Intractable Protein in E. coli. Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Day at Thomas Jefferson University, 2001
JR DiAngelo, TK Vasavada, W Cain, and MK Duncan, Production of monoclonal antibodies against chicken Pop1 (BVES). Hybridoma, in press (2001)
Justin Robert DiAngelo, Trusha Kirit Vasavada,  William Cain, and Melinda Kay Duncan. Pop1/BVES, a Membrane Protein  Found in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle. FASEB J. 16(4), E271 (2002) Abst. 254.12.
Awards and Honors: Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Beta Beta (Biology), and  Golden Key National Honors Societies, Honors Degree with Distinction Candidate. A First Place Winner in the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition at the Experimental Biology Meetings in New Orleans, 22 April 2002.
Fall 2002: Ph.D. Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania

 
Scholar: Valerie J. Dzubeck
Major:  Chemistry
Research Mentor:  Joel Schneider, Department of Chemsitry and Biochemistry
Project Title: Design and Synthesis of Fluorescent Redox Potential Probes
Abstracts and Publications: V Dzubeck and JP Schneider. One-pot conversion of benzyl carbamates into fluromethyl carbamates. Tetrahedron Letters 41, 9953 (2000)
Honors and Awards: American Chemical Society Analytical Award; 
First Place, Organic Chemistry I: Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, 20 April 2002, Lebanon Valley College,  "Design and Synthesis of Redox Potential Probes" Elizabeth Dyer Award for Excellence in Chemistry and Biochemistry, James A. Moore Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry, Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Fall 2002: Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin

 
Scholar: Todd Greco
Major:  Biochemistry

Research Mentor: Eugene Mueller, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title:  Investigating Isotopic Exchange at C5 during the Conversion of Uridine to 4-thiouridine in tRNA


 
Scholar: Erin Henninger
Major:  Biology

Research Mentor:  Deni Galileo, Department of Biological Science

Project Title:  Identification of the alpha-8 beta-1 Integrin Substrates among Radial Glia


 
Scholar: Nicole Lyn Hill
Major:  Biology
Research Mentor:  Melinda Duncan, Department of Biological Science

Project Title: Characterizing the Expression of Ectodysplasin-A in Bone

Posters and Presentations: Nicole Hill, Andres Laib, Melinda Duncan, Bone Defects in the Tabby Mutant . ASBMB Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 2001. FASEB J 15(4),  (2001) Abst 

Publication: NL Hill, A Laib, and MK Duncan. Mutation of the Ectodysplasin-A gene results in bone defects in mice. J. Comp. Pathology in press (2001)

Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa

Fall 2002: Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz.


 
Scholar: Karyn Oberman
Major:  Biology

Research Mentor:  Norman Karin, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title:  Calcium Signaling in Bone Cells


 
Scholar: Allison Olszewski
Major:  Biochemistry

Research Mentor:  John Koh, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title:  Synthesis of Estrogen Analogs and their Light-activated
Transcription Regulation

Honors and Awards: Second Place, Organic Chemistry I:  Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference, 20 April 2002, Lebanon Valley College,  "Synthesis of Estrogen Analogs and their Light-Activated Transcription Regulation," Advanced Honors Certificate. Treasurer of the ACS Student Affiliate Chapter.

Fall 2002: Ph.D. Program in Chemical Biology, University of California at Irvine.


 
Scholar:  Michael Usher
Major:  Biology
Research Mentor:  Eric Kmiec, Department of Biological Sciences
Project Title:  Use  of Chimeric DNA/RNA Hybrids in Site-Directed Repair of Mutated DNA
Abstracts: Michael Usher, Howard Gamper, Eric Kmeic. Targeting of a Chimeric Oligonucleotide to dsDNA for Site-Specific Gene Repair. ASBMB Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 2001. FASEB J 15(4), A518 (2001) Abst 435.2
    Jennifer Rutan, Michael Usher, Matthew Russell, Robin Davis, Shui Quig Ye, Gregory Stephens, Robert Hodson, David Usher. Conservation of the Apolipoprotein AI-CIII Linkage Group in Reptiles. ASBMB Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 2001. FASEB J 15(4) A195 (2001) Abst 188.5
    Michael Goodwin Usher, Howard Gamper, Miya Drury, Li Liu, and Eric Kmiec. The recombinational repair protein, Mre11p,  plays a central role  in targeted gene repair. ASBMB Meetings, New Orleans, LA. April 2002. FASEB J. 16(4), B43 (2002) Abst. 424.1.
Awards and Honors: Recipient of a Pfizer Summer Research Fellowship 2001, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Fall 2002: M.D./PH.D. Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

 
Scholar:  Kathryn Whitehead
Major:  Chemical Engineering
Research Mentor:  Anne Skaja Robinson, Department of Chemical Engineering
Project Title:   In Vitro Refolding Studies of the P22 Tailspike Protein
Awards and Scholarships: Chemical Engineering First Year Award, First Year Honors Certificate, UD Scholar Award, Bunnell Family Scholarship, Just Born Candies Award,  World War II Alumni Award, Honors Program Scholarship, Chemical Engineering Class of 1952 Award, Engineering Teaching Assistant Award. Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Undergraduate Research Award, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
Fall 2002: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at University of California at Santa Barbara. 


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