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Our New Students

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Rachel Fickes
B.S., Biochemistry, Creighton Univ., NE, 2011 |

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Brent Fitzwalter
B.S., Biochemistry, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2011 |
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Class entering in 2007

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J. Taylor Juergens
B.S., Biology, Univ. of Colorado, Denver, Denver, CO, 2007 Mentor: Sather, William A.
Mechanistic basis of voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channel modulation as a foundation to understand higher order processes such as control of heart rate and dendritic computation in the brain. |
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Class entering in 2008

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Allison Ostriker
B.A., Biochemistry, Bowdoin Coll., Brunswick, ME, 2004 Mentor: Nemenoff, Raphael A.
The role of macrophage phenotype on severity of response to vascular injury. In addition to in vivo models of vascular injury, use of in vitro models to look at the molecular cross-talk going on between macrophages and other relevant cell types |
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Class entering in 2009

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Wallace H. Liu
B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Univ. of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2007 Mentor: Churchill, Mair E. A.
Chromatin assembly and disassembly in eukaryotes.
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Sarah M. Moore
B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Harvey Mudd Coll., Claremont, CA, 2008 Mentor: Wu, Christine C.
I develop mass spectrometry methods for the analysis of integral membrane proteins (IMPs). Specifically, I study the membrane topology of leucine transporter (LeuT) through membrane shaving techniques. |

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Kyle A. Olszewski
Pharm. D., Pharmacy - Professional, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2009 Mentor: Weiser-Evans, Mary C.M.
Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling in Malignant Mesothelioma |

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Jacki M. Rorabaugh
B.S., Biology: Allied Health, Winona State Univ., Winona, MN, 2009 Mentor: Zahniser, Nancy R.
Investigation of dopamine receptor number and coupling in high and low cocaine responding rats |

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Christina L. Wysoczynski
B.S., Biology, Univ. of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, 2009 Mentor: Churchill, Mair E. A.
Signaling mechanisms involved in bacterial pathenogenesis. |
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Class entering in 2010

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Kelsey Barcomb
B.A., Neuroscience, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 2009 Mentor: Bayer, K. Ulrich
Interaction between calcium calmodulin dependent kinase II (CaMKII) and the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B |

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Wes Blakeslee
B.A., Biochemistry, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2009 Mentor: McKinsey, Timothy A.
Investigating the epigenetic regulation of heart failure in cellular models of cardiac hypertrophy and in human patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. |

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Hannah Johnson
B.S., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2009 Mentor: Jones, David N. M.
The intramolecular contacts between the C2 and catalytic domain of PKC delta as a means to modulate activity |

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Sarah Martin
B.S., Biochemistry, North Central College, Naperville, IL, 2010 Mentor: Murphy, Robert C.
The role of lipid mediators in traumatic brain injury |
Class entering in 2011

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Jovylyn Gatchalian
BS: Biochemistry, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, 2006 Mentor: Kutateladze, Tataiana G.
Coming soon... |

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Justine Masselli
BS: Microbiology, Colorado State Univ., CO, 2010 Mentor: Cramer, Scott D.
Cancer biology and neuropharmacology of substance abuse |

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Jessica Spiltoir
BS: Biochemistry, Univ. of Vermont, VT, 2009 Mentor: McKinsey, Timothy A.
Coming soon... |
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