2024 DLS SURF Videos

2024 Division of Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows

Click on their pictures to view a short video overview of their summer research projects!

Heba Amer

Heba Amer

Information: Major: Genetics; “Epigenetic editing of intestinal regenerative genes that are co-opted in colon cancer initiation”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael P. Verzi; Department of Genetics

Sarah Choi

Sarah Choi

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Investigating N-terminal phosphorylation of LATS kinases”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kenneth Irvine; Waksman Institute of Microbiology

Gavin Dyan

Gavin Dyan

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “The Effect of AHCYL1 Overexpression on Dendritic Branching in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Bonnie Firestein; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Colin Fang

Colin Fang

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Evaluating the effects of aging on peripheral circadian functions in Drosophila melanogaster”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Annika F. Barber; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Cynthia Jacob

Cynthia Jacob

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Optogenetic activation of striatal neurons recruits astrocyte calcium activity and affects locomotion”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Rafiq Huda; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Sneha Kandalgaonkar

Sneha Kandalgaonkar

Information: Major: Genetics; “Quantifying Morphological Changes in Intestinal Villi of SMAD1/5 Double Knockouts and SMAD1/4/5 Triple Knockouts”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael P. Verzi; Verzi Lab/Department of Genetics

Navya Malhotra

Navya Malhotra

Information: Major: Biological Sciences; “Exploring the Composition of the Apical Extracellular Matrix using C. elegans as a Model Organism”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Maureen Barr; Division of Life Sciences

Ali Mangean

Ali Mangean

Information: Major: Genetics; “The Role of Phospholipid Translocases and Phosphatidylserine Exposure in Exophergenesis”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Driscoll; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Marie Mao

Marie Mao

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Developing molecular markers for lysosomal damage in C. elegans neurons”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Barth Grant; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Daniel Marotta

Daniel Marotta

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Neuroligin-1 overexpression increases endogenous cypin levels”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Bonnie L. Firestein; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Zahra Mohammad

Zahra Mohammad

Information: Major: Genetics; “Characterization of spe-56, a newly identified paternal effect gene in C. elegans"; Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Singson; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Esha Nauman

Esha Nauman

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Inhibition of Cortical Circuits Involved in Maternal Interactions”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Gleb Shumyatsky; Department of Genetics

Utkal Nimse

Utkal Nimse

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Understanding the role of Human TFIIS isoforms (TCEA1, TCEA2, and TCEA3) in Transcription Elongation”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Jia Fei; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Nishi Patel

Nishi Patel

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “The Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) and its Role in Alzheimer’s Disease”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Natasha M. O’Brown; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Aiswaryaa Prabaharan

Aiswaryaa Prabaharan

Information: Major: Genetics; “Investigation of Long-Range Chromatin Loops in Drosophila Species”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Ellison; Department of Genetics

Rahma Rizly

Rahma Rizly

Information: Major: Genetics; “Enterocyte to Goblet Cell Conversion in HNF4α/γ Double Knockouts”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael P. Verzi; Department of Genetics

Harleen Saberwal

Harleen Saberwal

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Neurovascular interactions in the blood-brain barrier (BBB)”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Natasha M. O’Brown; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Rothela Samadi

Rothela Samadi

Information: Major: Biological Sciences; “RNA Interference Screening Techniques for Detecting Exopher-genesis in Caenorhabditis elegans”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Driscoll; Division of Life Sciences

Akshat Shah

Akshat Shah

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Identification of novel interacting atypical myosin protein for the DCHS1 cytoplasmic domain”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kenneth D. Irvine; Waksman Institute & Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Diya Surray

Diya Surray

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Discovering Meiosis Mediating Genes Using RNA Interference”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kim S. McKim; Waksman Institute & Department of Genetics

Meghana Thimmaraju

Meghana Thimmaraju

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; “Creating and Characterizing Mutations in C. elegans Argonaute Protein HRDE-1”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Sam Gu; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Tyler Tran

Tyler Tran

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Metabolic Changes in Intestinal Epithelial Regeneration”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael P. Verzi; Department of Genetics

Pavithra Veera

Pavithra Veera

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “Identifying Enhancer Elements for Mouse Vomeronasal Receptors”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin Monahan; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Ryan Doherty

Ryan Doherty

Information: Major: Genetics; “HP1 Recruits the Chromosomal Passenger Complex to the Chromosome for Acentrosomal Spindle Assembly in Meiosis”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kim S. McKim; Waksman Institute of Microbiology

Anni Yi

Anni Yi

Information: Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; “The Dynamics of Myosin Reorganization in Pupal Wing Expansion”; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kenneth D. Irvine; Waksman Institute & Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

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