The 2017 STAR program had 17 participants, each adding to the wonderful experience of the summer session.
Lily Bender
STAR Mentor: Eric Belin de Chanteméle, PhD
Program Affiliation: Vascular Biology
STAR Project: Evaluating sex differences in sodium excretion between male and female mice on a high salt diet
Carla Dominguez Gonzalez
STAR Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD
Program Affiliation: Vascular Biology
STAR Project: Adipose HDAC9 functions as a thermostat to regulate energy expenditure in response to housing
Alec Feather
STAR Mentor: Ellen LeMosy, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Project: Does Tinagl1 Knockdown in Mouse IMCD3 Cells Lead to Polycystic Kidney Disease Cellular Pathology?
Mary Sinclair Filchak
STAR Mentor: Larry Layman, MD
Program Affiliation: Molecular Medicine & Neuroscience
STAR Project: Understanding the genetic basis of transgender identity
Alex Kang
STAR Mentor: Muthusamy Thangaraju, PhD
Program Affiliation: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
STAR Project: Role of DNA methyltransferase1 (DNMT1) in regulation of breast cancer stem cells and its relevance to chemotherapy response
Siena Krey
STAR Mentor: Betty Pace, MD
Program Affiliation: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
STAR Project: Salubrinal Reduces the Presence of Reactive Oxygen Species in K562 Cells
Samantha Lee
STAR Mentor: Huidong Shi, PHD
Program Affiliation: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
STAR Project: CDK7 inhibitor THZ1 inhibits glycolysis metabolism by suppressing HIF1α activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Annie Liu
STAR Mentor: Patricia Schoenlein, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Project: Obatoclax-induced death of MCF-7/TR5 antiestrogen resistant cells may result from off-target effects on cathepsin-dependent autophagy
Alice Ma
STAR Mentor: Hasan Korkaya, PhD
Program Affiliation: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
STAR Project: TNFAIP3/A20 inhibits TNFα-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells
Peyton Mc Elhone
STAR Mentor: Almira Vazdarjanova, PhD
Program Affiliation: Pharmacology & Neuroscience
STAR Project: Heightened Emotional State Decreases Plasticity-Related Gene Expression in the Hippocampus During Spatial Learning
Stephanie Munie
STAR Mentor: Kris Dhandapani, PhD
Program Affiliation: Neuroscience
STAR Project: Chronic Neurovascular and Behavioral Dysfunction in Post-TBI Mice
Brooke Pace
STAR Mentor: Ryan Harris, PhD
Program Affiliation: Physiology & Vascular Biology
STAR Project: Exercise Capacity in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: The Role of HbA1c
Johnathon Rast
STAR Mentor: Lin Mei, PhD
Program Affiliation: Neuroscience
STAR Project: CMS Patients with RAPSYN Mutations Vary in Symptom Acuity Due to Multiple Mechanisms of Dysfunction.
Eric Stokes
STAR Mentor: Meghan McGee-Lawrence, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Project: Targeting Spectrin Increases Plasma Membrane Fragility in Osteocytes, Affecting Post-Wounding Cell Survival and Mechanotransduction
Jacqueline Timmerman
STAR Mentor: Jennifer Sullivan, PhD
Program Affiliation: Physiology
STAR Project: LNAME Prevents an Increase in Tregs in Response to Hypertension in Females
Sarah Yablonski
STAR Mentor: Yutao Liu, Ph.D.
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Project: Differential Expression of Coding Genes in Human Keratoconus-Affected Corneas Using RNA Sequencing and ddPCR
Luis Martinez
Mentor: Mark Hamrick, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Natalia Del Mazo
Mentor: Meghan McGee Lawrence, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Emanuel De Miranda
Mentor: William Hill, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy