Week 2

In Dr. Volkan’s lab, the primary focus of my project is to look at the genes that underlie the neural circuits that deal with sexual behavior in flies, specifically in Drosophila melanogaster. We already know about a gene named Fruitless...

Simeon Holmes-What I am working on this summer! Cryptococcus deneoformans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that mainly infects immunocompromised patients, including AIDs patients and patients with organ transplant. It infects approximately 280 thousand people and contributes to about 180...

The Murphy Lab focuses on studying heritable epigenetic effects that are induced by various environmental stimuli. One of the latest projects is  Cannabis-Induced Potential Heritability of Epigenetic Revisions in Sperm, or CIPHERS, which focuses on the heritable epigenetic changes associated...

The Pendergast Lab, in which I am working this summer, broadly studies the Abelson family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases. Tyrosine kinases are a subclass of protein kinase, molecules which phosphorylate proteins. In the case of tyrosine kinases, the phosphate group is...

This summer, I am working with my lab on an ongoing effort to answer the broad questions of how stable are transgenerational environmental effects and how do different genotypes affect this stability? We are studying the environmental effect of temperature...

      What happens when you remove cells essential for development? How can cells detect changes around them in order to change their gene expression. Why are these questions even important? Ettensohn and McClay show that the removal of...

Studying the wild population of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) in the Amboseli National Park of southern Kenya, the Alberts Lab focuses on how animals respond behaviorally to their social environment. As a matrilocal species, female baboons stay within the group...

The Gersbach lab focuses on developing innovative methods in molecular and genetic engineering for applications in regenerative medicine, treating genetic disease, and enhancing understanding of fundamental biological processes. More specifically, many members of the lab aim to treat Duchenne’s muscular...

As I mentioned before, I am currently working in the Brennan Lab, a Biochemistry lab that has previously done extensive research into the trehalose pathway within fungi. In order to lead into my project, it is important to understand more...

Before you wonder about the title, no, my project does not involve a study on the popular 1960's dance (I just thought it was a fun title). The project I'm actually working on in the Wray lab is to use...

The Silva lab researches how cells respond to stressful environments. When cells are put in a stressful environment, many of their proteins are damaged. Damaged proteins can result in many adverse consequences for the cell, so in times of stress...

During my interview with Dr. Perfect, we discussed numerous topics related to his education, science/research, medicine, his kids, etc. My most memorable moments in life are the times when I give people the oppurtunity to speak freely and simply tell...

Imagine you were an adult male mouse. Do you vocalize when you are in a safe environment with a female? (Duh of course) Do you vocalize when you face a male intruder mouse? (Well, gotta vocalize when appropriate to get...

In the Derbyshire Lab, my project focuses on studying the interaction between a Plasmodium falciparum parasite protein, PfHsp70-1 and a phospholipid, PI3P. Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular, protozoan, parasite species that infects humans. It is transmitted though mosquito bites and...

Due Sunday, 17 June, 5 pm