The following is a list of Faculty Mentors who are anticipated to
participate in the 2009 College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program. To learn more
about research conducted by these investigators and their expertise, click on
the name of the investigator. This will direct you to their entry in our
Faculty
Research Expertise Database.
Investigators
|
Research Interests
|
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Dr. Robert Bonneau |
Neuroendocrine Effects On
Anti-Viral Immunity |
|
Dr. Vincent Chau |
Mechanism and function of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis
|
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Dr. Sue Grigson |
Neural basis of reward comparison.
|
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Dr. Rosalyn
Irby |
The molecular signature of metastasis in
colorectal cancer, with particular emphasis on the phenotypic effects of Src
kinase.
|
Dr. Mark Kester
|
Regulation of kinase cascades by lipid-derived second messengers |
Dr. Ralph Norgren
|
Neural bases of motivation" Taste, hunger, and thirst |
|
Dr. Leslie Parent |
Intracellular and nuclear trafficking of retroviral Gag proteins during
entry and assembly of viruses. Protein-RNA interactions in retroviruses
|
|
Dr.
John Richie |
Factors that regulate cancer
risk in individuals and in populations.
|
|
Dr. Ira Ropson |
Contribution of protein sequence to achieving a
functional structure.
|
|
Dr.
Chris Siedlecki |
Molecular interactions in biomaterial-induced
blood thrombogenesis.
|
|
Dr. Lisa
Shantz |
Regulation of signaling pathways controlled by
the Ras oncogene.
|
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Dr. Jill Smith |
Peptides and growth of pancreatic cancer
|
Dr. Akif Undar
|
Minimizing Adverse Outcomes After Pediatric
Open-Heart Surgery |
|
Dr. John Wills |
Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Budding
|
|
Dr. Jong Yun |
Function of sphingosine kinase in the
regulation of essential cellular processes and its association with
pathological diseases, with an emphasis on cancer and atherosclerosis |
