2010 Scholars and Mentors
Bilal Bari - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Doug Ollerenshaw
Project: Tactile Detection and Discrimination in the Rodent Somatosensory System
Nathaniel Bloodworth - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Taymour Hammoudi
Project: Photocrosslinkable Chondroitin-Sulfate for Tendon/Ligament Tissue Engineering
Olivia Burnsed - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Lee
Project: Quantifying Growth Factors Expression and Secretion from Microencapsulated Adipose Stem Cells for Cartilage and Bone Regeneration
Lab: Barbara-Boyan
Soohee Cho - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Russell Vegh
Project: Optimization of the Phototoxic Fluorescent Protein "KillerRed"
Andre Forbes - Morehouse College
Mentor: Chang Quo
Project: Systems and Synthetic Biology: A Platform to Demonstrate Control Theory in Living Cells
Venkat Goli - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kipp Schoenwald
Project: Development of a Fluid Interconnect for Use in Atomic Force Microscope Biophysical Measurements
Derwin Gray - Morehouse College
Mentor: Alex Peister
Project: Effect of Diabetes on the Function of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Bone Healing
Shawna Hagen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Marilyn Markowski
Project: Proteolytic Mechanisms to Improve Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization for Autologous Transplant in Cancer Patients
Katy Hammersmith - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Andres Bratt-Leal
Project: Heparin-Modified Microparticles for Biomolecule Release within Stem Cell Spheroids
Thejas Hiremath - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jacob Lucrezi
Project: Pioneering a New Treatment for Inflammatory Diseases
Samiya Hussain - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Choon Hwai Yap
Project: Synergistic Effects of Cyclic Stretch and Serotonin Reuptake on Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease
Arina Korneva - Emory University
Mentor: Jeff Kornuta
Project: Design and Implementation of a Stretch Device for Studying the Functional Response of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells to Mechanical Stretch
Byung Kyu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Wenwei Xu
Project: Ovarian Cancer Mechanical Diagnostics
Jason Murray - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chiaolong Hsiao
Project: Determination of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Mini-Ribosomes
Willa Ni - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Melissa Kemp
Project: Examining the Implications of Chronic ROS Levels on ER Thioredoxin:Ask-1 Interactions
Lauren Troxler - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Erin Spinner
Project: Effect of Tricuspid Valvular and Subvalvular Geometric Alterations on Chordal Forces
Glenn Wagner - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Roman Mezencev
Project: Studies on the Molecular Basis of Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines
Chun Yong - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Alison Lawson
Project: In Vitro Culturing of Alginate Beads to Assess In Vivo Stability
