2011 Scholars and Mentors
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Bilal Al-Khalil - Georgia Tech
Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Michael Rood
Project: Understanding the Role of Mutations in the Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain
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Charlo Bain - Morehouse College
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Khalilah Reddie
Project: Synthesis of Thiol-reactive Fluorescent Probes to Monitor Oxidative Stress in Living Systems Lab Lab Murthy
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Megan Bloomquist - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Samirkumar Patel
Project: Microneedles for Drug Delivery to the Eye
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Michael Chen - Georgia Tech
Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Aaron Engelhart
Project: Small Molecules that Enhance Trinucleotide Repeat Fragility: Towards New Therapeutics
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Joey Dolensky - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Lauren Couch
Project: Tricuspid Valve Coaptation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Courtney Fox - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sibali Bandyopadhyay
Project: Qualitative Analysis of Sphingomyelinase D Activities in Different Spider Venoms using Thin Layer Chromatography
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Ushnik Ghosh - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: John Newman
Project: Identifying Critical Windows for Successful Cortical Network Self-organization using Very Long-term, Closed Loop Stimulation
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Natalie Haddad - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Patricia Pacheco
Project: Expression and Conjugation of InlA onto Microparticles for Internalization Kinetics Studies on Non-phagocytotic Cells
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Joey Jilk - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Seyed Safavynia
Project: Long-term Determinants of Muscle Activity In Human Postural Responses
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Hasan Khosravi - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Jonathan Rubin
Project: Effect of Gas-liquid Interfaces on Amyloid Formation
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Baret Kilbacak - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jennifer Tang
Project: Preparing Gold-capped Microparticles for Bifunctionality
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Kelsey Lawrence - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Chris Hermann
Project: Characterization of a Mouse Model of Re-synostosis
Lab: Boyan
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Taran Lundgren - Agnes Scott College
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Nick Willett
Project: Characterization of Novel Therapeutic Targets in a Rat Model of Composite Bone and Muscle Injury
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Daniel McGrail - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Deepraj Ghosh
Project: Mechanics of Cell Migration: Investigating the Relationship between Intracellular Nanorheology and Extracelluar Traction Forces
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Mikhail Melomed - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Denis Kiktev
Project: Effect of Chaperones Hsp90 and Hsp26 Families on [PSI+] Stability in get Knockout Strains
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Nicole Milligan - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Neelakantan Saikrishnan
Project: Effect of Coronary Arteries on Sinus and Ascending Aortic Flow Patterns in Normal and Bicuspid Aortic Valves: An in vitro Study
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Tyler O'Malley - Georgia Gwinnett College
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Matthew Faulkner
Project: The Effects of Hyperlipidemea on Cancer Cell Metastasis: The Role of Adhesion Molecules
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Kevin Parsons - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Matthew Nipper
Project: Lymphatic Filariasis Microfluidic Device for Studying Worm Migration and Maturation