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Our 2006 Interns
| Number of Applicants | 206 | | Number of Interns Accepted | 13 | Our thirteen 2006 interns included 7 women and 6 men, from 12 different institutions, with a mean GPA of 3.76. The students were matched with mentors representing 8 different departments within the College of Medicine. | Intern | College / University | Major | Mentor | | Siu Ping (Alan) | University of Northern
Iowa | Biology / Chemistry | Lisa Shantz, Ph.D. | | Michael Allen | DeSales University | Biology / Chemistry | Steven Abcouwer, Ph.D. | | Vikas Gupta | Penn State University | Genetics & Developmental
Biology | Leslie Parent, M.D. | | Abigail Harris | Albright College | Psychobiology &
Biotechnology | Thyagarajan Subramanian,
M.D. | | Kelly Jones | Elizabethtown College | Psych/Spanish | Jason Kim. Ph.D. | | Raquel Jones | Penn State University | Science/Human Develop &
Family Studies | Thomas Spratt, Ph.D. | Lynnsay
Marsan | Barry University | Biology | Sergei Grigoryev, Ph.D. | | Layne Pavioli | Gettysburg College | Biology | Brian Reeves, M.D | Jessica
Ruhlman | Dickinson College | Biology & Neuroscience | Rosalyn Irby, Ph.D. | Michael
Salvaggio | Ithaca College | Chemistry/Italian Studies | Joe Cheung, M.D. | | Brentt Swetter | University of Scranton | Neuroscience / Psychology /
Biochemistry | Leonard Jefferson, Ph.D. | Jennifer
Thornton | Regis University | Neuroscience / Biology /
Psychology | Christopher A. Siedlecki, Ph.D. | Chonghua
Wang | Amherst College | Biology | Gary Clawson, M.D., Ph.D. |
Projects
Sudent Name/
Undergraduate Institution | Project Title | Michael Allen
DeSales University | Inhibition of BV-2 Microglia Activation by natural Anti-Inflammatory
Polyphenolic Compounds | | Vikas Gupta Penn State | In Vitro Expression and Characterization of Full Length RSV Gag | Abigail Harris
Albright College | Immunological Evaluation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelium (RPE)
Cell Grafts in Parkinsonian Rats | Kelly Jones
Elizabethtown College | Changes in Heart Glucose Metabolism in Obesity, Diabetes, and
Exercise State | Raquel Jones
Penn State | Role of Specific Protein-DNA Interactions in Replication Catalyzed
by E coli DNA Polymerase I | Lynnsay A. Marsan
Barry University | Identification of Essential Factors regulating Epigenetics Chromatin
Landscape in MCF Breast Cancer Cells | Sui Ping Ngok
University of Northern Iowa | Characterization of Signal Transduction Pathways in Skin Tumor
Progression | Layne Paviol
Gettysburg College | Mechanisms of Kidney cell Damage by Cisplatin and Endotoxin | Jessica Ruhlman
Dickinson College | Src Induces Cell Migration through Altered Integrin Expression | Michael Salvaggio
Ithaca College | Phospholemman Expression in Cardiac Hypertrophy | Brentt J. Swetter
University of Scranton | eIF2B2 is Translationally Upregulated in Response to
Nutritional Replenishment | Jennifer L. Thornton
Regis University | Kallikrein Production During Blood Plasma Contact with
Biomaterial Surfaces | Chonghua Wang
Amherst College | B2 RNA Binding Affinity in Comparison to Coding and Noncoding RNA |
Schedule of Events for 2006
| Date | Speaker | Title | | June 8 | Robert Bonneau, PhD | Working with Mentors | | June 15 | W. Brian Reeves, MD
Joseph Cheung, MD | Mechanisms of Acute Kidney Failure
Ion Transport in Cardiac Function | | June 22 | Michael Verderame, PhD
Robert Levenson, PhD | Overview of PhD and MD/PhD Programs
at Penn State Hershey | | June 29 | Thyagarajan Subramanian, MD
Steven Abcouwer, PhD | Translational Research in Parkinson's Disease
Signaling & Gene Expression in Disease | | July 6 | Current MD/PhD and PhD Students | Graduate Student Round Table | | July 13 | Sergei Grigoryev, PhD
Chris Siedlecki | Chromatin in Development & Disease
Materials in Medicine | | July 20 | Sheila Vrana, PhD | Funding Biomedical Scientists Fellowships
& Beyond | | July 27 | Thomas Spratt, PhD
Lisa Shantz, PhD | Fidelity Mechanisms of DNA Replication
Working with Transgenic Organisms | | August 3 | Summer Students and
Sarah Bronson, PhD | Poster Preview | | August 9 | Mini Symposium | Mini Symposium | | August 10 | Sarah Bronson, PhD | Wrap Up |
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