SURIP 2009

Number of Applicants: 250+

Number of Interns Accepted: 10

Our ten 2009 interns included 8 women and 2 men, from 10 different institutions, with a mean GPA of 3.85. The students were matched with mentors representing seven different departments within the College of Medicine.

Name	Undergraduate Institution	Undergraduate Major	Mentor
Sadikshya Adhikary	Wesleyan College	Biology	Christopher Siedlecki, Ph.D.
Vivek Ananthan	Swarthmore College	Biology/Religion	Patricia Sue Grigson, Ph.D.
Jennifer Baker	Washington and Jefferson College	Cell/Molecular Biology	Steve Abcouwer, Ph.D.
Alyssa Cates	University of Northern Iowa	Biochemistry	Lisa Shantz, Ph.D.
Patricia Cunfer	Lebanon Valley College	Biology	Rosalyn Irby, Ph.D.
Maria Gubbiotti	University of Scranton	Biochemistry	Vincent Chau, pH.D.
Monica Kriete	Kenyon College	Biochemistry	Sergei Grigoryev, Ph.D.
Ariel Morales	St. Thomas University	Chemistry/Biology	Jianhua Li, Ph.D.
Charlene Ofosu	Central Michigan University	Biomedical Science/Chemistry	John Richie, Ph.D.
Jordann Smak	Gettysburg College	Biology	Ira Ropson, Ph.D.

Projects

Name	Undergraduate Institution	Mentor	Project
Sadikshya Adhikary	Wesleyan College	Christopher Siedlecki, Ph.D.	Effects of Altered NaCl Concentration and pH on Blood Factor XII Activation
Vivek Ananthan	Swarthmore College	Patricia Sue Grigson, Ph.D.	Effects of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cell Implantation on Rat Cocaine Self-Administration
Jennifer Baker	Washington and Jefferson College	Steve Abcouwer, Ph.D.	Mouse Microglia Expressing SV40 tsA58 Large T Antigen Exhibits Less Growth and Greater Ramification at a Non-Premissive Temperature
Alyssa Cates	University of Northern Iowa	Lisa Shantz, Ph.D.	Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) Regulation by mTOR: New Insights from TSC1 Knockout Cells
Patricia Cunfer	Lebanon Valley College	Rosalyn Irby, Ph.D.	Osteopontin Alters the Expression of HPSE1 and C10ORF Proteins in HCT116 Colon Cancer Cells
Maria Gubbiotti	University of Scranton	Vincent Chau, Ph.D.	Exploring A "Surrogate Reaction" To Monitor the Activity of the E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase gp78
Monica Kriete	Kenyon College	Sergei Grigoryev, Ph.D.	Influence of LInker Histone High-Affinity Binding Sites on Higher-Order Chromatin Structure
Ariel Morales	St. Thomas University	Jianhua Li, Ph.D.	Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Pathway Expression within White Skeletal Muscle in Correlation to an Exaggerated Exercise Pressor Reflex in Congestive Heart Failure
Charlene Ofosu	Central Michigan University	John Richie, Ph.D.	DNA Conformational Studies of GAG-Trinucleotide Repeat Polymorphism in the 5'UTR of the GCLC Gene
Jordann Smak	Gettysburg College	Ira Ropson, Ph.D.	Effects of Sequence Deletions on the Folding of Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein