The Johns Hopkins Gazette: March 6, 2000
March 6, 2000
VOL. 29, NO. 26

  

Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards
Fall 1999 Projects

Johns Hopkins Gazette Online Edition

Vinay Kumar Aakalu, Suffern, N.Y.
senior, neuroscience

"How Does Shank's Ank Anchor Shank?"
Sponsor: Paul F. Worley, associate professor of neuroscience and neurology, School of Medicine

Richard Burwick, Gardena, Calif.
senior, biology

"Analysis of RCN2, a Regulator of Calcineurin-Dependent Gene Expression"
Sponsor: Kyle Cunningham, assistant professor of biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Steven C. Chang, Ames, Iowa
senior, natural sciences/public health

"Determination of the Proteins Involved in the Early Steps in Phytanic Acid Alpha-Oxidation"
Sponsor: Stephanie J. Mihalik, assistant professor of neurogenetics (KKI), School of Medicine

Seema Desai, Randolph, N.J.
senior, anthropology

"The Role of Gdr8 in the Radioactive Resistance of D. radiodurans"
Sponsor: M.J. Bessman, professor of biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Jamie S. Franco, San Diego, Calif.
junior, political science

"Levina Teerlinc and 16th-Century English Portrait Miniatures"
Sponsor: Mark Blyth, assistant professor of political science, School of Arts and Sciences

Sarah Friedenthal, Flushing, N.Y.
senior, anthropology

"Homeless Women's Health Care"
Sponsor: Sara Berry, professor of history, School of Arts and Sciences

Bommy Hong, Carrollton, Texas
senior, natural sciences/public health

"Defects of Cholesterol Biosynthesis & Human Malformations"
Sponsor: Richard I. Kelley, assistant professor of neurogenetics (KKI), School of Medicine

Jean Hudgins, Johnson City, Tenn.
senior, music performance/saxophone

"Avant Garde Musical Techniques and the Saxophone"
Sponsor: Gary Louie, Conservatory instruction faculty, Peabody Institute

Owen N. Johnson III, Woodbridge, Va.
senior, biology

"The Effects of Extracellular pH on the Intracellular pH of Human Leukocytes and Preventing Sexual Transmission of HIV"
Sponsor: Richard Cone, professor of biophysics and biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Albert Jung, Wayne, Pa.
senior, biomedical engineering

"Alpha 1B Adrenergic Receptor and Orthostatic Intolerance"
Sponsor: Artin Shoukas, professor of biomedical engineering and physiology, School of Medicine

Lucas Karaelias, Brea, Calif.
junior, neuroscience

"Effects of Norepinephrine on Synaptic Plasticity"
Sponsor: Alfredo Kirkwood, assistant professor of neuroscience, School of Medicine

Ruby Eunkyeong Kim, Livingston, N.J.
senior, neuroscience

"Mapping the Interaction Region of Notch 1 and L119"
Sponsor: Paul Worley, associate professor of neuroscience and neurology, School of Medicine

Michael Minh Pham, Honolulu
senior, biophysics

"Biodistribution of IgA and IgG Monoclonal Antibody Types"
Sponsor: Richard Cone, professor of biophysics and biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Darwin D. Ray, Baltimore
nursing

"Perspectives on Parental Presence during Treatment of Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department Trauma Bay"
Sponsor: Linda A. Lewandowski, associate professor, master's instruction, School of Nursing

Sashank Reddy, Eau Clair, Wis.
senior, philosophy

"Pleasure and Value in Hellenistic Ethics"
Sponsor: Richard Bett, associate professor of philosophy and classics, School of Arts and Sciences

Jonathan Silva, Escondido, Calif.
senior, biomedical engineering

"Experimentally based Computational Model for Neonatal Cardiac Rat Cells"
Sponsor: Leslie Tung, associate professor of biomedical engineering, School of Medicine

Phillip Stripling, Dundalk, Md.
senior, English

"Research on Non-Western Rhythms and Musical Combinations of Non-Western and Western Rhythms"
Sponsor: Susan Weiss, Conservatory instruction faculty and chair of the Musicology Department, Peabody Institute

Alexandra Surcel, Arlington, Va.
senior, chemistry

"Characterization of Histidine Rich Proteins in Plasmodium Falciparum and Their Role in Hemozoin Formation"
Sponsor: David Sullivan, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, School of Public Health

George Y. Wang, Paramus, N.J.
senior, biophysics

"Understanding the Specificity of Protein-Ligand Interactions as Seen in Sperm Whales' Myoglobin"
Sponsor: Doug Barrick, assistant professor of biophysics and biology, School of Arts and Sciences


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