Yadwinder S Deol
Graduate program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Ramesh Ganju, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Pathology
Project: Role of S100A7 in estrogen receptor positive cancers
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Meera Govindaraghavan
Graduate program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Stephen Osmani, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics
Project: Understanding the functional relationship between mitotic protein phosphorylation and methylation as a basis for development of novel chemotherapies
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Patrick Grierson
Graduate program: Medical Scientist Training (MSTP)
Mentor: Joanna Groden, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
Project: The BLM helicase facilitates RNA polymerase I-mediated ribosomal RNA transcription; implications for cell growth rate control
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Kara Kliewer
Graduate program: The Ohio State University Nutrition PhD Program
Mentor: Martha Belury, PhD, College of Education and Human Ecology, Department of Human Nutrition
Project: Mechanisms of lipolysis and lipid utilization in adipose tissue in cancer cachexia
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Christopher R. Lucas
Graduate program: Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program (IBGP)
Mentor: Virginia Sanders, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
Project: Prohibitin-1, a potential Novel Therapeutic Target in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Katja Machemer
Graduate program: Molecular Genetics (MG)
Mentor: Erich Grotewold, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics
Project: Regulation of the plant development by MYB transcription factors
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James Phelan
Graduate program: Immunobiology Graduate Program
Mentor: H. Leighton Grimes, PhD, University of Cincinnati-College of Medicine, Department of Immunobiology
Project: Lymphoid malignancies critically require Growth factor independent 1 (Gfi1) for tumor initiation and maintenance
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Chenguang Zhou
Graduate program: Pharmaceutics
Mentor: Robert Lee, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics
Project: Targeted Lipid and Surfactant Nanocarriers for Therapeutic Delivery of Anti-miR Oligos to Hepatocellular Cancer
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Rachel Zielinski
Graduate program: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Samir Ghadiali, PhD, College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project: The Role of Substrate Stiffness and Cell Mechanics in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of Cancer Cells
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Nicholas Zorko
Graduate program: Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program (IBGP)
Mentor: Michael Caligiuri, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Project: Analysis of Epigenetic Changes Leading to Leukemia Stem Cell Development in a Double Knock-in Mouse Model of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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