2012 Graduate Pelotonia Fellows

Cai Chen
Graduate Program: Biophysics
Mentor: Ralf Bundschuh, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics
Project: Role of RNA editing in the cancer transcriptome and cancer subtype discrimination
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Johnna Dominick Burke
Graduate Program: Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP)
Mentor: Tsonwin Hai, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Project: The Role of ATF3 in Lymphocytes to Promote Melanoma Metastasis
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William Hankey
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Mentor: Joanna Groden, PhD, College of Medicine, Department
of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
Project: Chromatin-associated functions of the APC tumor suppressor
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En-Chi Hsu
Graduate Program: Pharmacy
Mentor: Ching-Shih Chen, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Division of Medicinal Chemistry
Project: Targeting the IL-6-NF-κB signaling loop in breast cancer stem cells by a novel integrin-linked kinase inhibitor, T315
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Aishwarya Jacob
Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Mentor: Dawn Chandler, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics-Nationwide Children's Hospital
Project: Stress-Induced MDM2 Splicing is dictated by Conserved Cis elements and their Binding Factors
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I-Ju Lee
Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Mentor: Jian-Qiu Wu, PhD, Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics
Project: Regulation of cytokinesis and cell polarity by putative Rho-GEF Gef2 in fission yeast
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Hui-wen Liu
Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Mentor: Jeff Parvin, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Project: Genome-wide mapping of SUMO-1 in human cells and its implications for transcription control during cell cycle progression
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Ta-Ming Liu
Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Mentor: John Byrd, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Project: Integrin Linked Kinase has a survival function and is a novel therapeutic target in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Yicheng Long
Graduate Program: Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP)
Mentor: Jane Jackman, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biochemistry
Project: Thg1 enzyme function in mitochondria
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Alexander R. de N. Lucas
Graduate Program: Health and Exercise Science
Mentor: Brian Focht, PhD, College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Physical Activity and Educational Services
Project: Lifestyle behaviors in a sample of endometrial cancer survivors
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Daphne Pringle
Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
Mentor: Lawrence Kirschner, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Project: PRKAR1A and PTEN mutations in follicular thyroid carcinoma: identifying molecular mechanisms of metastasis and novel targets for therapy
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Khyati Shah
Graduate Program: Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP)
Mentor: Paul Herman, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics
Project: Characterization of the role of P‐bodies for quiescent cell survivalProject
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