Previous Graduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

2011 Graduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

Learn more about the graduate students who received a scholarship award in 2011.

Yadwinder S. Deol
Project – Role of S100A7 in Estrogen Receptor Positive Cancers: Treatment of Hormone or Endocrine Resistant Breast Tumors

Meera Govindaraghavan
Project – Understanding the Functional Relationship Between Mitotic Protein Phosphorylation and Methylation as a Basis for Development of Novel Chemotherapies

Patrick Grierson
Project – The BLM Helicase Facilitates RNA Polymerase I-Mediated Ribosomal RNA Transcription; Implications for Cell Growth Rate Control

Kara Kliewer
Project – Mechanisms of Lipolysis and Lipid Utilization in Adipose Tissue in Cancer Cachexia

Christopher R. Lucas
Project: – Prohibitin-1: A Potential Novel Therapeutic Target in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Katja Machemer
Project – Regulation of Plant Development by MYB Transcription Factors

James Phelan
Project – Lymphoid Malignancies Critically Require Growth Factor Independent 1 (Gfi1) for Tumor Initiation and Maintenance

Chenguang Zhou
Project – Targeted Lipid and Surfactant Nanocarriers for Therapeutic Delivery of Anti-miR Oligos to Hepatocellular Cancer

Rachel Zielinski
Project – The Role of Substrate Stiffness and Cell Mechanics in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of Cancer Cells

Nicholas Zorko
Project – Analysis of Epigenetic Changes Leading to Leukemia Stem Cell Development in a Double Knock-in Mouse Model of Acute Myeloid Leukemia