Previous Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

2013 Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

Learn more about the undergraduate students who received a scholarship award in 2013.

David Arsanious
Project – The Role of TCL1 on De Novo DNA Ethylation in the Pathogenesis of CLL

Kyle Beuoy
Project – Determining if the Binding Between Mps1 and VDAC3 is Necessary and Sufficient for Localization of Mps1 to the Centrosome

Daniel Brook
Project – The Effect of MLL-WT on the Development of MLL-PTD+ Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Katherine Chang
Project – Bard1 as a Tumor Suppressor and Mediator of DNA Repair

Julie Corbett
Project – Effect of Minocycline on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Rachel D'Amico
Project – DLL-3 as a Potential Tumor Suppressor via Inhibition of Notch-1 Signaling in Gliomas

Teena D'Cruz
Project – Defining Retinoblastoma-Regulated Pathways Using Bioinformatics Approaches

Eric Dobson
Project – Creation and Optimization of Fluorescent Self-Assembling Peptide Amphiphiles for Targeted Cancer Imaging

Callie Drohan
Project – Investigation of Direct Anti-Tumor Activity and Immune Potentiating Effects of the Drug Silvestrol on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Cambree Fillis
Project – The Identification of Tumor Suppressor-Like Genes Responsible for the Mediation of Vulva Development in the Nematode Species, C.briggsae

Christine Fung
Project – The Role of Oxytocin in the Activation of Macrophages to an M2 Phenotype in the Tumor Microenvironment

Markus Harrigan
Project – Identifying Stromal Oncogene-Type Candidate Genes in the KRAS Mutant Tumor Microenvironment

Samantha King
Project – Soy Diet Intervention: Determining the Active Phytochemical and Diet Effects on Antigen Specific T-Cells

Michael Lause
Project – mRNA Profile of C.elegans Vulval Epithelium in Response to Stromal Signals

Zachary McKee
Project – High-Throughput Assays for Screening Inhibitors of Human Cytomegalovirus Alkaline Nuclease UL98

John Nemer
Project – Targeting the Role of DOT1L in MLLPTD Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Hannah Parks
Project – Mechanisms of Resistance for Cancers With Fusion Kinases

Ryan Reyes
Project – miR-23a: A Key Metabolic Regulator in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Mark Rudolph
Project – Solute Carrier Family Protein SLC-39A6 is a Novel Target of Aberrantly-Activated Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer

Cameron Sheehan
Project – The Role of CLLD8 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Alexander Tranovich
Project – Mental Health and Diet in Cancer Survivorship: Depression's Relationship to Diet Quality

Kelly Ward
Project – Identification of C.briggase EGF Pathway Genes

Alexandra Wells
Project – Effects of Vitamin A Metabolites on Improving the Action of Multiple Myeloma Pharmaceuticals

Edward Zitnik
Project – Examining the Evolution of Signal Transduction Pathways as a Model for Personalized Medicine

Mike Zolle
Project – Analysis and Optimization of Currently Unusable Data to Infer and to Clinically Correlate Repeat-Element Methylation Status in Leukemia