Session 2O

Using Modern Genetic Approaches to Investigate Development and Disease

3:30 PM to 5:15 PM | Moderated by Celeste Berg
Add to my favorites Racial Differences in Genetic Determinants of Telomere Length
Presenter
  • Andrew Michael (Andy) Zeiger, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Sam Oh, Medicine

Add to my favorites Genetic Differentiation in Reproductive Gene of Pacific Cod Along Species' Geographical Range
Presenter
  • Theodore Shumway (Teddy) Hartinger, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Mentors
  • Daniel Drinan, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Lorenz Hauser, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

Add to my favorites A Novel Growth Factor Gene Family Mediates Tube Formation in Drosophila
Presenter
  • Liesl Grace (Liesl) Strand, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Levinson Emerging Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Celeste Berg, Genome Sciences

Add to my favorites From Genotype to Phenotype: Unraveling the Developmental Effects of vent and eve1 Mutations Using CRISPR-Cas9
Presenter
  • Alice Xin (Alice) Dong, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • David Kimelman, Biochemistry

Add to my favorites Engineering Zebrafish to Model Human Genes Related to Congenital Heart Defects
Presenter
  • Kimia Imani, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentor
  • Lisa Maves, Pediatrics

Add to my favorites RNA-Targeting CRISPR/Cas9 to Visualize RNA Trafficking in Differentiating Fibroblasts in Response to Disease Stimuli
Presenter
  • Jasmine Jay (Jasmine) Fuerte Stone, Senior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Jennifer Davis, Bioengineering, Pathology

Add to my favorites Functional Engraftment of Murine Pre-Osteoblastic Cells in a Zebrafish Model of Epimorphic Bone Regeneration
Presenter
  • Barrie Sue Sugarman, Senior, Biology (Physiology) Mary Gates Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Ronald Kwon, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, UW School of Medicine/Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Add to my favorites Redundancy of Heterochromatin Protein 1 Family Members Preserves Normal Cardiac Myocyte Function After Gene Ablation
Presenter
  • Chen (Joe) Fang, Senior, Biology (General), Biochemistry
Mentors
  • Kyohei Oyama, Cardiology, Medicine
  • Robb MacLellan, Medicine, Cardiology