Found 17 projects

Poster Presentation 1

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Add to my favorites Using a Drosophila melanogaster Model to Understand the Role of Mutations in the Glucosidase, Beta Acid 1 Gene in Parkinson’s Disease 
Presenter
  • Sedona Noel Ewbank, Senior, Biochemistry, Neurobiology Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Leo Pallanck, Genome Sciences
  • Marie Davis, Neurology
Session

Add to my favorites Genetic Conflict in Yeast
Presenter
  • Cynthis C. (Cynthis) Wong, Senior, Microbiology Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Harmit Malik, Genome Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Session

Oral Presentation 1

12:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Add to my favorites Utilizing Budding Yeast to Investigate Human Dwarfism
Presenter
  • Mackenzie Erin (Mackenzie) Croy, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentor
  • Bonita Brewer, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Investigating the Role of Proline-Rich Tyrosine Kinase 2 (Pyk2) in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Tumor Metastasis
Presenter
  • Jiye (Stella) Shin, Senior, Biochemistry
Mentor
  • Taran Gujral, Genome Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Session

Poster Presentation 2

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Add to my favorites Determining the Genes of an Essential Replication Complex that Are Involved in Evolutionary Divergence
Presenter
  • Navinder Locham (Navin) Gurmit Singh, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentors
  • Maitreya Dunham, Genome Sciences
  • Bryce Taylor, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Do Chromatin Remodelers Buffer Genetic Variation?
Presenter
  • Ethan Charles Hills, Junior, Pre-Sciences Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Stanley Fields, Genome Sciences
  • Stephanie Zimmerman, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Screening for Genetic Interactions in C. elegans to Understand the Genetic Basis of Complex Disease
Presenter
  • Cambria Lynne Heuston, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Robert Waterston, Genome Sciences
  • Calvin Mok, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Internal Deletion Induced Interferon Response to Influenza A
Presenter
  • Jacob Richard Kowalsky, Senior, Microbiology Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Jesse Bloom, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Genome Sciences, Microbiology
  • Alistair Russell, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Session

Oral Presentation 2

3:30 PM to 5:15 PM

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
Session

Add to my favorites Does rDNA Copy Number Influence Genome-Wide Replication Initiation?
Presenters
  • Mackenzie Erin (Mackenzie) Croy, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Madison Amber (Madison) Miller, Senior, Biochemistry
  • Sarah Ariana (Sarah) Johnson, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Bonita Brewer, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Does Single-Stranded DNA Accumulation Cause Death of Ligase-Deficient Yeast Cells?
Presenter
  • Sarah Ariana (Sarah) Johnson, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • M.K. Raghuraman, Genome Sciences
  • Bonita Brewer, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Determining the Contributions of Genetic Modifiers to Complex Cell Aggregation Traits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Presenter
  • Kolena Dang, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Maitreya Dunham, Genome Sciences
  • Elyse Hope, Genome Sciences
Session

Poster Presentation 3

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Add to my favorites Exploring a Novel DNA Replication Error as a Source of Gene Amplification in Yeast
Presenter
  • Madison Amber (Madison) Miller, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Bonita Brewer, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Developing a Generalizable System for the Exhaustive Identification of Drug Resistance Mutations in Oncogenic Tyrosine Kinases
Presenter
  • Aquene N. Reid, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentors
  • Douglas Fowler, Genome Sciences
  • Ethan Ahler, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites The Role of Imaginal Disc Growth Factors in Wound Healing in Drosophila
Presenter
  • Bernice Lin, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
Mentors
  • Celeste Berg, Genome Sciences
  • Sandra Zimmerman, Genome Sciences
Session

Add to my favorites Comparing the Development of Chemoresistance in Genetically Engineered Mouse Models of Small Cell Lung Cancer  
Presenter
  • Sun Jung (Sunny) Park, Senior, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentors
  • David MacPherson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Genome Sciences, Pathology
  • Emily Eastwood, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Session

Poster Presentation 4

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Add to my favorites Microfluidic Yeast Replicative Lifespan
Presenter
  • Toby Nathan Ven, Junior, Bioengineering
Mentors
  • Kenneth Chen, Genome Sciences
  • Matthew Crane, Pathology
Session