Student Participants

Summer 2008 Undergraduate Research Program in Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

REU Student Participants and Projects 2007

Allen Chen (Dr. Crooks)  Rice University
"Replication of DNA Microarrays:  Effect of Oligonucleotide Length on Transfer"

Brandon Gish (Dr. Brannon-Peppas)  Centre College
"Preparation and Evaluation of Biodegradable PLA-PEG Microparticles for Targeting Arteriosclerosis Plaques"

Elliot Greenwald (Dr. Dunn)  U. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
"Optical Imaging of Blood O₂ Concentration In Vivo"

Matthew Huddle (Dr. Tunnell)  Illinois Wesleyan University
"Narrowband Near-Infrared Imaging and Photothermal Ablation of Pancreatic Tumor Margins Using Gold Nanoshells"

Wesley Hunt (Dr. Peppas)  U. of Texas at Austin
"Biomaterial Systems for the Oral Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins"

Elizabeth Rodriguez (Dr. Markey)  U. of Texas Pan American
"Breast Reconstructive Assessment with the Aid of 2D and 3D Imaging"

Swarna Solanki (Dr. Suggs)  U. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
"3D Modeling for Quantifying Tissue Engineered Vasculature"

Elizabeth Swanson (Dr. Barbara)  Carroll College
"Single Molecule FRET Studies of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Interactions with DNA Hairpins"

REU Student Participants and Projects 2006

Sheldon Bish (Dr. Markey)  U. of Connecticut
"Reduction of Chemical Noise in MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry
Using Multiple Realizations"

Shelly Casciato (Dr. Brannon-Peppas)  UT Pan Am
"Targeted Drug Delivery via Biodegradable Nanoparticles and PEGylation"

Alexis Crawley (Dr. Ben-Yakar)   Texas A&M
"In vivo Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery in Caenorhabditis elegans"

Tiffany Lin (Dr. Suggs)  U. of Texas at Austin
"Release of Growth Factors from Natural Gels to Induce Vessel Formation"

Mike Mojica (Dr. Schmidt)  U. of Florida
"Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels of Angiogenic, Three-Dimensional
Biomaterials"

Jette Peterson (Dr. Anslyn)   Colorado College
"An Exploration of Inter- and Intramolecular Interactions of Boronic
Acids"

Daniela Rimer (Dr. Shear)  Rice University
"Fabricating and Imaging Protein Structures with Photocrosslinking and
Fluorescence"

Maureen Weber (Dr. Roy)  Rockhurst University
"Design and Fabrication of Stimuli-Responsive Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
Devices"