Summer Program Past Participants 2022 Cy Chittenden University of Chicago PI: Evan Eichler project: Human Structural Diversity of Complex Inverted Region at 17q21.31 Ajeya Dixon Norfolk State University PI: Doug Fowler project: Deep mutational scanning reveals epistasis in CYP2C19 Fatima Gbla University of Washington PI: Lea Starita project: Conserved intronic region of MYBPC3 functions as a strong enhancer in iPSC cardiomyocyte reporter assay Kaori Hall University of Florida PI: Christine Queitsch, Josh Cuperus project: Amber Herrod Fort Lewis College PI: Judit Villen project: Anna Janzen University of Minnesota PI: Stan Fields project: Caleb Kono University of Washington PI: Brian Beliveau project: Asa Laskie Fort Lewis College PI: Christine Queitsch, Josh Cuperus project: Investigating Genetic Insulation Mechanisms in Plants Valerie Lynch University of Texas PI: Devin Schweppe project: Giovanni Perez University of Washington PI: David Hawkins project: 2021 Caleb Bower UC Davis PI: Brian Beliveau project: Visualizing Satellite DNA Repeats with Tigerfish Aisha Haley Bianchi University of Washington PI: Doug Fowler project: Alternating Nuclear Localization Signals to Optimize Bxb1 Recombinase Michael Brown Colorado College PI: Mike MacCoss project: Optimization of limited proteolysis-mass spectrometry on cerebrospinal fluid Amira Ellison Penn State PI: Lea Starita project: Identification of CRISPR prime edited resistance mutations in the EGFR gene Daniel Hossack University of Georgia PI: David Hawkins project: Verifying Enhancers Interactions through Deletion of the Enhancers Michelle Mantilla Wellesley College PI: Cole Trapnell project: Building an Atlas of Lung Cell Types in Hereditary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Lucy Mujugira Bellevue College PI: Bill Noble project: Avocado model uses HFFc6 cell type to make predictions for missing assays Fiona O'Carroll Bowdoin College PI: Devin Schweppe project: Erin Seagren Columbia University PI: Christine Queitsch, Josh Cuperus project: Identifying photoperiod sensitivity across Camelina sativa accessions Carissa Sherman Colorado College PI: Christine Queitsch, Josh Cuperus project: Short-day conditions significantly affect growth of Camelina sativa Maya Walker Iowa State University PI: Maitreya Dunham project: Haplotype modifies variant function in G6PD 2019 Zachary Amador UC Riverside PI: David Hawkins project: Functional validation of Human T-cells and Macrophage specific Cis-Regulatory Elements Lindsey Charley Fort Lewis College PI: Celeste Berg project: Investigation of Novel Gene Interaction in D. melanogaster Tube Formation Andres Fernandez Colorado State University PI: Stan Fields project: Identifying Inhibitory Fragments of E. coli Dihydrofolate Reductase with a Sequencing-based Assay Caitlin Johnson UC San Diego PI: Evan Eichler project: Characterizing the Gene HNRNPH2 in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Sheikh Omar Kunjo Bowdoin College PI: Maitreya Dunham project: Identification of genes that impact fitness of aneuploid S. cerevisiae strains Daniella Longhi Brown University PI: Cole Trapnell project: Single Cell Investigation of npas41 Zebrafish Mutants Taylor Moreno University of Washington PI: Christine Queitsch project: Developing Methods for Characterizing Plant Enhancers Taylor Real UC Santa Cruz PI: Jay Shendure project: Optimizing Conditions for Single Cell Lineage Tracing in a Mammalian Model Danielle Rodriguez Heritage University PI: Bonny Brewer project: Does the mcm4 helicase mutation increase genome instability in yeast? Wendy Teuchtler University of West Florida PI: Paul Valdmanis project: Anna-Lena Vigil University of Nevada, Las Vegas PI: Christine Queitsch project: Mapping Cell Lineages with scATAC-seq Serina Young UC Santa Cruz PI: Lea Starita project: 2018 Samrawit Agezew UC Davis PI: Celeste Berg project: Sarai Alvarez George Mason University PI: Cole Trapnell project: Dissecting Kinase Networks with Targeted Single-Cell Genomics and Proteomics Brenda Cesar-Hernandez University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras PI: Willie Swanson project: Genetic Variation in Sperm Lysin in Pacific Abalone Esmeralda Garcia Heritage University PI: David Hawkins project: Understanding Gene Expression via Enhancers Timothy Hazen Harvard University PI: Stan Fields project: Mistranslation as a Method to Measure the Impact of Mutations on Protein Interactions Maris Kamalu Pomona College PI: Sam Miller project: Gayatri Ketavarapu Claremont McKenna College PI: Doug Fowler project: Identifying Inhibitor-Specific Resistance Mutations in Src Kinase Kaishu Mason Harvard University PI: Bill Noble project: Generating Representative Subsets from Single Cell Hi-C Data Using Submodular Optimization Andrew Oh Washington University PI: Judit Villen project: Identifying and Understanding Phosphorylation Patterns on Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 Using Targeted Mass Spectrometry Gabreil Santana Tacoma Community College PI: Bonny Brewer project: Sequence Specificity of Yeast Origins 2017 Robin Aguilar DePauw University PI: Jay Shendure project: Idara Akpandak University of Maryland PI: Evan Eichler project: Leah Anderson Ohio State University PI: Leo Pallanck project: Olubusayo Bolonduro Carleton College PI: Bob Waterston project: Kevin Camal Palomar College PI: Jim Bruce project: Cassandra Garcia Heritage University PI: Celeste Berg project: Floriane Ngako-Kameni Harvard University PI: Doug Fowler project: Teia Noel UCLA PI: Stan Fields project: Zorian Thornton Virginia Tech PI: Jim Bruce project: Harry Wedel Vassar College PI: Cole Trapnell project: Joseph Zoller Carnegie-Mellon University PI: David Hawkins project: 2016 Idara Akpandak University of Maryland PI: Evan Eichler project: The evolutionary history and transcript diversity of a Homo sapiens specific segmental duplication Moriah Arnold Carleton College PI: Sam Miller project: The second messenger cyclic-di-GMP regulates biofilm formation, motility, antibiotic resistance, and outer membrane permeability of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Olubusayo Bolonduro Carleton College PI: Bob Waterston project: Analyzing single cell gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans McCauley Eddy San Jose State University PI: Mike MacCoss project: Quantifying phosphorylation events in the insulin signaling pathway using MS/MS Floriane Ngako-Kameni Harvard University PI: Doug Fowler project: Validating Amyloid-Beta Deep Mutational Scan data using a yeast growth assay Harry Wedel Vassar College PI: Cole Trapnell project: Visualization of myoblast fusion to uncover underlying mechanisms 2015 Isabelle Nair Johns Hopkins University PI: Cole Trapnell project: Olachi Oleru Columbia University PI: Bob Waterston project: Bianca Ruiz Cal State Fullerton PI: Jim Bruce project: Monica Saha University of Kansas PI: Jay Shendure project: Measuring Cellular Growth Response to 6-MP Treatment and Protein Stability in all Possible Nonsynonymous Mutations in TPMT Thomas Sauters University of New Mexico PI: Sam Miller project: Keila Velazquez-Arcelay Universidad Del Este PI: Doug Fowler project: 2014 Gabriella Belmarez Mount Holyoke College PI: Bob Waterston project: Ayorinde' Cooley Morehouse College PI: Evan Eichler project: Dustin Martinez University of New Mexico PI: Ray Monnat project: Lori Martinez-Rubio UCLA PI: Jim Bruce project: Shanti Neff-Baro Pomona College PI: Bonny Brewer project: Kamsi Odinammadu University of Maryland, Baltimore County PI: Celeste Berg project: Monica Saha University of Kansas PI: Jay Shendure project: Saturation mutagenesis methods for evaluating the effects of all possible nonsynonymous mutations in TPMT in response to thiopurine drugs Madeleine Van Zuylen University of Notre Dame PI: Stan Fields project: The effect of synonymous codon pair changes on HIS3 expression in yeast 2013 Melanie Connick University of New Mexico PI: Mary-Claire King project: Claudia Espinoza University of New Mexico PI: Evan Eichler project: Blair Johnson Spelman College PI: Leo Pallanck project: Britney Martinez UC Santa Cruz PI: Maitreya Dunham project: Shanti Neff-Baro Pomona College PI: Bonny Brewer project: Oscar Rodriguez Polytechnic Institute of NYU PI: Bill Noble project: Courtney Wills Spelman College PI: Doug Fowler project: 2012 Ashley DeAguero University of New Mexio PI: Bonny Brewer project: Amplification of SUL1 in diploid yeast cells grown in sulfate-limited conditions Joseph DeAguero University of New Mexico PI: Josh Akey project: Whole Genome Analysis of Siblings by comparing SNPs with Identity by Descent Daryl Dhanraj Morehouse College PI: Evan Eichler project: Identification of Copy Number Variants Contributing to Neurological Disorders of Human Specific Neuronal SRGAP2 Bianca Garcia University of New Mexico PI: Sam Miller project: Indentifying phoP mutants involved in regulating Salmonella's outermembrane permeability barrier Kelsey Kaeding Claremont McKenna College PI: Celeste Berg project: Exploring the role of putative Tramtrack69 targets in Drosophila tube morphogenesis Elijah Martin Morehouse College PI: Stan Fields project: Isolation and characterization of ethanol-tolerant yeast strains Sam Mullen Johns Hopkins University PI: Bob Waterston project: Can Partially Redundant Genes Compensate for the Loss of their Partner? Examination of the Roles of the Tbx8 and Tbx9 Genes in Embryonic Nematode Development Lindsay Stanford Spelman College PI: Judit Villen project: Evolutionary Protein Phosphorylation in Yeast Species 2011 Marissa Anderson University of New Mexico PI: Judit Villen project: Signaling Patterns in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteome under Oxidative Stress DeShaun Bennett Morehouse College PI: Christine Queitsch project: Daryl Dhanraj Morehouse College PI: Evan Eichler project: The Discovery and Validation of Copy Number Variations in Autism Kevin Gabo University of Washington PI: John Stamatoyannopoulos project: Cassandra Garner University of New Mexico PI: Josh Akey project: A High-Resolution Genome Wide Map of Structural Variation in the Modern Domesticated Dog Maritza Gomez-Bravo University of Chicago PI: Celeste Berg project: On the Shark quest: Role of Shark tyrosine kinase in tube formation Rini Kasinathan University of Iowa PI: John Stamatoyannopoulos project: A Novel Method for Detection and Quantification of Genome-Wide Methylation Aleena Ouaddi University of Washington PI: Willie Swanson project: Population Sequencing of a Rapidly Evolving Sperm Protein, SP6 Bryan Santos Azusa Pacific University PI: Bob Waterston project: Identification of Regulatory Relationships of hnd-1 in Muscle Differentiation and of elt-1 in Hypodermal Differentiation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Embryo 2010 Lavi Aulck University of Washington PI: Elhanan Borenstein project: "An analysis of the topological properties of the metabolic networks of gut-dwelling microbes" Daniel Chee University of New Mexico PI: Mike MacCoss project: Eric Chiyembekeza Morehouse College PI: Evan Eichler project: Richard Decal New College of Florida PI: Leo Pallanck project: "Mitochondrial quality control in dopaminergic neurons" Monica Mascarenas University of New Mexico PI: Jay Shendure project: "Progress towards massively parallel single cell sequencing of T-cell receptors" Jasmine Partida University of Chicago PI: Gail Jarvik project: "Challenging the Powerful Gene: An Investigation of Muscle Hypertrophy" Jennifer Salame George Fox University PI: Celeste Berg project: "Probing the Role of Stretch cells during Dorsal Appendage Tube Formation in Drosophila" Joseph Sanchez University of New Mexico PI: Bonny Brewer project: "Genome Mapping Identifies Genomic Inversion in Kluyveromyces walti" 2009 Amlak Bantikassegn Williams College PI: Bob Waterston project: Daniel Chee University of New Mexico PI: Bill Noble project: Erik Chiyembekeza Morehouse College PI: Evan Eichler project: Lory Henderson University of New Mexico PI: Maitreya Dunham project: Mark Ragheb Harvard University PI: Debbie Nickerson project: