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Model Organism Genetics -- Human and Medical Genetics -- Genomics and Proteomics -- Computational Biology

Summer Program Past Participants

2024




Elliot Burke

University of Washington
PI: Stan Fields
project: Mapping substrate specificities of human rhinovirus 3C protease in vitro using RNA-barcoded proteins

John Collinge

Fort Lewis College
PI: Christine Queitsch & Josh Cuperus
project: Mapping the chromatin accessibility of plasmids with varying enhancer arrangement within maize

Ashton Doane

University of Washington
PI: Leo Pallanck
project: Automating a Climbing Assay to Study Neurodegeneration in Drosophila

Nicole Hang

UC San Diego
PI: Brian Beliveau
project: Machine Learning for Cell Cycle Stage Classification in Mouse Embryo Tissue

Alonso Hernandez Guzman

Heritage University
PI: David Hawkins
project: CRISPR validation of cis-regulatory element interactions

Clare Malhotra

University of Chicago
PI: Lea Starita
project: Expanding variant effect assays to stem cell phenotypes

Cesar Martinez

University of Michigan
PI: Devin Schweppe
project: Towards quantitative phosphoproteomics in murine models

Gregory Mikol

UC Riverside
PI: Andrew Stergachis
project: Testing Protein Stability of NOTCH2tv in Human Cells

Iman Omer

Stanford University
PI: Cole Trapnell
project: Building a Neural Network Capable of Predicting Fluorescent Markers in Gastruloid Images

Elinor Washington

Smith College
PI: Maitreya Dunham
project:

2023




Mauri Butzke

Fort Lewis College
PI: Devin Schweppe
project:

Santiago Cadena

Fort Lewis College
PI: Christine Queitsch & Josh Cuperus
project:

Mariana Garcia

Heritage University
PI: David Hawkins
project:

Youssf Hegazy

Columbia University
PI: Bill Noble
project:

Emma Kajiwara

University of Washington
PI: Lea Starita
project:

Nicolas Longhi

University of Washington
PI: Brian Beliveau
project:

Liya Miksovsky

Yale University
PI: Maitreya Dunham
project:

Kaimana Moraes

Columbia University
PI: Jay Shendure
project:

Oyeronke Popoola

University of North Carolina
PI: Andrew Stergachis
project:

Nate Valdez

Fort Lewis College
PI: Cole Trapnell
project:

Allyssa Vandi

University of Washington
PI: Doug Fowler
project:

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: