2019 Participants |

Zachary Amador
UC Riverside
PI: David Hawkins
Project: Functional validation of Human T-cells and Macrophage specific Cis-Regulatory Elements
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Lindsey Charley
Fort Lewis College
PI: Celeste Berg
Project: Investigation of Novel Gene Interaction in D. melanogaster Tube Formation
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Andres Fernandez
Colorado State
PI: Stan Fields
Project: Identifying Inhibitory Fragments of E. coli Dihydrofolate Reductase with a Sequencing-based Assay
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Caitlin Johnson
UC San Diego
PI: Evan Eichler
Project: Characterizing the Gene HNRNPH2 in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Sheikh Omar Kunjo
Bowdoin College
PI: Maitreya Dunham
Project: Identification of genes that impact fitness of aneuploid S. cerevisiae strains
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Daniella Longhi
Brown University
PI: Cole Trapnell
Project: Single Cell Investigation of npas41 Zebrafish Mutants
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Taylor Moreno
University of Washington
PI: Christine Queitsch
Project: Developing Methods for Characterizing Plant Enhancers
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Taylor Real
UC Santa Cruz
PI: Jay Shendure
Project: Optimizing Conditions for Single Cell Lineage Tracing in a Mammalian Model
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Danielle Rodriguez
Heritage University
PI: Bonny Brewer
Project: Does the mcm4 helicase mutation increase genome instability in yeast?
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Wendy Teuchtler
University of West Florida
PI: Paul Valdmanis
Project:
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Anna-Lena Vigil
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
PI: Christine Queitsch
Project: Mapping Cell Lineages with scATAC-seq
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Serina Young
UC Santa Cruz
PI: Lea Starita
Project:
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2018 Participants

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Samrawit Agezew
UC Davis
PI: Celeste Berg
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Sarai Alvarez
George Mason University
PI: Cole Trapnell
Project: "Dissecting Kinase Networks with Targeted Single-Cell Genomics and Proteomics"
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Brenda Cesar-Hernandez
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
PI: Willie Swanson
Project: "Genetic Variation in Sperm Lysin in Pacific Abalone"
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Esmeralda Garcia
Heritage University
PI: David Hawkins
Project: "Understanding Gene Expression via Enhancers"
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Timothy Hazen
Harvard University
PI: Stan Fields
Project: "Mistranslation as a Method to Measure the Impact of Mutations on Protein Interactions"
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Maris Kamalu
Pomona College
PI: Sam Miller
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Gayatri Ketavarapu
Claremont McKenna College
PI: Doug Fowler
Project: "Identifying Inhibitor-Specific Resistance Mutations in Src Kinase"
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Kaishu Mason
Harvard University
PI: Bill Noble
Project: "Generating Representative Subsets from Single Cell Hi-C Data Using Submodular Optimization"
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Andrew Oh
Washington University
PI: Judit Villen
"Identifying and Understanding Phosphorylation Patterns on Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 Using Targeted Mass Spectrometry"
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Gabreil Santana
Tacoma Community College
PI: Bonny Brewer
Project: "Sequence Specificity of Yeast Origins"
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2017 Participants |

Elizabeth Aguilar
DePauw University
PI: Jay Shendure
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Idara Akpandak
University of Maryland
PI: Evan Eichler
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Leah Anderson
Ohio State University
PI: Leo Pallanck
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Olubusayo Bolonduro
Carleton College
PI: Bob Waterston
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Kevin Camal
Palomar College
PI: Jim Bruce
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Cassandra Garcia
Heritage College
PI: Celeste Berg
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Floriane Ngako-Kameni
Harvard University
PI: Doug Fowler
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Teia Noel
UCLA
PI: Stan Fields
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Zorian Thornton
Virginia Tech
PI: Jim Bruce
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Harry Wedel
Vassar College
PI: Cole Trapnell
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Joseph Zoller
Carnegie-Mellon University
PI: David Hawkins
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2016 Participants |

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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
"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 Participants |

Isabelle Nair
Johns Hopkins University
PI: Cole Trapnell |

Olachi Oleru
Columbia University
PI: Bob Waterston |

Bianca Ruiz
Cal State Fullerton
PI: Jim Bruce |

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 |

Keila Velazquez-Arcelay
Universidad Del Este
PI: Doug Fowler |
2014 Participants |

Gabriella Belmarez
Mount Holyoke College
PI: Bob Waterston |

Ayorinde' Cooley
Morehouse College
PI: Evan Eichler |

Dustin Martinez
University of New Mexico
PI: Ray Monnat |

Lori Martinez-Rubio
UCLA
PI: Jim Bruce |

Shanti Neff-Baro
Pomona College
PI: Bonny Brewer |

Kamsi Odinammadu
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
PI: Celeste Berg |

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'" |
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2013 Participants |

Melanie Connick
University of New Mexico
PI: Mary-Claire King |

Claudia Espinoza
University of New Mexico
PI: Evan Eichler |

Blair Johnson
Spelman College
PI: Leo Pallanck |

Britney Martinez
UC Santa Cruz
PI: Maitreya Dunham |

Shanti Neff-Baro
Pomona College
PI: Bonny Brewer |

Oscar Rodriguez
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
PI: Bill Noble |
Courtney Wills
Spelman College
PI: Doug Fowler |
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2012 Participants |

Ashley DeAguero
University of New Mexico
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" |
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2011 Participants |
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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
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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
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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" |

Bhavatharini 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 Participants |

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 |
Eric Chiyembekeza
Morehouse College
PI: Evan Eichler
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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" |
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2009 Participants |

Amlak Bantikassegn
Williams College
PI: Robert Waterston |

Daniel Chee
University of New Mexico
PI: Bill Noble |

Eric Chiyembekeza
Morehouse College
PI: Evan Eichler |

Lory Henderson
University of New Mexico
PI: Maitreya Dunham |

Mark Ragheb
Harvard University
PI: Debbie Nickerson |
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