LSAMP Summer 2009

Research Topics and Mentors

School of Science:
Cornelius Audu, Chemistry
"Distributed drug discovery (D3) solid-phase combinatorial chemistry: preparation of unnatural amino acid derivatives as potential drug leads"
Mentor: Dr. Martin O'Donnell

Fatoumato Bah, Biology
"Bioluminescience-based detection of microRNA, miR155"
Mentor: Dr. Sapna Deo

Mariam Bah, Biology
"Response of phosphatase activity in constructed wetlands to wet-dry cycles in the midwest"
Mentor: Dr. Pierre Jacinthe

Kathryn Delacruz, Biology
"Presence of nicotinic receptors on Streptococcus mutans"
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gregory

Rhoda Owolabi, Biology
"Dissolved hydrophobic and hydrophilic carbon fractions in surface waters of central Indiana"
Mentor: Dr. Pierre Jacinthe

Nicole Shepherd, Biology
"A retrospective analysis of cardiac and airway abnormalities in infants with down syndrome"
Mentor: Dr. Randal Roper

Kelly Wilson, Biology
"Is the short-toes mutant Axolotl blastema truly a blastema?"
Mentor: Dr. Chernoff Ellen