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2008 Student Summer Scholars
Andrew Belliner
"Graphics Processor-Based Implementation of Bioinformatics Codes"
Mentors: Greg Wolfe and Christian Trefftz, Computer Science
Brittany Benson
"Defining specific protein interactions in Diaphanous-related Formins: an essential step in the development of a potential anti-cancer drug"
Mentor: Brad Waller, Chemistry
Rebecca Bolen
"The Marriage of Rosine: Discourses on Women in the Plays of Beaumarchais"
Mentor: David Eick, French Studies
Laura Dahmer
"Determination of Energy Expenditure at Rest and during Exercise in Pregnant Women"
Mentors: Dawn Coe and Brian Hatzel, Movement Science
Michelle Frasco
"Overcoming barriers in geoscience education at the elementary level"
Mentor: Pablo Llerandi-Roman, Geology
Emily Henk
"Identifying lactic acid bacteria in Michigan cherry wines"
Mentor: Margaret Dietrich, Biology
Derek Janssens
"Discovering New Signaling Pathways that Regulate Neural Stem Cell Differentiation Into Glia"
Mentor: Merritt Taylor, Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Maupin
"Novel Indane Derivatives as Regulators of TAAR Activity"
Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry
Elise Miller
"Determination of epitope-labeled Hdc gene expression in transgenic flies of Drosophila"
Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Brandon Moblo
"Hysteria, Trauma and the Concept of Masculinity in France, 1914-1930"
Mentor: Jason Crouthamel, History
Dennis Nagelkirk
"Mural, Painting, and Art Education Project with African Refugees and the African Center of Grand Rapids"
Mentor: Ed Wong-Ligda, Art and Design
Connie Pan
"Kinana hale: An investigation into tropical and desert environments that shape our notion of home and self"
Mentor: Nicole Walker, Writing
April Russell
"The Puzzling Mathematics of Sudoku"
Mentor: Shelly Smith, Mathematics
Kyle Schneider
"Structure/function studies of an enzyme involved in bacterial resistance to penicillin-class antibiotics"
Mentor: David Leonard, Chemistry
Carrie Schoenborn
"Mural, Painting, and Art Education Project with African Refugees and the African Center of Grand Rapids"
Mentor: Jill Eggers, Art and Design
Andrew Sisson
"Spring Flow, Bacterial Contamination, and Fresh Water Resources in the vicinity of Verrettes, Haiti"
Mentor: Peter Wampler, Geology
M. Ben Stacey
"Dispersal and Gene Flow of an Invasive Fish in Lake Michigan"
Mentors: Carl Ruetz III and Ryan Thum, Annis Water Resource Institute
Norrissa Thomas
"Examination of crayfish biodiversity and distribution within the Grand River, Michigan"
Mentor: Daniel Bergman, Biomedical Sciences
Leonard Van Gelder
"The Affect of Acute Static, Dynamic or No Stretching on Agility Performance"
Mentor: Shari Bartz, Movement Science
Kirk Wyatt
"Synthesis of Potential Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors"
Mentors: Lauri Witucki and Felix Ngassa, Chemistry
Sandi Xhumari
"Equal Circle Packing In A Torus"
Mentor: William Dickinson, Mathematics
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