Name: Stephanie Zhang
Research Mentor: Dr. Jared Cochran
Cochran Labratory Major: Biology
Research Topic: characterizing the microtubule-stimulated ATPase activity of chromokinesins Kif7 and Kif27
Favorite Part of IFLE: The people you get to meet as a part of IFLE - your fellow scholars as well as distinguished and passionate professors - is for sure my favorite aspect of IFLE. Over the summer, especially, you really just become a family because you all work hard to achieve high goals and form bonds through the inevitable stress and learning throughout. It would have been a mistake to turn down such an opportunity.Name: Nicholas Thelen
Research Mentor: Joseph FarleyMajor: Neuroscience
Research Topic: Alzheimer's disease
Favorite Part of IFLE: Early immersion in a research lab with the ability to continue researching into the school year.Name: Mary Ann Hazuga
Research Mentor: Nick Sokol
Sokol LabResearch Topic: Identifying intestinal stem cells in DrosophilaName: Gloria Xue
Research Mentor: Brian Calvi
Calvi LabResearch Topic: Mitotic cell cycle to the endocycleName: Neal Patel
Research Mentors: Dr. Gireesha Mohannath and Dr. Vibhor Mishra
The Pikaard Labratory Major: Neuroscience
Research Topics: Selective rDNA gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana (Dr. Mohannath) and Protein Biochemistry for purification and crystallization (Dr. Mishra)
Favorite Part of IFLE: The friends that I have madeName: Kaeli Bryant
Research Mentor: Irene Newton
The Newton Laboratory Research Topic: The effect of chromosomal mutations in Drosophilia melanogaster on the expression and infection rate of WolbachiaName: Carley Berg
Research Mentor:Malcolm WinklerResearch Topic: Suppressor mutations in AgpsB strains of Streptococcus pneumoniaeName: Rohit Das
Research Mentor:Susanne ResslMajor: Biochemistry
Research Topic: Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins by X-Ray Crystallography
Favorite part of IFLE: meeting everyone else in the programName: Caitlyn Mulcahey
Research Mentor: Dr. Van Niewenhze
The VanNieuwenhze GroupResearch Topic: Next generation elucidation of bacterial cell division Name: Corina Greiner
Research Mentor: Dan Tracey
The Tracey LabResearch Topic: Localization and function of nompC
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