Meet 2016 Scholars

Stephanie Zhang

Research Mentor: Dr. Jared Cochran
The 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.

Nicholas Thelen

Research Mentor: Joseph Farley
The Farley Laboratory
Major: 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.

Mary Ann Hazuga

Research Mentor: Nick Sokol
The Sokol Laboratory
Research Topic: Identifying intestinal stem cells in Drosophila

Gloria Xue

Research Mentor: Brian Calvi
The Calvi Laboratory
Research Topic: Mitotic cell cycle to the endocycle

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 made.

Kaeli Bryant

Research Mentor: Dr. Irene Cochran
The Newton Labratory
Major: Biochemistry
Research Topic: The effect of chromosomal mutation in Drosophila melanogaster on the expression and infection rate of Wolbachia
Favorite Part of IFLE: Getting to experience and become acclimated with IU before school began.

Carley Berg

Research Mentor: Malcolm Winkler
The Winkler Labratory
Research Topic: Suppressor mutations in AgpsB strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Rohit Das

Research Mentor: Dr. Susanne Ressl
The Ressl Labratory
Major: Biochemistry
Research Topic: Structure and function of membrane proteins by x-ray crystallography
Favorite Part of IFLE: Meeting everyone else in the program.

Caitlyn Mulcahey

Research Mentor: Dr. VanNieuwenhze
The VanNieuwenhze Group
Major: Biochemistry
Minors: English and History
Research Topic: Next generation of FDAAs: elucidation of bacterial cell division
Favorite Part of IFLE: I enjoyed becoming integrated into a community of other passionate freshman for research.

Corina Greiner

Research Mentor: Dan Tracey
The Tracey Laboratory
Research Topic: Localization and function of nompC

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Meet 2016 Scholars