2018 BDSI Projects
BDSI Research Project Teams
| Project Title | Team Leaders | Graduate Students | Undergraduate Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemical exploration of lynx2 binding to nicotinic receptors: implications for emotional regulation and anxiety disorders. |
Julie Miwa, Ph.D. - Biological Sciences Frank Zhang, Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics |
Wenpeng Cao |
Gehar Bitar , Natalee Castillo , Ariel Pawlo , Brooke Dubyna |
| Tailoring supramolecular glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels to guide cell behavior |
Lesley Chow, Ph.D. - Materials Science & Engineering Sabrina Jedlicka, Ph.D. - Materials Science & Engineering |
Swetha Chandrasekar, Hafiz (Dammy) Busari |
Matthew Green, Ashlinn Sweeney , Xinmeng Qiao , Claire Ternes |
| Cloning the Human Creativity Gene and Understanding its Role in Behavior in a Mouse Model |
Katie Hoffman, Ph.D. - Biological Science Julie Miwa, Ph.D. - Biological Sciences Murray Itzkowitz, Ph. D. - Biological Sciences |
Jinbu Wang |
Ce Luo , Christian Tirrito, Amanda Boyer , Mariel Weigel , Lixuan Qiu |
| Specific Labeling of Bacterial Vesicle-Associated Peptidoglycan to Enable Immunological Analyses |
Angela Brown, Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering Marcos Pires, Ph.D. - Chemistry |
Noel Ferraro , Shannon Collins |
Guanwei Zhou , Matthew Grapel , Angela Sinani , Audra Smires |
| Identification of Drug-like Allosteric PTP1B Inhibitors through Synergistic Computational and Experimental Approaches |
Wonpil Im, Ph.D. - Biological Sciences Damien Thevenin, Ph.D. - Chemistry |
Seonghoon Kim, Eden Sikorski |
Amer Iftikar , Journey Lopez , Chris Sohn, Anthony Varshavskiy |