Participants of the BBSI @ Pitt 2009
(under construction)
The academic backgrounds of the students admitted to the 2009 program are:
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The 2009 BBSI class
(L to R, back) Amy Scarbrough, Yagmur Muftuoglu, Eunice Yi, Laura Gump, Lorane Psalmond, Hannah Watkins, Theresa Downey, Geet Garg
(L to R, front) Victor Rusu, Kathryn Myer,
Chad Miller, Minjal Pancholi, Lauren Anderson, Naved Siddiqui, Logan Woodall
(Not Shown) Damilola Adepegba, Devashish Ghosh, Yao Sun
Damilola Adepegba (e-mail )
Senior, Biology, University of Maryland Eastern Shores
Mentor: Billy Day / Pharmaceutical Science, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Lauren Anderson (e-mail )
Senior, Bioengineering, Penn State University
Mentor: Michael Sacks
/ Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Theresa Downey (e-mail )
Senior, Biochemistry, St. Vincent College
Mentor: Jeff Madura
/ Chemistry, Duquesne University
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Laura Gump (e-mail )
Junior, Biomedical Engineering, University of Akron
Mentor: Michael Sacks
/ Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Chad Miller (e-mail )
2nd year Grad School, Chemistry , Youngstown State University
Mentor: Jeff Madura
/ Chemistry, Duquesne University
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Yagmur Muftuoglu (e-mail )
Junior, Chemical Biomolecular Engineering, John Hopkins University
Mentor: Gabriela Mustata
/ Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Kathryn Myer (e-mail )
Senior, Biochemistry, Washington and Jefferson College
Mentor: Jeff Madura
/ Chemistry, Duquesne University
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Minjal Pancholi (e-mail)
Senior, Biology, Howard University
Mentor: Hugh Nicholas
/ Biomedical Initiative, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Lorane Psalmond (e-mail )
Junior, Math & Neuroscience, Agnes Scott College
Mentor: G. Bard Ermentrout
/ Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Victor Rusu (e-mail )
Senior, Honors Math, Biology, Indiana University Bloomington
Mentor: Shlomo Tassan
/ Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Amy Scarbrough (e-mail )
Junior, Ecology and Evolution, University of Pittsburgh
Mentor: Michael Grabe
/ Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Hannah Watkins (e-mail )
Junior, Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester
Mentor: Bino John
/ Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Logan Woodall (e-mail )
Senior, Biology, Lander University
Mentor: Pei Tang
/Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Eunice Yi (e-mail )
2nd year Grad School, Biomedical Engineering , Boston University
Mentor: Michael Sacks
/ Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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Yao Sun (e-mail )
1st Year Fellow, Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
Mentor: Jim Faeder
/ Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Research Proposal | Research Abstract | Research Presentation | Poster Presentation
Journal Club:
paper | presentation
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