Alexandra Corbin, a junior majoring in Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. She was mentored by Richard White, Cancer Biology and Genetics. Her project was Determining the Mechanism of Fatty Acid-Mediated Epigenetic Reprogramming in Melanoma.

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Conor Johnson, a sophomore majoring in Neuroscience at Yale University. He was mentored by Frederic Geissmann, Immunology. Conor’s research project title was Characterization of the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Macrophage Development using Whole-Embryo Imaging.

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Allison Rerick, a junior majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics at Baylor University. He was mentored by Derek Tan, Chemical Biology. She worked with the Development of a Direct Diazo-Transfer Protocol to Amides and Subsequent Chemoselectivity Studies Toward the Development of Acid-Specific Cross-Linkers.

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Yibing Yao, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at Cornell University. She was mentored by Mary Baylies, Developmental Biology. Yibing worked on Analyzing Organelle Positioning in Healthy Muscle and Nemaline Myopathy.

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Thilaka Arunachalam, a sophomore majoring in Biology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was mentored by Frederic Geissmann, Immunology. Her project was ACK1 and BRK Kinase Mutations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Azim Dharani, a sophomore majoring in Chemistry and Political Science at Duke University. He was mentored by John Chodera, Computational Biology. Azim’s research project title was Using Human Serum Albumin domains as model binding systems to evaluate alchemical free energy calculations.

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Zachary Kaplan, a junior majoring in Applied Mathematics at Brown University. He was mentored by Christina Leslie, Computational Biology. He worked on the Analysis of Hematopoietic Differentiation Trajectories via Diffusion Mapping of Single Cell ATAC-seq Data.

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Ena Oreskovic, a junior majoring in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Rochester. She was mentored by Maria Jasin, Developmental Biology. Ena worked on BRCA2 deficiency activates cGAS-dependent surveillance of cytosolic DNA and an innate immune response.

Mary Clare Beytagh, a junior majoring in Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was mentored by David C. Allis, Molecular Biology. Her project was identifying acquired epigenetic dependencies in acute leukemia upon disruption of the MLL-Menin interaction.

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Justin Cheung, a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering at SUNY Stony Brook. He was mentored by Daniel A. Heller, Molecular Pharmacology. Justin’s research project title was a nanosensor quantifies metabolite-enzyme interaction at the single molecule level.

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Aiza Malik, a junior majoring in Biochemistry at Mount Holyoke College. She was mentored by Jayanta Chaudhuri, Immunology. She worked on insights into the mechanism of activation induced cytidine deaminase through immunoblot analysis.

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Matthew McGoldrick, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He was mentored by Frederic Geissman, Immunology. Matthew worked on regulation of drosophila metabolism by macrophages.

Ryan J. Le Tourneau, a sophomore majoring in Chemistry at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was mentored by Jan Grimm, Molecular Pharmacology.

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Gargi Mishra, a sophomore majoring in Biochemistry at Mount Holyoke College. She was mentored by Frederic Geissmann, Immunology.

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Ian R. Outhwaite, a junior majoring in Biology at Williams College. He was mentored by Prasad V. Jallepalli, Molecular Biology.

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Morgan Sehdev, a junior majoring in Spanish at the College of William and Mary. She was mentored by Alexandra L. Joyner, Developmental Biology.

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Matthew W. Boudreau, a junior majoring in Chemistry at North Carolina State University. He was mentored by Derek S. Tan, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.

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Lauren W. Dennison, a junior majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics at University of Georgia. She was mentored by Ross Levine, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis.

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Kristin Hsieh, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at Cornell University. She was mentored by Andrea Ventura, Cancer Biology and Genetics.

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Melissa Shaw, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at University of Notre Dame. She was mentored by Marc Ladanyi, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis. 

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Isabella Gaeta, a junior majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of Michigan Ann Arbor. She was mentored by Michael S. Glickman, Immunology.

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Peter J. Larson, a junior majoring in Pathobiology at University of Connecticut. He was mentored by Eric G. Pamer, Immunology.

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Brian K. Randall, a junior majoring in Biochemistry at University of Notre Dame. He was mentored by Cole Haynes, Cell Biology.

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Kelsey J. Roberts, a junior majoring in Biochemistry at Columbia University. She was mentored by Alexandra Joyner, Developmental Biology.

Paige Arnold, a junior majoring in Biology at Duke University. She was mentored by Maria Jasin, Developmental Biology.

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Owen Dean, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences, Neuroscience at Cornell University. He was mentored by Songhai Shi, Developmental Biology.

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Roger Smith, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at University of Notre Dame. He was mentored by Marc Ladanyi, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis.

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Chen Wei, a freshman majoring in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at University of California Berkeley. He was mentored by Ross Levine, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis.

Christopher Gerry, a sophomore majoring in Chemistry at Amherst College. He was mentored by Derek Tan, Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry.

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Hannah Johnsen, a junior majoring in Bioengineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was mentored by Minkui Luo, Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry.

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Ariana Levin, a sophomore majoring in Biology at SUNY Stony Brook. She was mentored by James Fagin, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis.

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Dylan Neel, a freshman majoring in Chemical Biology at Harvard University. He was mentored by Neal Rosen, Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry.

Daniel Holohan, a sophomore majoring in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. He was mentored by Alexander Rudensky, Immunology.

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Mary Klein, a junior majoring in Biochemistry, Molecular Biophysics and Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona. She was mentored by Stephen Nimer, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.

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Hans Verkerke, a sophomore majoring in Biological Sciences at the University of Virginia. He was mentored by Jerard Hurwitz, Molecular Biology.

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Michelle Williams, a junior majoring in Biochemistry at Allegheny College. She was mentored by Joan Massagué, Cancer Biology and Genetics.

Jeannie Camarillo, a junior majoring in physiology at the University of Arizona. She was mentored by Luca Cartegni, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.

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Emily Grzybowski, a junior majoring in molecular genetics, and fine arts at the University of Rochester. She was mentored by Zhirong Bao, Developmental Biology.

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Nathaniel Kim, a junior majoring in chemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He was mentored by Jason Lewis, Radiology.

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Daniel Triner, a junior majoring in biology at Walsh University. He was mentored by Cole Haynes, Cell Biology.

Adolfo Cuesta, a junior majoring in biology at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. He was mentored by Scott Keeney, Molecular Biology.

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Jenny Karo, a junior majoring biochemistry at Tufts University. She was mentored by Harold Varmus, Cancer Biology and Genetics.

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Caitlin Sengelaub, a junior majoring in chemistry at Yale University. She was mentored by Minkui Luo, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.

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Guangnan Tian, a junior majoring in biochemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was mentored by Kat Hadjantonakis, Developmental Biology.

Luis Barraza, a junior majoring in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was mentored by Alexander Joyner, Developmental Biology.

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Ellora Berthet, a sophomore majoring in cellular and molecular biology at Harvard University. She was mentored by Xiaolan Zhao, Molecular Biology.

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Carman Li, a junior majoring in molecular biology at Princeton University. She was mentored by Derek Sant’Angelo, Immunology.

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Alison Spencer, a junior majoring in biochemistry at the University of Rochester. She was mentored by Johanna Joyce, Cancer Biology and Genetics.

Four 2007 summer students were named Rubin and Sarah Shaps Scholars. These students were selected on the basis of their outstanding undergraduate credentials and their performance in our summer program.

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Cristina Irimia, a junior majoring in chemistry at Amherst College. She was mentored by Jayanta Chaudhuri, Immunology.

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Peter Ly, a junior majoring in biology at Baylor University. He was mentored by Eric Lai, Developmental Biology.

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Courtney Schroeder, a sophomore majoring in biochemistry at the University of Virginia. She was mentored by Kenneth Marians, Molecular Biology.

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Amit Tailor, a junior majoring in chemistry at the University of Illinois. He was mentored by David Gin, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.