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MBP Class of 2009-2010/11

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Amogh Belagodu

• BS Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
• MBP Research Project: Multi-tiered therapeutic parylene thin films for extended localized drug release involving post-surgical intervention (D. Ho)
• Continued Education: PhD Neuroscience, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Champaign, IL (2012 – 2017)

 

Kerstyn Bryce

• BS Biology, University of Wisconsin (Madison) - Madison, WI
• MBP Research Project: SIRTZ regulation of megakaryocyte differentiation (W. Miller)

Steven Buckingham

• BS Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado (Boulder) - Boulder, CO
• MBP Research Project: Discovery of novel biochemical networks for synthesis of levulinic acid from D-glucose (L. Broadbelt)

Jacyln Cordero

• BS Chemistry, Wagner College - Staten Island, NY
• MBP Research Project: Characterization of signaling in CypA knockout mammary epithelial cells (C. Clevenger)

Andrea Engel-Schoen

• BS Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin (Madison) - Madison, WI
• MBP Research Project: Towards a synthetic ribosome (M. Jewett)

Amy Flowers

• BS Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry, Illinois State University - Normal, IL
• MBP Research Project: Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, with particular interest in endocrine factors in the hypothalamus (J. Levine)
• Continued Education: PhD Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, University of California (Davis) - Davis, CA

Ryan Haake

• BS Biological Sciences, Ohio University - Athens, OH
• MBP Research Project: Creation of a Cre/loxP FBP17 conditional knockout mouse via recombineering and assessing miR-155 expression in cancer patient samples by quantitative RT-PCR (S. Corey)
• Continued Education: MBA Finance and Health Enterprise Management, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management - Evanston, IL (2016 – 2019)

Soo Kyung Ham

• BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA
• MBP Research Project: Mechanisms of mast cell mediated tumor invasion (K. Khazaie)
• Continued Education: PhD Nutrition and Immunology, Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan - Munich, Germany (2014 – 2018)

JeeHong Lee

• BS Biochemistry, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Champaign, IL
• MBP Research Project: Delivery of tetracycline antibiotics via nanodiamonds and multi therapeutic applications toward pathogenic organisms (D. Ho)

Anushya Mani

• BS Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
• MBP Research Project: Determining the effects of radiation and illumination on PC12 Cells treated with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (G. Woloschak)

Viraj Muthye

• BS Biotechnology, University of Mumbai - Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
• MBP Research Project: Developing a mutli-organism bioreactor model for studying biofilm characteristics of Legionella pneumophila (N. Cianciotto)
• Continued Education: PhD Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Iowa State University - Ames, IA (2012 – 2019)

Joseph Palac

• BS Biology, University of Wisconsin (Madison) - Madison, WI
• MBP Research Project: The DNA cleavage abilities of ellagic acid coated iron-core titanium dioxide nanoparticles in vitro and in cells (G. Woloschak)

Chandrima Palit

• BS Biochemistry, University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
• MBP Research Project: Examining the role of BMI1 in promoting resistance to gefitinib in breast cancer cells (G. Dimri)

Vani Patel

• BS Biotechnology, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ
• MBP Research Project: Evaluation of B3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (B3GnT1) expression as a potential therapeutic for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) (R. Kroes)

Jan Ramanathan (neé Ressl)

• BS Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
• MBP Research Project: Examining the effects of nanoparticle coating on nanoparticle-induced DNA cleavage (G. Woloschak)

Daniel Schaffer

• BA Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
• MBP Research Project: Nanodiamond mediated future medicine: The ability of nanodiamonds to absorb anthracycline and other molecules (D. Ho)
• Continued Education: JD, University of Michigan Law School - Ann Arbor, MI (2014)

Ying-Hsuan (Elson) Shih

• BS Microbiology and Immunology, National Chiayi University - East District, Chiayi City (Taiwan)
• MBP Research Project: Germ cell loss, development delay and globozoospermia in mice lacking Pumilio (E. Xu)
• Continued Education: PhD Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, CA (2011 - 2016)

FuNien Tsai

• BS Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University - Gushan District, Kaohsiung City (Taiwan)
• MBP Research Project: The corsstalk between cathepsin B and inflammasome (K. Khazaie)
• Continued Education: PhD Life Sciences, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL (2012 - 2017)

Eric Tseng

• BS Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
• MBP Research Project: Development of a cost-effective cell-free protein synthesis system from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) (M. Jewett)

Adam Young

• BS Neuroscience, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
• MBP Research Project: Sleep mechanisms and trends discovered through Drosophila (R. Allada)