Recent Honors Recipients
The Program in Biological Sciences confers Honors to a select set of graduating seniors, based partly on grades within the major, but more particularly on the quality of research and writing evidenced in formal Senior Theses.
2019 Program Honors in Biological Sciences
Sarah Bier
Confirmation and localization of putative Type II secreted effectors involved in Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis
Research Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas Cianciotto Cianciotto Lab
Jin Young Chang
Studying effects of sub-cellular pattern sizes on cancer cell migration
Research Supervisor: Dr. Chad Mirkin Mirkin Lab
Avi Dravid
Hygrosensation in the fruit fly Drosophila: Examining the role of sacculus structure and the hygroreceptor IR40a in humidity preference
Research Supervisor: Dr. Marco Gallio Gallio Lab
Rebecca Fudge
Investigation of notch receptors in ovarian granulosa cell proliferation
Research Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Mayo Mayo Lab
Gwang Min (Joshua) Han
The role of the Drosophila fat body proteasome in diet restriction-induced lifespan extension and circadian rhythms
Research Supervisor: Dr. Ravi Allada Allada Lab
Christina Liu
Establishment of a new chemical biology approach to studying pioneer transcription factors
Research Supervisor: Dr. Mitchell Wang Wang Lab
Grace Park
Identifying genetic determinants of avermectin resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans
Research Supervisor: Dr. Erik Andersen Andersen Lab
Chirag (CJ) Patel
The role of Dop in Hedgehog signaling in Drosophila melanogaster
Research Supervisor: Dr. Robert Holmgren Holmgren Lab
Shin Young (Grace) Yu
Reversal of the obesity-induced exacerbation of psoriasis by an adiponectin mimetic
Research Supervisor: Dr. Ken Paller Paller Lab
Emily Zaniker
Building a microfluidic model of polycystic ovarian syndrome: optimizing biocompatible plastics and generating adipocyte spheroids
Research Supervisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff Woodruff Lab
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