Recent Honors Recipients
The Biological Sciences Undergraduate Major 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.
2020-21 Honors in Biological Sciences
Marta Amador Molina
"Understanding changes in expression of CHD2 in cortical organoid development"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Gemma Carvill
Hannah Bertucci
"Preliminary assessment of phage specificity on a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in an optimized microfluidic flow cell system"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Erica Hartmann
Mari Brady
"The role of the AFF1 protein in the function of the super elongation complex as an inhibitor of epidermal differentiation"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Xiaomin Bao
Abigael Bridgemohan
"Comparison of dopamine signal strength and attenuation during compulsive and habitual behavior in Sapap3 mouse model"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Talia Lerner
Christopher Gonzalez Jr.
"Determining the antineoplastic effects of combinatorial inhibition of the P13K alpha catalytic isoform and ULK1 on glioblastoma stem-like cancer cells"
Research Supervisors: Dr. Frank Eckerdt and Dr. Elspeth Beauchamp
Michelle Ji
"The effect of adolescent stress on adult behavior is sexually dimorphic in a congenic strain generated for an X-linked QTL for passive coping and anxiety"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Eva Redei
Nikita Marcou
"Optimization of the SLAMSeq method for analyzing the role of nuclear pore complex proteins in transcription and mRNA buffering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae "
Research Supervisor: Dr. Jason Brickner
Mary McCarthy
"Conservation of Num1 and Mdm36—components of a mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum-cell cortex anchor"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Laura Lackner
Sean Obrochta
"Shifts in gut microbiome with migration in urban Canada geese"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Katherine Amato
Bassel Shannab
"Inter-regional differences in oxidative stress in atrial regions – a detailed immunohistochemical analysis of canine atrial tissue in atrial fibrillation"
Research Supervisor: Rishi Arora
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