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.
2021-22 Honors in Biological Sciences
Sheila Alizedah
"GPCR C-terminal Tail Role in β-arrestin Recruitment"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Reza Vafabakhsh
Sophie Biehl
"An Investigation into the Mechanism of LAG-3"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Booki Min
Christopher Fedor
"Characterizing Binding and Internalization Kinetics of Linear Bivalent Protein Scaffolds in Live Cell Culture"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Milan Mrksich
Eirene Fithian
"Establishing A Quantitative Proteostasis Probe for Neuronal Signaling Receptor Trafficking Upon Protein Aggregation"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Richard Morimoto
Kyndall Hadley
"Using plant life-history traits to examine patterns of emergence and persistence in restoration"
Research Supervisors: Dr. Andrea Kramer
Elizabeth Hora
"Exploring environmental conditions that alter bacterial growth resumption using experimental and computational techniques"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Kiera Lane
Evan Kanatzidis
"Colorimetric and Fluorometric Optical Cuvette Sweat Sensing of Essential Biomarkers"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth McNally
Sarah Kim
"Exploring The Intersectionality Between Gut Microbiome, Circadian Rhythms, Aging, and Microgravity on Mice Health"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Martha Holtz Vitaterna
Clare Morton
"Investigating the link between stress resilience and lipid metabolism of the cbd-1 mutant in C. elegans"
Research Supervisor: Dr. Richard Morimoto
Lewis Oh
"Screening for PBAF Interacting Proteins in Regulating Epidermal Differentiation"
Research Supervisor: Xiaomin Bao
Annie Wang
"Understanding Dynamic Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment"
Research Supervisor: Dileep Varma
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