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Newsletter
- Fall 2002
Summer
Research Seminar Series
Each summer MARC
U* STAR scholars, MIRT trainees, MBRS RISE and Bridges students carry
out biomedical science research at national and international laboratories
for 8-10 weeks. During this Fall semester students will share their experiences
through our "Summer Research Presentations Series".

Friday, September
6, 2002
Tiffany Guff (MIRT-Chemistry)
"Role of D-aspartic acid and NMDA in learning and memory of rat."
Stazione Zoologica, Italy
Roody Pierre-Charles
(MARC/MIRT-Chemistry)
"Determination of D-Aspartic acid and NMDA in Rats Subjected to Experiments
for Learning and Memory."
Stazione Zoologica, Italy
Friday, September
13, 2002
Paola Colmenares (RISE/MIRT-Biology)
"Preparation and luminescence of some (1-aziridineethanol)-lanthanide(III)
nanoclusters."
University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Vanessa Grieco (MIRT-Biology)
"Factors Influencing the Formation and Luminescence of Lanthanide
Nano-Clusters."
University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Friday, September
20, 2002
Empress Hughes (MARC/RISE/MIRT-Biology)
"Effect of the cys residues in extracellular loop 2 of the rat GnRH
receptor on ligand selectivity."
The Hormone Research Center, Korea
Nahshan St. Bernard
(MARC/MIRT-Biology)
"Cross Talk Between Orphan Nuclear Receptor SHP and JAK/STAT Pathway
Mediated Transcription."
The Hormone Research Center, Korea
Friday, September
27, 2002
Salihah Dick (RISE-Biology)
"Do Bugs have Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase?"
Cornell University, NY
Gesulla Toussaint
(RISE-Biology)
"Effects of hormone treatment on gene regulation on chick retina."
University of Florida, FL
Friday, September
27, 2002
Raquel Peralta (MIRT/RISE-Biology)
"Neuropathological Investigations of Guamanian Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis/Parkinsonism Dementia Complex."
Mt. Sinai Graduate
School, NY
Friday, October
4, 2002
Christina Stujenske
(MARC-Chemistry)
"Toward the enantioselective synthesis of Detrol: an application
of iminium catalysis methodology."
California Institute
of Technology, CA
Kevin Peterson (MIRT/RISE-Chemistry)
Columbia University, NY
Friday, October
11, 2002
Maria Abreu (MIRT/MARC-Biology)
"Expression and characterization of the recombinant b1 I domain (Integrin
2 1)."
Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Melanie Camacho (MIRT/MARC-Biology)
"Heat shock protein expression in the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana."
Emporia University, KS
Friday, October
25, 2002
Nikeisha Chin (RISE/MARC-Biology)
"Akt expression in Yellow-Bellied Marmots with and without insulin
stimulation "
Colorado State University,
CO
Ivette Lopez (MIRT/MARC-Biology)
"Investigation on Troponin I FHZ mutants P82S and R204C."
University of Miami, FL
Friday, November
1, 2002
Randolph Roberts (Bridges-BMS)
Vanderbilt University, TN
Friday, November 1, 2002
Martin Quiroga (Bridges-BMS)
"Nociception Analysis of Mice Lacking the EP1 and EP2 Receptors."
Vanderbilt University, TN
Friday, November
8, 2002
Florence Taylor (MARC-Psychology)
"Can't we all just be "friends"?: The role of White Identity
in friendships between White and Black women."
University of California-Berkeley, CA
Constanza Berger (MARC-Psychology)
"Explaining the "Other-Race" Effect: The Role of Familiarity
in Visual Search Asymmetry and Salience of "Race" in the Encoding
of Facial Information."
Western Kentucky University, KY
Friday, November
22, 2002
Amber Siler-Knogl
(MARC-Psychology)
"Assessing the Role of Rejection Sensitivity Among Group Interactions
on the Internet."
Columbia University, NY
Erica Ramos (MARC-Psychology)
"Simplifying the Coding System of Achievement Imagery Using the Multifaceted
Rasch Model"
Northern Arizona University, AZ
Friday, November
29, 2002
Eauly Brautigam (MARC-Psychology)
"Substance use, depression, and high risk sexual behavior: Testing
a mediation model"
University of Maryland, MD
Dominique Florville
(MARC-Pyschology)
"Body Image: Ethnic Differences in Moods, Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction."
University of California- Los Angeles, CA
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