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Boston University

2010 - 2011 Beckman Scholars

Colleen Drapek
Title of Research: Characterization of the Regulartory Mechanism of MEF2A by BMP2
Email: cdrapek@bu.edu

Angela Xie
Title of Research: Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Sheets for Tissue Engineered Vascular Patches
Email: xieangie@bu.edu

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Meredith Duffy
Title of Research: Engineering of Organized Cell Shees on a Thermodynamic Substrate for Small Artery Replacement
Email: mduffy11@bu.edu

Arthur Su
Title of Research: Studies Towards the Biomimetic Synthesis of the Diazobenzo[b]fluorene Natural Product Prekinamycin
Email: suarth@bu.edu

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Florencia Rago
Title of Research: Enzyme Dynamics and it Role in Aldolase Substrate Specificiy via Fluorescence Spectrophotometry
Email: frago@bu.edu

Tyler J. Ford
Title of Research: Activation of the NF-kB Signaling Pathway and Its Effect on Gene Expression in B-cell Lymphoma
Email: tjford@bu.edu

James Flannery
Title of Research: Production of NO by both the ON and OFF-synpatic pathways in retinal cells
Email: flannery@bu.edu

Melissa Chin (Li Ying Chin)
Title of Research: Identification of genes that promote the long-term growth of lymphoid cells malignantly transformed
Email: melcly@bu.edu

Michael Coyle
Title of Research: Investigating substrate specificity in enzymes: Mechanism of fructose 1-phosphate clevage
Email: coylem@bu.edu

Roy Arjoon
Title of Research: Cell Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on Bioengineered Substrates
Email: arjoon@bu.edu

Daniel Bruggemeyer
Title of Research: Studies Towards the Synthesis of the Azaphilone Class of Natural Products
Email: bruggs@bu.edu

Beth Cimini
Title of Research: Analysis of Acetylcholine as a Neurotransmitter in Photoreceptors
Email: bethac07@bu.edu

Darren Lipomi
Title of Research: Application of an enantioselective tetrahydropyradine annulation to the synthesis N-heterocycles
Email: djlipomi@bu.edu

Elisa Miller
Title of Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Dinitrosyl Compounds with Imidazole Ligands
Email: emmiller@bu.edu

Cassandra Weaver
Title of Research: Colocalization of NMDA Receptor and Estrogen Receptors in the Mating-activated Cells of the Medial Amygdala in the Female Rat
Email: cassi@bu.edu

Richard Burkhart
Research Title : Advancing Analysis and Instrumentation for Probing Mechanical Lung Function
Email: rabu@bu.edu

Richard Malins
Research Title: The Isolation of Suppressors in the ap1-1 Gene Pathway in C. elegans
Email: malins@bu.edu

Gobind Singh
Research Title: A Study of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Inactivation in Wildtype and PKU-causing Mutant Enzymes
Email: singh@bu.edu

Carissa Bellardine
Title of Research: Development of New Methods to Monitor Patients during Mechanical Ventilation

Catherine Cormier
Title of Research: A Mammalian Celll System for Studying the Oncogenesis Induced by Rel/NF-KB Transcription Factors

Hau Le
Title of Research: Toward the Understanding of the Chemical Basic of Phenylketonuria: Characterization of teh R158Q Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Missense

Mindy Markowitz
Title of Research: The Role of apl - 1 in C. elegans