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San Fancisco State University

2011 - 2012 Beckman Scholars

Nicholas A. Senger
Title of Research: Mechanistic Studies on the Decarboxylation of Orotic Acid
Email: nsenger@mail.sfsu.edu

2010 - 2011 Beckman Scholars

Thais G. Cintra
Title of Research: The role of PP1 homologous proteins, GSP-3 and GSP-4, on sperm and male fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans
Email: thais@sfsu.edu

Camilla Teng
Title of Research: Analysis of the Role of Wnt Receptors in the Development of the Chick Neural Tube
Email: csteng@sfsu.edu

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholar

Rebecca Mendez
Title of Research: The Role of SigY in a Programmed Cell Death Response in Bacillus subtilis
Email: rebiuka@sfsu.edu

Armbien Sabillo
Title of Research: The Role of the Notochord and Lateral Mesoderm on Myotome Formation in Xenopus Laevis
Email: armbien@sfsu.edu

2007 - 2008 Beckman Scholars

Brian B. Blank
Title of Research: Synthesis of a new diagnostic agent for prostrate cancer
Email: blankssf@sfsu.edu

Kay-Thwe Saw
Title of Research: Heme-based nitrite reductase activity of hemoglobin: Linkage between glycation and increased cardiovascular dysfunction in diabetes
Email: kaysaw@sfsu.edu

Timothy Acker
Title of Research: Investigating the contribution of the S1' pocket of trypsin to substrate recognition
Email: tacker@sfsu.edu

Kip Conner
Title of Research: Porphyrinic Photosensitizers Targeting Mitochondria for Potential Applications in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
Email: kconner@sfsu.edu

Christle Guevarra
Title of Research: Synthesis of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Stereoisomers
Email: christle@sfsu.edu

Shahram Emami
Title of Research: Cloning, Expression and Mechanistic Studies of a Phenylacetaldehyde Dehydrogenase Involved in Styrene Catabolism by Pseudomonas putisfa
Email: semamie@hotmail.com

Rob Fanter
Title of Research: Identifying Differentially Expressed Proteins in Developmental Disease Resistance in Rice
Email: rfanter@sfsu.edu

Roeben Munji
Title of Research: Characterization of Chick Frizzled-10 in the Development of the Chick Nervous System
Email: rmunji@sfsu.edu

David Bayless
Research Title : Localization of Yx1C, A Putative ECF Anti-sigma Factor
Email: dpbayless@hotmail.com

Raymond Wu
Research Title: A Search for a Perfect Photosensitizer
Email: oasis@sfsu.edu

Rebekah Kelly
Title of Research: Nature of the Zinc Complex in Datura innoxia Plant Cells

Ngoc Tran
Title of Research: The impact of Charge-Charge interactions in Enzyme Catalysis

Samantha Miller
Title of Research: Mechanism of Decarboxylation of Orotic Acid Analogues

Alexander Richard
Title of Research: Detection of Avian Malaria by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Jennifer Agard
Title of Research: Role of ADF and Myosins in Phagocytosis

Gregory A. Nelson
Title of Research: Deletion of the Fla/Che Operon Promoter PD-3 in Bacillus Subtilis via Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis

Paul Stiles
Title of Research: Investigations of the Electronic Structure of Model Hemes and it Modification in Micellar Interfaces

Karianne Terry
Title of Research: The Expression Analyses of csfrp-1 and csfrp-2 Indicate Multiple Roles in Embryonic Patterning