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University of California, Los Angeles

2011 - 2012 Beckman Scholars

Jessica R. Ong
Title of Research: The Functions of the Matricellular Proteins CCN1 and CCN2 in Endochondral Bone Formation
Email: jessicaong91@gmail.edu

Stephan Chiu
Title of Research: Charcterization of Conserved Sites in the Matrix Protein of Nipah Virus Critical for Budding
Email: chius@ucla.edu

2010 - 2011 Beckman Scholars

Pwint Khine
Title of Research: Synthesis of Polythiophen and Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Nanofibers for Thin Films
Email: pwintkhine@ucla.edu

Jaspreet Sandhu
Title of Research: An Investigation into Signaling Pathways involve in the Regulation of Social Behavior of Trypanosoma brucei
Email: jsandhu1@ucla.edu

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Paowen Wong
Title of Research: A combined synthesis route: Initiator-assisted interfacial oxidative polymerization of poly (3-alxylthiophene) nanofibers
Email: paowenwong@ucla.edu

Karen E. Aanensen
Title of Research: Comparin receptor usage efficiencies between the Malaysian and Bangladeshi Nipah virus envelope glycoproteins
Email: keaanensen@ucla.edu

2007 - 2008 Beckman Scholars

James Chen
Title of Research: Investigating the Immunomodulatory Defect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Lupus
Email: jytchen@ucla.edu

Bac Nguyen
Title of Research: Studying of learning and memory through the characterization of a novel neurotransmitter transporter mutant in Drosophila
Email: bacalaca@ucla.edu

Bryan Harada
Title of Research: Mapping the oligomeric interface of the SAM domain of diacylglycerol kinase delta using a novel in vivo protein solubility screen
Email: bharada@ucla.edu

Alissa Minkovsky
Title of Research: Establishing stable expression of EWS/FLI1 in primary cell lines in the search to find a Ewing's Sarcoma cell of origin
Email: amink@ucla.edu

Omid Kohannim
Title of Research: Identifying potential candidate genes for hypercholsterolemia
Email: kohannim@ucla.edu

Ryan Young
Title of Research: Solvation Dynamics of Alkalai Metal Anions in Various Solvents and Their Effects of Charge-Transfer Reactions

Jenny Wang
Title of Research: The Construction of siRNA's Targeting AI, OAT, AGM and ODC in the Arginine and Polyamine System using a Tet-Inducible Vector

Tal Danino
Title of Research: Testing the second law of thermodynamics in steady-state driven systems with a local measurement of effective temperature

Kari Morrissey
Title of Research: Transcriptional Analysis of the Growth Arrest-Specific 11 (GAS11) Gene in Mouse Muscle

Kenta Nakamura
Title of Research: Expression and purification of the human serum paraoxanses and apolipoprotein A-1 mimetic peptides in Pichia pastoris

Christopher Shane Ramey
Research Title: What is the Function of Cold-Shock DEAD-box Protein A at Cold Temperatures?

Sean Roberts
Research Title: Fabricating Plastic Solar Cells from Conjugated Polyelectrolytes

Scott E. James
Title of Research: Shape-Based Design of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors: Second Generation Fullerene Derivatives

Cecile de la Cruz
Title of Research: Targeted Inactivation of Hoxd - 9/d - 10 Alters Hindlimb Innervation

Berj Demirjian
Title of Research: A Metastable Phase at the Crystalline-Amorphous Border

Gauree Gupta
Title of Research: Developmental Expression Pattern of Receptors for PACAP - Related Peptides in Rat Oligodendrocytes