Eight highly-talented USciences undergraduates received USURF funding in the Summer of 2016 to perform research over eight weeks on the campus of the University of the Sciences. Get to know more about the 2016 Summer USURF Research Interns ! They are:
2016 USURF Awardees
Luke Conover (Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics) Project: Low Temperature Tunneling Conductance of Superconducting MgB2 Mentor: Dr. R. Ramos
Oleg Davidovych (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) Project: Responsive Properties of Mosaic Polymer Brushes Mentor: Dr. A. Sidorenko
Joseph Ellis (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Project: The Effect of Histone Acetyl Transferase Inhibition on Myogenic Differentiation Mentor: Dr. J.M. Holaska
Bryan Figula (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) Project: Boronic Acid Analogues of Fosmidomycin as Inhibitors of the Non-mevalonate Isoprenoid Synthesis Pathway Mentor: Dr. J. Tomsho
Nadine Filemban (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Project: Syntheses, Enantiomeric Resolution, and Pharmacological Characterizations of Arylbicycloheptylamines as Uncompetitive NMDAR Antagonists Mentor: Dr. A. Adejare
Julia Madej (Department of Physical Therapy) Project: Impact of a moderate intensity functional circuit training program on intentional upper extremity movement and walking activity in people with stroke Mentor: Dr. M. Roos
Borna Novak (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) Project: Molecular Mechanism of BRAF Activation by Kinase Inhibitors Mentor: Dr. Z. Wang
Nehi Patel (Department of Biological Sciences) Project: Effects of A Novel Plant Based Anti-Cancer Compound on Acute Myeloid Leukemic Multi-Drug Resistant Lines Mentor: Dr. B. Peethambaran
2015 USURF Awardees
Rachel Boardman (P2) Mentor: Dr. Adams
Bailey Colvin (P1) Mentor: Dr. Marko
Oleg Davydovich (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) Mentor: Dr. A. Sidorenko
Samantha Gilman (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Mentor: Dr. I. Mercier
Matthew Mansi (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Mentor: Dr. A. Adejare
Donna McKeon (PCP, U1) Mentor: Dr. M. Farber
Atithi Patel (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) Mentor: Dr. A. Sidorenko