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  1. Profiles of 2017 USURF Researchers
    1. Alison Bromley
    2. Zachary Friar
    3. Navya George
    4. Nikita Jain
    5. Leigh Kissinger
    6. Timothy Little
    7. Kent Pham
  2. Profiles of 2016 USURF Researchers
    1. Luke Conover
    2. Oleg Davydovich
    3. Joe Ellis
    4. Bryan Figula
    5. Julia Madej
    6. Nehi Patel
    7. Nadine Filemban
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Profiles of 2016 USURF Researchers

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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
Author: Roberto Ramos
Last modified: 11/14/2017 9:21 AM (EDT)