UNIQUE Research Experiences of MARC Students: Spring/Summer 2010

• Cayla Baynes, University of Minnesota, Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Neurosciences Research Program; Mentor: Virginia Seybold
• Rene Begay, Stanford Summer Research Program-AMGEN Scholar; Mentor: John Pringle
• Jeannie Camarillo, Sloan Kettering Institute Summer Research Program; Mentor: Luca Cartegni
• Kate Hacker, UA BRAVO program; Universidad Peruana Cayatano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Mentor: Robert Gilman from Johns Hopkins
• Britney Lizama, Duke University Summer Research Program; Mentor: Cynthia Kuhn and Nicole Schramm-Sapyta.
• Angela Reese, Stanford Summer Research Program-AMGEN Scholar; Mentor: W. James Nelson
• Cynthia Sandoval, Sloan Kettering Institute Summer Research Program; Mentor: Michael Overholtzer
• Jose-Marc Techner, University of California San Francisco, AMGEN Scholar Mentor: Emmanuelle Passegue
• Gabby Winston-McPherson, Hunter College, Summer Research Internship; Mentor: Wayne Harding

Meetings attended:

• Ese Adun, Bianca Barcelo, Cayla Baynes, Rene Begay, Brad Bowman, Jeannie Camarillo, Sabrina Dumas, Britney Lizama, Angela Reese, Cynthia Sandoval, Jose-Marc Techner, Wana Mathieu, Michelle Redhair, Gabby Winston-McPherson:  ABRCMS

Awards received:

• Jeannie Camarillo, Shaps Scholar - Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Gerstner Sloan- Kettering; Outstanding Poster Award - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
• Wana Mathieu, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
• Angela Reese, College of Science Galileo Circle Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial Scholarship
• Cynthia Sandoval, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
• Jose-Marc Techner, UA Undergraduate Student Conference-ASBMB Travel Award
• Gabrielle Winston-McPherson, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students