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Summer 2009 BioMaPS Institute Undergraduate Students |
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Bernstein Award Winner:  | Name: Thomas Ehrlich
Rutgers – College of Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Class: 2010
Advisor: Joseph Marcotrigiano, CABM & Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Project: Determining the structure and specific functionality of the protein RIG-I |
BioMaPS/Molecular Biophysics Summer Scholars:  | Name: Noam Fine
Rutgers – School of Arts & Sciences
Major: Chemistry
Class: 2010
Advisor: Eddy Arnold, CABM & Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Project: Drug design for RNA polymerase inhibition |
 | Name: Daniel Weingard
Rutgers – School of Arts & Sciences
Major: Mathematics & Biology
Class: 2011
Advisor: Wilma Olson, BioMaPS & Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Project: Determining the orientation of a protein with respect to the DNA to which it is bound | RISE Summer Undergraduate Student:  | Name: Emily Nowicki
The College of New Jersey
Major: Biology
Class: 2010
Advisor: Todd Michael, Waksman Institute & Plant Biology and Pathology
Project: Metagenomics project on the symbiotic relationship between bradyrhizobium and duckweed |
DIMACS REU Summer Undergraduate Students:  | Name: Richard Cimino
Rutgers – College of Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Class: 2011
Advisor: Gyan Bhanot, BioMaPS, MB & Biochemistry, & CINJ
Project: Cell population dynamics and cancer modeling in the human colon: an extension of the Johnston Feedback Model |  | Name: Alexandria Volkening
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Major: Mathematics
Class: 2011
Advisor: Wilma Olson, BioMaPS & Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Project: How nucleosomes affect the topology of DNA |
Summer Scholar Supported by NSF Grant:  | Name: Evelyn Strombom
Swarthmore College, PA
Major: Biology and Economics
Class: 2012
Advisor: Troy Shinbrot, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Exploring the use of polyaccylamide hydrogels to study ductal cancer growth geometries |
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