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Corbie Ball, BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona
Research Interest: Epigenetics in Mouse Colon Cancer
Research Advisor: Thomas Doetschman, PhD
Ben Bitler, BS, Biology, University of Arizona
Research interest: Interactions of MUC1 and EGFR on Beta-catenin in breast cancer
progression
Research Advisor: Joyce Schroeder, PhD
Sarah Bustamante, BS, Physiology, The University of Arizona
Research interest: First year rotations
Jessica Cantrell, BS, Microbiology, Arizona State University
Research Interest: Uncovering the mechanism of action of an anti cancer vaccine
Research Advisor: Emmanuel Katsanis, MD
Steven Carey, BS Biochem/Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
( MD/PhD program)
Research interest: Determination of the molecular mechanisms of psorospermin, a natural product with a novel mechanism of action
Research Advisor: Laurence Hurley, PhD, D. Sc.
Anupama Chandramouli, MS Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Research interest: Role of cyclin dependent kinase 11 (CDK11): Implications to malignant melanoma
Research Advisor: Mark Nelson, PhD
Jan Egan, BS, Food Science Human Nutrition, Washington State University
Research interest: insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF1) gene and the role of genetic
variation in IGF1 on recurrence of colorectal adenomas and colorectal cancer
Research Advisor: Patricia Carino-Thompson, PhD
Rebecca Feldman, BS, Microbiology, University of TX , El Paso
Research interest: Investigation of the initiating events of bile acid-mediated signal
transduction, using a model system of a bile acid resistant cell line
Research Advisor: Jesse Martinez, PhD
Aaron Goldman, BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona
Research interest: TBD
Research Advisor, Elaine Jacobson, PhD
Meredith Henderson, BA, Biology, New College of Florida
Research interest: The molecular properties of UA62784, a novel drug that targets
DPC4-cells
Research Advisor: Robert Dorr, PhD
Rebecca Henkhaus, BS, Genetics, University of Kansas
Research interest: ODC regulation and the effects of k-Ras signaling in colon
carcinogenesis.
Research Advisor: Natalia Ignatenko, PhD
Melba Jaramillo, BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona
Research interest: Mechanism of Hydrogen Peroxide Signaling for Apoptosis
Research Advisor: Margaret Briehl, PhD
Damian Junk, MS, Biology, Indiana-Purdue University
Research interest: Cooperation between genetic and epigenetic aberration in the
formation of breast cancer.
Research Advisor: Bernard Futscher, PhD
Samantha Lacroix Kendrick, BS Biology; MS Medical Science, McMaster University,
Ontario, Canada
Research interest: Targeting the Bcl-2 secondary structures to modulate gene
transcription
Research Advisor: Laurence Hurley, PhD, D. Sc.
Sunmi Lee, MS, Environmental Science, University of Arizona
Research interest: Regulation of oncogene expression by stabilizing DNA 2 nd
structures in the promoter region
Research Advisor: Scot Ebbinghaus, MD
Natalie Luhtala, BA, Illinois State University
Research interest: Analysis of Pat1 protein in yeast
Research Advisor: Roy Parker, PhD
Geoff Mitchell, BS Biology, Furman University
Research interest: Regulation of p63 and p73 in salivary acinar cells
Research Advisor: Kirsten Limesand, PhD
Sherif Morgan, BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, U of A
Research interest: Effects of Bile acids on IGF-IR signaling in colon cancers
Research Advisor: Emmanuelle Meuillet, PhD
Edwin Paz, BS Microbiology and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research interest: First year rotations
Michael Ports, BS, University of California , Santa Barbara
Research interest: Epigenetic regulation of adhesion proteins in prostate cancer and
ubiquitination of integrin B4
Research Advisor: Anne E. Cress, PhD
Chris Riley, BS Biology, Emory University
Research interest: Development of and Mechanism of Action for scFv antibody
fragment targeting CEACAM6 in Pancreatic Cancer
Research Advisor: Daruka Mahadevan, MD
Hsin-yuan “Steven” Su, MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan
University
Research interest: First year rotations
Devki Sukhtankar, BS/MS Life Sciences, Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, India
Research interest: TBD
Research Advisior: Tamara King, PhD
Heather Tardif, BS Molecular Bioscience and Technology, Arizona State University
Research interest: Role of C/EBPβ in Treatment-Refractory Lymphoma
Research Advisor: Margaret Briehl, PhD
Mark Teng, BS Computing, Monash University, BS Biology Brown University
Research interest: First year rotations
Diana Uribe, BS, Biochemistry, New Mexico State University
Research interest: Inhibiting transcription of HIF1-alpha through stabilization of
secondary structures in its promoter region
Research Advisor: Daekyu Sun, MD
Sarah Wilkinson, BA, Biology, University of Virginia
Research interest: Mechanisms involved in Dex-induced apoptosis
Research Advisor: Margaret Briehl, PhD
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