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Eastfield College Summer Institute Research Program
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| Eastfield
College and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
selected four outstanding students to participate in another
unprecedented summer research program. The
program pairs students with faculty research scientists to
conduct research projects using major scientific instrumentation
in the UTSW laboratories.
Jeanette, Stefanie, Scott, and Joshua were selected for UTSW's
2007 STARS Summer Research Program based on an evaluation
of essays, faculty recommendation, academic records, personal
statements and interviews. |
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JEANETTE
CERVANTES
Dallas, TX. |
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STEFANIE
BOYD
Crandall, TX. |
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| Jeanette Cervantes of Dallas worked in the laboratory
of Dr. Paul Blount in the department of physiology. The research
in the Blount lab deals with the function of a group of physiological
sensors that respond to mechanical force. These mechanosensitive
receptors are important for such diverse processes as maintaining
blood pressure to responding to touch on the skin surface. |
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| Crandall resident Stefanie Boyd partnered with
Dr. Jeffrey L. Elliot in the department of neurology to study
how mutations in different genes can lead to complications
in the neuromuscular disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
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SCOTT
STEPHAN
Mesquite, TX. |
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JOSUA
LORD (left)
Rockwall, TX. |
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| Scott Stephan, a resident of Mesquite partnered
with Dr. Laurie Davis on a project to look at the functioning
and pathology of T-cells in the immune system, especially as
it relates to rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, two debilitating
diseases where promising research is needed.
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| Joshua Lord of Rockwall worked in the cell biology
department with Dr. Beatriz Fontoura. The projects in the Fontoura
lab focus on the fundamental mechanisms of transport of molecules
into and out of the nucleus. Movement of proteins or RNA through
nuclear pore complexes is an absolute requirement for the normal
functioning of a cell and has been shown to be disrupted during
viral infection. |
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Dr.
Carol Brown
Dr. Carl Knight
Melanie Gill-Shaw
Jeff Hughes
Dr. Mark Presley
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President, Eastfield College
Principal Investigator, Eastfield College Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology
Eastfield College, Interim Dean, Resource and Community Development,
Grant Administration
Associate Professor, Biology, Eastfield College
Dean, Science and Physical Education |
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