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Eastfield College
2008 STARS
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.
Jeremy, Jeanette, James, and Norma were selected for UTSW's
2008 STARS Summer Research Program based on an evaluation
of essays, faculty recommendation, academic records, personal
statements and interviews. |
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JEREMY
BRITT |
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JEANETTE
CERVANTES |
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| Jeremy partnered with mentor Dr. Andrew Pieper,
a psychiatrist M.D./Ph.D. They worked on finding neurogenic
molecules to treat schizophrenia caused by a translocation in
a gene called NPAS3 on chromosome 14. |
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| Jeanette partnered with mentor Dr. Helmut Kramer
from the Dept. of Neuroscience at UT Southwestern. working
on researching and identifying specific proteins that enter
in a cell of fruit flies, in relation to Drosophila. They
researched on identifying proteins that go into the cell and
determine if these have been either broken down to use within
the cell or is dispose through the lysosomes. |
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JAMES
FOSTER |
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NORMA
SANCHEZ |
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| James partnered with Dr. Jean Maines in the department
of Molecular Biology. They worked in the area of development
of germ cells, stem cell biology, and signaling controlling
cell fate. The lab works mainly with the fruit fly or Drosophila,
their primary goal is to find out what signals the stem cells
in the germline (which is closely connected to the human sex
cell ovary) to deactivate. |
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| Norma partnered with Dr. Joel Goodman at UT Southwestern
on lipodystrophy. They researched yeast cells with lipid droplets
to find out how and where the protein seipin is found with in
the cell at the endoplasmic reticulum. The yeast cell is very
similar to the cells of humans and contains the endoplasmic
reticulum just as the cells of humans, the site suspected where
seipen is released. Lipodystrophy is a disorder characterized
by a loss of adipose tissue often accompanied by severe hypertriglyceridemia,
which is an insulin resistant diabetes, and fatty liver. Hypertriglyceridemia
is defined as high blood levels of triglycerides in the cells
of humans or animals. |
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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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