{"id":18,"date":"2016-06-22T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/britereu\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:50:10","slug":"student-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/britereu\/student-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"BRITE REU Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"

2022 <\/h4>
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\nPayton Bock
\nArizona State University
\nMajor: Biochemistry
\nREU Lab: Zhang<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Analysis of Brain Hippocampus Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing in Mixed Dementia Patients<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nJosh Bowers
\nUniversity of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
\nMajor: Microbiology
\nREU Lab: Dietze<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Validation of the PEcAn Terrestrial Ecosystem Forecast Using NASA SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Observations<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAshley Eng
\nUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
\nMajor: Microbiology
\nREU Lab: Bhatnager<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Metabolic Modeling of Soil Acidobacteriota Improves with Custom Resource Inputs<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nGiselle Hidalgo<\/span>
\nKean University
\nMajor: Biotechnology with a concentration in Molecular Biology
\nREU Lab: Benson<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Finding De Novo Tandem Repeats Using VNTRseek<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAngela Jiang
\nSmith College
\nMajor: Biological Sciences
\nREU Lab: Davies<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Bored in a Changing Climate: Ocean Acidification and Boring Sponge Impact on Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Gene Expression<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nCecilia McCormick<\/span>
\nUniversity of California, Los Angeles
\nMajor: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
\nREU Lab: Dries<\/a><\/a>
\nResearch Project: A Spatial Analysis of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche in Mice Fetal Liver<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLaila Norford
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania
\nMajor: Bioengineering
\nREU Lab: Dries<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Spatiotemporal Patterns of RNA-binding Protein Gene Expression in the Developing Embryonic Mouse Brain <\/a><\/p>\n

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\nHannah O’Grady <\/span>
\nMount Holyoke College
\nMajor: Biology and Statistics
\nREU Lab: Deyle<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Using Space-for-Time to Understand the Empirical Dynamics of Tropical Rainforests<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nJulia Schulte<\/span>
\nLuther College Decorah Iowa
\nMajor: Biology and Data Science
\nREU Lab: Benson<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Compressing DNA Read Sequences to Reduce Database Size<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nMy My Tran
\nSmith College
\nMajor: Biological Sciences
\nREU Lab: Emili Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Modeling Protein-Protein Interactions using Co-fractionation Mass Spectrometry (CF\/MS) Data<\/a><\/p>\n

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2021 <\/h4>
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Zoe Barinaga
\nUniversity of Florida
\nMajor: Biomedical Engineering
\nREU Lab: Bradham<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Optimizing Feature Selection in High Dimensional RNA seq Data<\/a><\/p>\n

Jorge Lopez-Nava
\nSwarthmore College
\nMajor: Mathematics
\nREU Lab: Bhatnager<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Simulating Nitrogen Interactions Within Microbial Communities from Metagenome Assembled Genomes (MAGs) and Genome-Scale Metabolic Models (GEMs)<\/a><\/p>\n

Madeline Hughes
\nBrown University
\nMajor: Computational Biology
\nREU Lab: Bradham<\/a>
\nResearch Project: A Pipeline for Constructing a 3D Coordinate Map of PMCs In Developing Embryos<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Hernandez-Cancela
\nClemson University
\nMajor: Bioengineering, with a concentration in Biomaterials
\nREU Lab: Dupuis<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Fine-Mapping Genetic Loci showing Novel Associations with Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes<\/a><\/p>\n

Noah Fields
\nStanford University
\nMajor: Bioengineering
\nREU Lab: Benson<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Identifying Possible Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) Using Read Mapping Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

Sara Filler
\nProvidence College
\nMajor: Biology
\nREU Lab: Benson<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Testing the accuracy and speed of VNTRseek, a genetic variation detector, using a restricted read dataset<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor Feagins
\nThe University of Texas at San Antonio
\nMajor: Statistics and Data Science
\nREU Lab: Dietze<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Automatic Pipeline for Estimating Normalized Difference Vegetation Index<\/a><\/p>\n

Anika Rueppell
\nUniversity of Toronto
\nMajor: Global Health (Specialist, Dept. of Human Bio), Immunology, Statistics (Minor)
\nREU Lab: Johnson<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Secondary Analysis of Host Lung Microbiome Interactions with Tuberculosis<\/a><\/p>\n

Katie Tyrrell
\nWayne State University
\nMajor: Chemical Engineering & Statistics
\nREU Lab: Deyle<\/a><\/p>\n

Miguel Yanez
\nWhittier College
\nMajor: Biology
\nREU Lab: Fiszbein<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Characterizing alternative first exons from stem cells and cardiomyocytes<\/a><\/p>\n

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2019 <\/h4>
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\nDurdona Gaibova<\/strong>
\nMiami Dade College
\nMajor: Mathematics
\nREU Lab: Campbell Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Comparing mapping outputs of the single cell RNA sequencing data using alignment tools STARsolo and CellRanger<\/p>\n

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\nBriana Hackos<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Colorado Boulder
\nMajor: Mathematics
\nREU Lab: Bhatnagar Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: An Automated Pipeline for Nitrogen-cycling Gene Abundance Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nBlessing Ibe<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Illinois Urbana Champaign
\nMajor: Statistics
\nREU Lab: Sebastiani Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: The Effect of APOE Gene SNPs on Brain Tissue Specific Gene Expression<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nNebiyou Kebede<\/strong>
\nRoxbury Community College
\nMajor: Computer Science
\nREU Lab: Johnson Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Assessment of RSubread Using Mock Community Microbiome Data<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAubrey Odom<\/strong>
\nBrigham Young University
\nMajor: Statistics, Emphasis in Biostatistics
\nREU Lab: Johnson Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: The TBSignatureProfiler: A Novel R Package for Comparing Tuberculosis Gene Expression Signatures<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nNofal Ouardaoui<\/strong>
\nTufts University
\nMajor: Biology
\nREU Lab: Emili Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: The PM Map \u2013 A Proteomic and Metabolomic Data Visualization Network<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nCorinna Pilcher<\/strong>
\nSt. Lawrence University
\nMajor: Biology and Computer Science
\nREU Lab: Davies Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Lunar Phase, Hour of the Day, and Seasonal Temperature Drive Symbiont C. goreaui<\/em> Differential Expression in A. millepora<\/em> Coral Host<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nEric Sinton<\/strong>
\nTufts University
\nMajor: Mathematics
\nREU Lab: Campbell Lab<\/a><\/a>
\nResearch Project: Analyzing Lung Cancer Cell Subtypes with CELDA<\/a><\/p>\n

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2018 <\/h4>
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Kathryn Atherton<\/strong>
\nPurdue University
\nMajor: Biological Engineering
\nREU Lab: Bhatnagar Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Can we predict the presence of pathogenic bacteria in soils?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Luke Dramko<\/strong>
\nUniversity of North Dakota
\nMajor: Computer Science
\nREU Lab: Dietze Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Iterative Near-Term Ecological Forecasting: Applications to Land-Atmosphere CO2<\/sub><\/span> Fluxes<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Katherine Duchinski<\/strong>
\nCollege of Charleston
\nMajor: Biology, and Data Science
\nREU Lab: Benson Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Single Copy VNTR Identification<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Adam Lewis<\/strong>
\nClark University
\nMajor: Math, Biology, and Bioinformatics
\n<\/a> REU Lab: Campbell Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Enhancement of the Single Cell Toolkit (SCTK)<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Olivia Marx<\/strong>
\nSouthern Methodist University
\nMajor: Math, and Biochemistry
\nREU Lab: Zaia Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Glycoproteomic Data Quality and Similarity in Influenza A Virus Variants<\/a><\/p>\n

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Michelle Patino Calero<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Texas, El Paso
\nMajor: Computer Science
\nREU Lab: Korolev Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Correcting for Environmental Factors in Microbiome Wide Association Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Mia Price<\/strong>
\nMiami University
\nMajor: Biomedical Engineering
\nREU Lab: Bradham Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: The Application of V-Net in Identifying Primary Mesenchyme Cells in Sea Urchin Embryo Scans<\/p>\n

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Rahul Ramesh<\/strong>
\nBoston University
\nMajor: Math and Computer Science
\nREU Lab: Benson Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Tackling Indistinguishable TR\u2019s and Verifying the Accuracy of VNTRseek<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Spencer Richman<\/strong>
\nRochester Institute of Technology
\nMajor: Bioinformatics
\n<\/a>REU Lab: Emili Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: A Computational Pipeline for Creating Small Molecule Metabolite Mass Spectral Libraries<\/p>\n

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\"\"Alyssa Taylor<\/strong>
\nVirginia Wesleyan University
\nMajor: Biology, and Math
\nREU Lab: Sebastiani Lab<\/a>
\nResearch Project: Association of variant Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) alleles to decline in cognitive function with aging demonstrated through network modeling<\/a><\/p>\n

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2017 <\/h4>
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Edel Aron<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Edel\"<\/p>\n

Iowa State University<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Mathematics and Biology<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Dupuis Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Identification of Potential Causal Variants on Type II Diabetes Associated Loci through Fine-Mapping<\/p>\n

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Drew Ferrell<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Drew\"<\/p>\n

Mississippi State University<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0 <\/em>Biochemistry<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Laboratory for Biocomputing and Informatics<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0 Tandem Repeats Annotation and Enrichment Analysis<\/p>\n

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Maddy Griswold<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Maddy\"<\/p>\n

Pacific University<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0 <\/em>Bioinformatics emphasis<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Tullius Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0 Determination of Nucleotide Location Using Hydroxyl Radicals<\/a><\/p>\n

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Will Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Will\"<\/p>\n

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Bioengineering, Minors in Computer Science and Statistics<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 Segre Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Predicting microbial community function from 16s rRNA sequencing via Random Forest<\/p>\n

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Rowan Ogilvie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_6702-\"<\/p>\n

Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0Bioinformatics emphasis<\/p>\n

REU Lab: \u00a0<\/em>Waxman Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Database for the Analysis of Peak Regions<\/p>\n

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Albert Okundaye<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_6745-\"<\/p>\n

Roxbury Community College<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Computer Science<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Laboratory for Biocomputing and Informatics<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Investigating the Performance of a Genetic Variation Detection Program, VNTRseek<\/p>\n

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Brianna Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_6736-\"<\/p>\n

University of Maryland, Baltimore County<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Bioinformatics and Computer Science<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Korolev Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0The\u00a0Story\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Stomach:\u00a0the\u00a0Statistical Analysis of Gut Microbe Communities\u00a0in\u00a0Inflammatory Bowel Disease<\/p>\n

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Christopher Rodriguez<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chris\"<\/p>\n

Louisiana Tech University<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Cyber Engineering<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Densmore Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0u-DROP and DAFD: Tools for Microfluidic Droplet Generation Analysis<\/p>\n

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Jacquelyn Turcinovic<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_6732-\"<\/p>\n

St. Edward’s University<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0 Bioinformatics<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0<\/em> Zaia Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Metrics for Quantifying Differences in Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Site-specific Glycosylation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kyndall Tyler<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_6750-\"<\/p>\n

University of Houston<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0 <\/em>Mathematics<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0 <\/em>Sebastiani Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: Understanding Cognitive Dysfunction for Early Identification<\/p>\n

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2016 <\/h4>

\nLeAnna Cates<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Leanna\"<\/p>\n

University of Missouri – Kansas City<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0<\/em>Biology (Bioinformatics emphasis)<\/p>\n

REU Lab: \u00a0<\/em>Talbot Lab of Microbial Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Understanding Variation\u00a0in Microbial Community Composition\u00a0in Both Space\u00a0and Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Papers: Averill, C., Cates, L.L., Dietze, M.C. & Bhatnagar, J.M., Spatial vs. temporal controls over soil fungal community similarity at continental and global scales. ISME J 13, 2082\u20132093 (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elsa Fecke<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Elsa\"<\/p>\n

St. Lawrence University<\/p>\n

Major: Mathematics-Economics<\/p>\n

REU Lab:\u00a0\u00a0Quantum Information Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: \u00a0Work on Copy Number Versus Gene\u00a0Expression Biomarkers\u00a0In Cancer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Michael Hasson\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Michael\"<\/p>\n

Case Western Reserve University<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

REU Lab: Segre Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0Synthetic Ecology of Microbes<\/p>\n

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Graham Kuli<\/strong>g<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Graham\"<\/p>\n

Elon University<\/p>\n

Major: \u00a0Biology<\/p>\n

REU Lab: \u00a0Segre Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: High\u00a0Throughput\u00a0Phenotyping of\u00a0<\/a><\/span>E. coli\u00a0<\/em>Growth and Extracellular pH<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sunny Mahesh\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sunny\"<\/p>\n

Arizona State University<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0Computer Science<\/p>\n

REU Lab: \u00a0Densmore Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project: Living Computing Project (LCP)<\/p>\n

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Seth McDonald\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seth\"<\/p>\n

Ripon College<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0Biology and Computer Science<\/p>\n

REU Lab: \u00a0Allen Lab\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0Haloalkanoic Acid Dehalogenase\u00a0Superfamily (HADSF)<\/p>\n

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Vivek Ramanan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Vivek\"<\/p>\n

Swarthmore College<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0Computer Science and Biology<\/p>\n

REU Lab: Korolev Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0Removing Spurious Associations in Microbiome Analysis<\/p>\n

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John Scaduto<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"John\"<\/p>\n

Boston College<\/p>\n

Major:\u00a0Biology\u00a0(Bioinformatics emphasis)<\/p>\n

REU Lab: Laboratory for Biocomputing and Informatics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Research Project:\u00a0Bit-Parallel Sequence Alignment\u00a0Algorithms for Tandem Repeat Detection<\/a><\/p>\n

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