Fall 2014

Presentations

• Aarti Purohit, 2nd Year CSS Student and Lowe College Science Scholar, CSS Summer Scholar Award
  “Role of dopamine in circadian entrainment to reward: Proof-of-principle study using in vivo electrophysiology in the SCN of mice”
  Mentor: Dr. Ali Güler, UVa Department of Biology;
  Topic Area: Neuroscience
• Sarah Wyckoff, 2nd Year CSS Student
  “Analysis and Quantification of Free-25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Employing State of the Art LC-MS/MS Technology”
  Mentor: Dr. Steven J. Soldin, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH;
  Topic Area: Clinical Mass Spectrometry
• Jessica Yoo, 3rd Year CSS Student, CSS Summer Scholar Award
  “Progress on the co-crystallization of the broad range Thermoplasma acidophilum nucleoside kinase (TaNK) with substrates”
  Mentor: Prof. Linda Columbus, UVa Biochemistry;
  Topic Area: Structural Genomics
• George Schwartz, 3rd Year CSS Student
  “Investigation of Surface Plasmon Resonance of Ag films capped with Cs2O Layers”
  Mentor:Prof. Rosa A. Lukaszew, W&M; Applied Physics;
  Topic Area: Material Science, Surface Characterization
  Funded by Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC)
• Debbie Pan, 3rd Year CSS Student
  “Characterization of MicroDNA stability using an artificial minicircle construct system”
  Mentor: Dr. Anindya Dutta, UVa School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics;
  Topic Area: Molecular Genetics
• Leah Grande, 4th Year CSS Student
  “Predictors of change in attachment security from adolescence to adulthood”
  Mentor: Prof. Joseph Allen, UVa Department of Psychology;
  Topic Area: Clinical Psychology
• Rebecca Walker, 4th Year CSS Student
  “Comparison of soil nitrogen pools in the organic horizon between old growth and secondary growth forests of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic”
  Mentor: Prof. Howard Epstein and Prof. Aaron Mills, UVa Environmental Sciences;
  Topic Area: Ecosystem Ecology
• Many thanks go to the generous donors to the College Science Scholars program who make these summer research awards possible: Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation; Wendy R. Van Besien and Stephen M. Van Besien; Lois A. Fitton & W. Christopher Draper, Jr.; Sharon B. Parente & John W. Risner; The Jefferson Trust; Mary Baroody Lowe and Jeffrey A. Lowe; The UVa Parents Fund and Committee; J. Randolph and Rossie Carter Hutcheson; Entigence Corporation; Robert Atkinson; Dean’s discretionary gifts