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Summer 2009 PURA Recipients

Recipient Name

Proposal Title

Faculty Sponsor

Budri Abubaker-Sharif

Peptide-conjugated Nanotherapeutics for Targeted Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Dr. Justin Hanes

Nadir Bhuiyan, Henry Ma, Justin Porter & Tiffany Wei

iGEM 2009: Designing a Heavy Metal Biosensor

Dr. Marc Ostermeier

Eric Dang

Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factory 1 in Mediating Regulatory T Cell Functions and Development

Dr. Drew Pardoll

Avik De

Neuromechanical Control of Cyclic Tasks

Dr. Noah Cowan

Sarah Doyle

The Government's Capacity to Continue Development

Dr. Ben Vinson

Giselle Elbaz

Processes Occurring During Doped States of Electronically Conducting Polymers

Dr. John Tovar

Madhavi Gavini & Nicholas Generous

Iron Age Idolatry: A New Interpretation of an Iron Age Portrayal of Yahweh and Asherah

Dr. Theodore Lewis

Halshka Graczyk

The True Price of Gold: Examining Gender Disparaties to Mercury Exposure in Female Mongolian Miners

Dr. Ellen Silbergeld

Shrivats Iyer

Real Time Somatosensory Evoked Potential Analysis

Dr. Angelo All

Hilary Kinka

Overdevelopment of the Underdeveloped: Microfinance Effects in Peru

Dr. Mark Blyth

Christophe Lucussol

Fundamental Study on Swelling of Clays

Dr. Annalingam Anandarajah

Tanya Lukasik

Mobile in Mobile, AL: Moving Up the Ladder of Social and Geographic Opportunity

Dr. Stefanie DeLuca

Daniel Millman

One of the Network Level Implications of Changes in Reliability Accompanying Synaptic Maturation: A Computational Investigation

Dr. Ernst Niebur

David Miranda

A Novel Technique in Tuberculosis Therapeutics: Inhibiting Chorismate Mutase Sensitizes Mycobacterium tuberculosis to ?-lactam Antibiotics

Dr. William Bishai

Mohammad Modarres

Fashion with a Purpose: How Consumerism, the Material Economy, and Social Entrepreneurs Can Bring Positive Changes to Afrian Communities

Dr. James Goodyear & Joan Freedman

Carolyn Park

Role of Geometry and Ventricular Conduction Sensitivity to Sodium Current in Reentry Inducibility

Dr. Natalia Trayanova

Kevin Park

Technological Innovation and the Status of Modern Civil Legal Aid in the UK

Dr. Joel Grossman

Judy Qiu

Investigating the Role of Ken in JAK-STAT Stem Cell Regulation

Dr. Erika Matunis

William RaetzSimplices and Sphere Packing; Derivation of Lattices via Rotation

Dr. Andrew Salch

Michael Rogers

A Historical Study of Mental Hygiene Research at JHU and its Implications for Community Relations in East Baltimore

Dr. Veena Das

Stephanie Shiau

Development of a Music Training Program for the Deaf Individuals with Cochlear Implants

Dr. Charles Limb

Donghoon Shin

Investigating the Dynamic Properties of Switchable Surfaces

Dr. Joelle Frechette

Calum Spicer

Bulgarian Solitaire Games

Dr. Fred Torcaso

Allison Suarez

Using Directed Evolution as a Method for Improving the Expression of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae homologue of the Mammalian Na+/I- Symporter (NIS)

Dr. Sandra Gabelli &        
Dr. L. Mario Amzel

BaoLuo Sun

Sensitivity Analysis of CaMKII-LCC Local Control Model

Dr. Raimond Winslow

Kaitlin Warnock

Controlling the JAR Behavior of Eigenmannia Using a Double Inverted Pendulum

Dr. Eric Fortune

Annie WuInnovative Immunotheraphy for the Control of MelanomaDr. Chien-Fu Hung
David YooLive-cell Imaging of Salmonella-induced TubulesDr. Trina Schroer

Fall 2009 PURA Recipients

Recipient Name

Proposal Title

Faculty Sponsor

Deepak AtriThe Migration and Recruitment of Human Neural Progenitor Cells in Response to GlioblastomaDr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Brian BaroneThe Vihuela in Colonial CuzcoDr. Susan Weiss
Abhiram BhashyamEffect of Immunosuppression and Denervation on Mucociliary Clearance in a Murine ModelDr. Beth Laube
Molly BroacheIdentifying Mutations that Affect Left-Right Differences in the BrainDr. Marnie Halpern
Cy ChavezCharacterization of TRH Targets Required for Epithelial Cell InvaginationDr. Deborah Andrew
Sara HassaniThe Effect of Maternal Stress and Nutrition of Offspring Food PreferenceDr. Timothy Moran
Brian KeeleyDevelopment of a Single Tube Nanosensor Methylation Detection SystemDr. Jeff Wang
Ranjini KrishnamurthyRelating ECM stiffness to CancerDr. Denis Wirtz
Ronica LuWorkplace Violence among Nursing Personnel in the Geriatric Care Setting at a Metropolitan Hospital: A Mixed Methods AnalysisDr. Joan Kub
Carson RicheVector Separation of Brownian Particles through Interfacial InteractionsDr. German Drazer
Katelyn Saner"To See the Sun Go Down on Galway Bay" - The 1930s Razing of Claddagh VillageDr. John Marshall
Vivek SuriIntrinsic Reformations of Test Theories of Special Relativity and the Problem of the One-Way Speed of LightDr. Robert Rynasiewicz
Olivia TongNoise Induced Hearing Loss and Personal Music PlayersDr. Howard Francis
Jimmy TooleyDoes Fis1 Affect the Assembly-Dependent GTP Hydrolysis by Drp1?Dr. Blake Hill
Wilson TsangImproving Field of Vision Using VR Head Tracking TechnologiesDr. Jin Kang
Weixi ZhongEngineering Cell-Adhesive Mucus-Penetrating Nanoparticles for Sustained Drug Delivery for Mucosal SurfacesDr. Justin Hanes

Summer 2009 PURA Recipients Announced!

Thank you to everybody that submitted a proposal for the summer 2009 Provost's Undergraduate Research Award. The PURA Selection Committee reviewed an exceptional group of applicants and is pleased to announce the summer 2009 award recipients.

See the links on the left side of this page for application information and PURA details. 

For more information, please contact Susanna Elliott in the Office of the Provost at
(410) 516-8770 or e-mail
pura@jhu.edu.

Johns Hopkins University