Congratulations to these SURF Fellows and their mentors:
SURFers from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Meghan Bacher, University of Puget Sound
- Investigating the FBS1 and 14-3-3 interaction with BiFC
- Mentor: Bryan Thines, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Puget Sound
Geneva Lee, Mills College
- Consequences of varying levels of genetic diversity and subpopulation isolation on population growth and persistence in Streptanthus glandulosus nige (Brassicaceae)
- Mentor: Sarah Swope, PhD Assistant Professor in the Mills College Biology Dept.
Davon Whitest, Rochester Institute of Technology
- The Synthesis and Phenotypic Characterization of 2-Halo-1-Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid Derivatives in Arabidopsis Thaliana: Potential Radiotracer Imaging Agents
- Mentor: Michael G. Coleman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
SURFers from Doctoral Granting Institutions
Cairo Archer, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
- Functional analysis of the terpene synthase TPS2 in maize-aphid interactions
- Mentor: Georg Jander, Professor
Julia Brose, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Discovery of Indole Phytoalexins in Roots of Crop Brassicas
- Mentor: Elizabeth Sattely, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Snigdha Chatterjee, Syracuse University
- DDR1, an Arabidopsis Histone Demethylase Negatively Regulates Cell Death, Drought, and Defense Against Pseudomonas syringae
- Mentor: Ramesh Raina, Chair, Department of Biology
Alexander Clarke, University of Missouri
- Defining clathrin-dependent protein networks using an ENTH-vesicle adaptor
- Mentor: Antje Heese, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Biochemistry
Cole Folstad, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Engineering a New Bio-Fuel Feedstock: Domesticating Pennycress
- Mentor: M. David Marks, Principle Investigator
Erin Hartzell, West Virginia University
- Genetic Analyses of Subcellular Metabolic Crosstalk in the Plant Terpenoid Biosynthetic Network
- Mentor: Michael Gutensohn, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences
Johanna L'Heureux, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Determining the mode of action of a novel antimicrobial peptide from legumes
- Mentor: Dong Wang, Assistant Professor
Helen Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Silencing of XRCC4 Using VIGS for T-DNA Insertion by Homologous Recombination Facilitated by CRISPR/CAS9 Genome Editing System Mentor: Donald R. Ort, Robert Emerson Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences
Iris Mollhoff, University of California-Davis
- Structural-Functional Analysis of Plant Diterpene Metabolism
- Mentor: Philipp Zerbe, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Jeremy Pardo, Cornell University
- Genetic Basis of Stomatal Conductance under Water Stress in a Portion of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population
- Mentor: Taryn Bauerle, Associate Professor
Amanda Shurzinske, Ball State University
- Changes in Gene Expression Mediate Auxin Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Mentor: Bethany Zolman, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Anna Tsui, North Carolina State University
- Uncoupling the roles of auxin and ethylene in cotyledon and leaf epinasty
- Mentor: Anna Stepanova, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Genetics
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