UNIQUE Research Experiences of MARC Students: Summer 2008

Luis Barrazo, Summer Undergraduate Research, Sloan Kettering Institute (New York, NY)

Jason Espinoza, HHMI, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Zeke Gebrekidane, SURF Program, Univ Texas, Southwestern (Dallas, TX) (Dr. Douglas Frantz)

Alysia Lozano, SURF Program, Mayo Graduate School, (Scottsdale, AZ)

Marwan Mustafa, Washington University St Louis, (Dr. David Ornitz)

Erika Starks, SURF Program, Mayo Graduate School, (Rochester, MN)

Special Invited Opportunities

Nina Castro: NIAID - INRO program, February

Meetings attended:

Tara Archuleta, ASBMB, April, San Diego

Cassandra Andrade, Luis Barraza, Jessica Brown, Al Bryan, Androuw Carrasco, Kelvin Dan, David Durazo, Danah Huerta, Kevin Keys, Alysia Lozano, Elise Madrid, Marwan Mustafa, Lilian Patron, Erika Starks: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November

Awards received:

Luis Barraza: Shaps Scholar – Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Gerstner Sloan- Kettering

Luis Barraza, David Durazo Kevin Keys, Erika Starks: Outstanding Poster awards at the ABRCMS meeting

Cassandra Andrade, Kevin Keys: poster award at UA Student Showcase - November

Other activities:

Alysia Lozano, McNair trainee

David Durazo, McNair trainee

Elise Madrid, McNair trainee

Lilian Patron, McNair trainee