UCLA Undergraduate Research Week – Deans Prize Winners from the UCLA Department of Medicine
Holly Jasmine Do | Microbiology,Immunology& Molecular Genetics | Role of Ubiquitin-Like Modifier FAT10 in Adipose Tissue | Dr. Andrea Hevener |
William Peter Harvey | Microbiology,Immunology& Molecular Genetics | Utilizing Barcoded HIV-1 to Examine the Effect of Envelope Tropism on HIV Reservoir Formation | Dr. Jocelyn T Kim |
Nicole Huang | Human Biology and Society (BS) | Ruxolitinib Prevents Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-related Diabetes Mellitus via Inhibition of IL-21 and IFNγ | Dr. Melissa Lechner |
Anna Konstantinovna Novoselov | Environmental Science | Overexpression of mer operon genes in gut bacterium reduces methylmercury accumulation in vitro and in vivo | Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao |
Srihari Prabu | Biochemistry | Ultrafine Particle Inhalation and Chronic Inflammation in Interleukin-10 Deficient Mice | Dr. Jesus A Araujo |
Margaret Ruyi Wang | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | Engineering enhanced anti-HIV CAR T-cells using CRISPR/Cas9 | Dr. Scott G Kitchen |
Charlie Zhi-Lin Zheng | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | Snai1b-Mediated Myocardial Growth and Trabeculation in Response to Mechanical Stimulation | Dr. Tzung Hsiai |