Carolina Summer Fellowship Program ends 35th year with impressive final talks on July 28!
2021 Carolina Summer Fellows Give Final Presentations
Carolina Summer Fellowship students give their final presentation talks on July 28.
Jasmine Jahad, UNC Chapel Hill, 2022: “The Impact of Electronic Nicotine Vapor on Mouse Central Amygdala activity and Withdrawal Behavior” PI: Dr Melissa Herman, Lab Mentor: ManHua Zhu
Branna Campbell, UNC Greensboro, 2023: “Detecting Activity in the Yeast Mating Pathway Through GFP” PI: Dr Henrik Dohlman, Lab Mentor: Shu Zhang
Autumn Tucker, UNC Chapel Hill, 2022: “Persistent Effects of Alcohol on Alzheimer’s Disease Tau Pathology” PI: Dr Leon Coleman
Megan Gains, North Carolina Central University, 2022: “Comparisons of Resistances and Sensitivities to Chemotherapies in T-Cell Lymphomas” PI: Dr Adam Palmer, Lab Mentor Jacob Pantazis and Sarah Cooper
Josh Wynn, UNC Chapel Hill, 2021: “Activation of Mitochondrial Protease ClpP Inhibits mTOR Activity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer” PI: Dr Lee Graves, Lab Mentor: Emily Fennell
Alexis Jean Morales, UNC Chapel Hill, 2022: “YAP1-TAZ-TEAD Inhibition Sensitizes Cells to KRASG12C Inhibition” PI: Dr Channing Der, Lab Mentor Cole Edwards
Kayla Snare, UNC Chapel Hill, 2022: “Validating gene targets of MYC transcriptional activity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma” PI: Dr Channing Der Lab Mentor: Priya Hibshman
Amber Amparo, UNC Chapel Hill, 2023: “Defining the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics in Regulating PDAC Cell Sensitivity to ERK Inhibition” PI: Dr Channing Der Lab Mentor: Dr Kristina Drizyte-Miller
Congratulations to all our 2021 Carolina Summer Fellowship Program students for completing the program!
