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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
From Gene Expression to Theatrical
Sleuthing: Undergraduate Research
Spotlights Student Talent
For a sixth year, the Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences
(CURE) in Dyson College of Arts and Sciences held its Summer Research
Awards competition. In the category of Undergraduate Student-Faculty
Research Initiative, six students won awards for faculty-mentored original
research. The winners for 2013–2014 are:
Dyson
Research Opportunities
Shirlina Chiu '17, biology, for Exploring the Role
of the Phosphorylation State of the TORC Proteins in HTLV
Gene Expression
Juliette Delaney '17, applied psychology
and human relations, for Bad News Delivery in Romantic
Relationships
Katherine Rivera Gomez '17, biology,
for Identification of New Genes that Control Fertilization and
Embryo Development
Dana Greenfield '17, acting, for Our Brother's
Dog Tags: A Theatrical Investigation of the Contemporary
Digital Home Front
Sukhjinder Kaur '16, biology, for A Molecular
Mechanism for Alzheimer's Disease: The Effect of WT and
Mutant Presenicin1 on TRP Channel Function
Maria Lane '17, biology, for Apoptosis in Breast
Cancer Cells Grown in 3D Tumors
This high level of faculty involvement is typically found only at the graduate level at other universities.
Many of these projects lead to co-authored articles with faculty and underscore the importance of
research to the undergraduate experience in Dyson College.
