{"id":416,"date":"2020-06-22T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T23:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iqbioreu.uprrp.edu\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:18:18","slug":"2020-cohort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iqbioreu.uprrp.edu\/index.php\/2020-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CAST OF SEASON 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marianny Alvarado Gonzalez<\/strong> \u2013 UPR Mayag\u00fcez –<\/em> Industrial Microbiology major with interest in genomics and bioinformatics. In her first REU experience, she worked alongside Dr. Garc\u00eda Arrar\u00e1s doing bioinformatic characterization to a putative novel gene family in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Noah Auger<\/strong> \u2013 University of Mount Olive \u2013<\/em>Newly converted biology major transitioning from English, who previously played Division II soccer. Under the mentorship of Dr. Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda-Arrar\u00e1s and Joshua Medina-Feliciano, his  research encompasses mapping the Wnt<\/em> family genes from the transcriptome of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima<\/em> onto its genome, then examining the differential expression of those Wnt<\/em> genes during various stages of the regenerative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Ayala Griffin<\/strong> \u2013 UPR R\u00edo Piedras \u2013 Challenge-driven, problem solver interested in finding computational solutions to biological problems.<\/em>Christopher conducted research to develop an environment for voice programming under Dr. Patricia Ordo\u00f1ez mentorship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corinne Croslyn <\/strong>\u2013 University of Evansville \u2013<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Majoring in Biology and minoring in Statistics, Corinne has a passion for genetics research. Along with her newly-found interest in programming, she works in Dr. Alfredo Ghezzi\u2019s lab to identify and cluster genes in D. melanogaster<\/em> that show responses to alcohol exposure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ana Kilgore<\/strong> \u2013 Colorado College<\/em> \u2013 Organismal Biology and Ecology major and Russian minor. Ana is interested in large-scale ecosystem processes and bioinformatics. During the summer, Ana worked with Dr. Carla Restrepo to characterize patterns of landslide occurrence in the Sierras de las Minas of Guatemala.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ana Pemberton<\/strong> \u2013 University of Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater \u2013<\/em>Currently studying ecology, evolution and behavior, Ana is interested in ecology, conservation and understanding how climate change impacts wildlife. This summer, she worked with Dr. Tugrul Giray to explore gene expression changes in bee colonies with capped brood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Claudia Ramos <\/strong>\u2013 UPR R\u00edo Piedras \u2013<\/em>Molecular Biology major interested in pursuing graduate studies in Microbiology to find creative solutions to difficult problems. Her summer research with Dr. Alfredo Ghezzi consisted of analyzing long-term alcohol neuroadaptations by gene ontology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jos\u00e9 Constantino S\u00e1nchez Curet <\/strong>\u2013 UPR R\u00edo Piedras<\/em> \u2013 From the School of Communication and Computer Science, Jos\u00e9 is passionate about using applied AI and Machine Learning to halt and reverse the impact of climate change . During this summer he was working with Dr Patricia Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez in sonifying time series datasets using Support vector machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madison Snyder <\/strong>\u2013 Swarthmore College<\/em> \u2013 A student athlete majoring in Biology and Spanish, Madison is passionate about genetics research and its impact on human health. Her summer research in the Peterson Lab focused on developing gene expression networks to understand the transcriptional effects of estrogen signaling in Inflammatory Breast Cancer pathogenesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vanessa Viveros <\/strong>\u2013 Los Medanos College \u2013<\/em>First generation undergraduate student transferring to the University of California, Riverside. Vanessa is interested in Biomedical Research for the diminishment of health disparities. During her REU she worked under the mentorship of Dr. Esther Peterson on finding novel chimeric genes specific to inflammatory breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergio Mares \u2013 Oklahoma State University<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Marianny Alvarado Gonzalez \u2013 UPR Mayag\u00fcez – Industrial Microbiology major with interest in genomics and bioinformatics. In her first REU experience, she worked alongside Dr. Garc\u00eda Arrar\u00e1s doing bioinformatic characterization to a putative novel gene family in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. Noah Auger \u2013 University of Mount Olive \u2013Newly converted biology major transitioning from English, who … <\/p>\n

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