Students and Research Institutes
DeBakey Research
Mentor: Dr. Paul Lau
Biofuel Research with Anabaena cyanobacterium
 Dieu, An
 Ha, Vinh
 Wang, Zeming
Prevalence of Enterococcus Facealis in the Environment
 Hagos, Yoel
 Sinha, Deepankar
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases at the University of Texas
Health Science Center (UTIMM)
Mentor: Dr. Sheng Zhang
Neuro-Degeneration Studies with Drosophila
 Hou, Jehanne
 Rinosa, Marc
Mentors: Dr. Babie Teng and Dr. David Volk
The Study of Aptamer-Binding in Atherosclerosis
 Abraham, Johannah
 Hoang, Anh-Tu
 Hong, Brandon
 Martinez, Jacqueline
Mentor: Dr, Thiviyanathan Vartharasa
“Making Liposome- conjugated Aptamers for a Doxorubicin Delivery to the Protein CD44 Expressed on Breast Cancer
Cells”

Bilal, Ali
Jan and Dan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital
Mentors: Dr. Yi-Chen Lai and Dr. Wai-Ling (Nina) Lee
Effect of Epilepsy on Cardiomyocytes

Kottapalli, Nikhil

Smith, Dylan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research Lab at Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Ramon Gonzalez
Fermentative Utilization of Glycerol by Escherichia coli
 Tin-U, Kaiser
 Trevino, Ivonne
Baylor College of Medicine Diabetes Research Center
Mentors: Dr. Vijay Yechoor and Dr. Lawrence Chan
Loss of Bmal1 Gene and Correlation to the Development of Diabetes
 Bhakta, Kevali
 Dang, Thanh
 Felix, Jennifer
Texas Children’s Hospital, Feign Center
 Khanna, Anchit
Nanomedicine Department at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Mentor: Dr. Biana Godin-Vilentchouk
 Kuncewicz, Thomas
Rice University Chemical Engineering Lab
Mentor: Dr. Grande-Allen

Dang, Sarah
Dr. Junrong Zheng
 Carter, Faith
 Hoang, Bryan