2014 CWRU Summer Lunch Seminars
in the Biological and Social Sciences and Chemistry
at Case Western Reserve University
Informal buffet lunch – 11:45am
Student Presenter – 12:05pm
Faculty Presenter – 12:15pm
May 28, Sears 480
Welcome; Introductions; CWRU Summer Resources & Services; Sheila Pedigo, Getting Your Research
Experience Off to a Good Start: Working with a Research Mentor;
Michael Suglio, ’12, ’09, All About Cleveland in the Summer.
June 4, Sears 480
Firas Jadaan, Biochemistry 2016; Fusion of WWTR1 (TAZ) to CAMTA1 in a WWTR1-CAMTA1 fusion
oncoprotein results in constitutive activation of WWTR1
Vishal Patel, MD PhD; Instructor Center for Proteonmics and Bioinformatics, CWRU; Research Fellow, The
MetroHealth System; Biomedical Informatics: Data Science for Better Health.
June 11, Sears 480
Sagar Rambhia, Biochemistry, 2015; Optical coherence tomography based assessments of the
microcirculation.
Jeffrey R. Capadona, PhD; Assistant Professor, BME, CWRU; Research Health Scientist, L. Stokes
Cleveland VA Medical Center; Strategies to ‘rewire’ the neuro-inflammatory response to intracortical
microelectrodes.
June 18, Sears 480
Joana, Andoh, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, 2017, Yale University; The effect of hyperoxia in
neonatal mice.
Agata Exner, PhD; Associate Professor, Radiology, UH CWRU; From bubbles to blobs: new approaches to
cancer drug delivery.
June 25, Sears 480
Joshua Osborne, Mathematics & Physics, 2016; Constraining universe topology using harmonics in CMBR.
Denise Su, Curator and Head, Department of Paleobotany and Paleoecology, Cleveland Museum of Natural
History. On the trail of our ancestors: who, what, how, and where.
July 2, Sears 480
Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández, PhD; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, CWRU; The light-induced chemistry of
sulfur-substituted nuclei acid bases and their prospective use as UVA-Photosensitizers.
July 9, Sears 480
Alexander Calderon, Biochemistry, 2015; Notch and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) interact in vascular
development.
Michael Benard, PhD; Assistant Professor of Biology, CWRU; The importance of studying multiple life
stages to understand amphibian ecology and conservation.
July 10, Bingham 103; 9am-1:30pm (includes lunch)
Ethics Workshop – Tracy Wilson-Holden, Director, Research Integrity and Education; CWRU;
This workshop is required of all SOURCE funded/program students!
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July 16, Sears 480
Nina Huynh, Integrative Biology, 2016, University of California, Berkeley; Possible role of DNA damage
repair system to prevent age-dependent emphysema.
Amanda Tilot, Cleveland Clinic; The Ptenm3m4 mouse: a genetic model for high functioning autism spectrum
disorder with neuroinflammation.
July 23, Sears 480
Boluwatito Abraham, Biology, 2016; Characterizing a novel FoxO-dependent neurotrophic pathway that
controls plasticity in Derosophila melanogaster.
Dana Jeter, Applied Mathematics, 2016; Real-time visualization of neural stem cell transcriptome (NIH).
Kris Holloway,
Jacob Ma, Biology, 2015, Activation of Rac1 by semaphoring3C promotes survival and invasion of
glioblastoma initiating cells.
July 30, Sears 480
Shyam Kotak, Biology, 2017; Identifying Patients Uncharacterized Brain Tumor Samples through Network
Biology Tools
Hyerin Kwak, Economics, 2016; Gradient of Phosphorylation of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C
(cMyBP-C) in Mouse Heart Model
Stephanie Merlino, Nursing, 2015, Nutritional Composition of Human Breast Milk and Individualized
Fortification in the NICU.
Alex Razavi, Biochemistry, 2015, Humoral Immunity to the Cry1Ab Protein Expressed in Bacillus
thuringiensis Crops
July 31, BRB Atrium, 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm
POSTER SESSION
The CWRU Summer Lunch Seminars in the Biological and Social Sciences and Chemistry are coordinated by SOURCE (Support of
Undergraduate Research & Creative Endeavors) the centralized office for undergraduate research and creative endeavors at Case Western
Reserve University. Direct questions to Sheila Pedigo, SOURCE Director by email Sheila.pedigo@case.edu or by phone: 216-368-8508.