Current RMI Scholars
Sara Amirkiai
2020 – 2021
Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Project Title: Identification and characterization of long noncoding RNAs during inflammation.
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Susan Carpenter
Research Mentor: Elektra Robinson
Lab: Carpenter Lab
Laya Ashley
2020 – 2021
Major: Chemistry
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Vicki Auerbuch Stone
Lab: Auerbuch-Stone lab
Melica Baboldashtian
2020 – 2021
Major: Human Biology
Project Title: Validating mutation calls in RNA-sequencing data
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Holly Beale
Research Mentor: Holly Beale
Lab: Treehouse
Marco Chamorro
2020 – 2021
Major: Bioinformatics
Project Title: Structure-based modeling of peptide-MHC I complexes
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Sofie Salama
Research Mentor: Santrupti Nerli
Lab: Haussler/Salama Lab
Eduardo Del Rio
2020 – 2021
Major: Bioinformatics
Project Title: Examining mutations in RNA-sequencing data using Cyverse
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Holly Beale
Lab: Treehouse
Darhien Gaddis
2020 – 2021
Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Faculty/Staff mentor: Sofie Salama
Research Mentor: Ryan Hoffman
Lab: Haussler/Salama Lab
Ruby Guevara
2020 – 2021
Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Project Title: The Expression of the Human LL-37 Antimicrobial Peptide Impairs the Detrimental Effect of Beta-amyloid in a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Jeremy Lee
Research Mentor: Shannon Twardy
Lab: Lee Lab
Daniel Lozano
2020 – 2021
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Project Title: Identifying novel regulators of cancer stem cells in breast cancer
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Shaheen Sikandar
Research Mentor: Veronica Haro-Acosta
Lab: Sikandar Lab
Duyen Nguyen
2020 – 2021
Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Project Title: The Expression of the Human LL-37 Antimicrobial Peptide Impairs the Detrimental Effect of Beta-amyloid in a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Jeremy Lee
Research Mentor: Shannon Twardy
Lab: Lee Lab
Diana Reyna
2020 – 2021
Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry
Project Title: Understanding the role of ZNF257, ZNF534, & HERV-H in early human development
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Sofie Salama
Research Mentor: Paola Angulo
Lab: Haussler/Salama Lab
Milagros Rivera
2020 – 2021
Major: Marine Biology
Project Title: Environmental DNA based bioinventory of Palmyra Atoll
Faculty/Staff Mentor: Beth Shapiro
Research Mentor: Rachel Meyer
Lab: Shapiro Lab