“Sensing and Signaling” Reseach Experience for Undergrads
May 24-August 1, 2015
REU Project Descriptions
The BCMB Department at UT will once again offer a special summer program for undergraduates interested in research. The aim of this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) is to provide hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate students majoring in the sciences, with an introduction to cutting-edge research in the broad area of “Sensing and Signaling”. The team of REU investigators represents a multidisciplinary ensemble of Cell Biologists, Geneticists, Biochemists, and Biophysicists who are taking modern approaches to the analysis of how signals are perceived and transduced in myriad biological systems. We especially encourage rising sophmore and junior undergraduate science majors to apply. Underrepresented minorities, women, and first-generation college students are strongly encouraged to apply. This program is mainly geared towards undergraduates from outside the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Applicants must be a US citizen or a permanent resident.
Available Topics Included:
- Sensing and Signaling in the Six-Protein “Brain” of Bacteria. Gladys Alexandre
- Student: Elisa Segrist (Drury University)
- Ethylene Receptors: From Prokaryotes to Plants Brad Binder
- Student: Jonathan Earle (Marlboro University)
- How are Membrane-Cytoskeletal Interactions Established? Maitreyi Das
- Student: Erica DeBruyne (Earlham College)
- Water and a Primitive Enzyme. Liz Howell
- Student: Noelle Lebow (University of Wisconsin)
- Dynamic Dance of the Enzymes Nitin Jain
- Student: Jenna Strubhar (Misericordia University)
- Are Chromatin Insulators Epigenetic Landmarks of the Genome Architecture Mariano Labrador
- Student: Kenneth Ke (University of Maryland, College Park)
- Nano-Motors, Micro-Movements, Macro-Effects Andreas Nebenführ
- Student: Jada James (University of Arkansas)
- Development and Roles of Neuropeptide Producing Neurons Jae Park
- Student: Natalie Biel (Mercer University)
- Cell to Cell Communications During Plant Development Elena Shpak
- Student: Kaylee Kotwis (Clemson University)
See Also: REU participants in summer of 2013 | REU participants in summer of 2012 | REU participants in summer 2011 | REU participants in summer of 2010