2007-2008 Participants

Mark Babasa- Relieving the strain of mixed infections in malaria parasite P. falciparum

Jeffrey Betone- Organizing a Launching native Health Leaders (LNHL) Conference

Luis Briseno- Studies of FMRP isoforms lacking nuclear export signals in transgenic mice

Matthew Clark- Expression of beta-defensins in human monocytes

Tavis Dickerson-Young- The role of neuromodulators in the development and function of the mammalian nervous system

Nicole Fernandez- QPCR assays for differentiation markers and the role of miRNAs in human embryonic stem cell lines (hESC)

Charlene Fiddler- Launching Native Health Leaders: Addressing Native American health disparities through training & networking

Christina Fieldhouse- Gene therapy in hemophilia

Erika Frederick- Finishing the genome of Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 using a combination of 454 sequencing and optical mapping

Shawna Gonzalez- Launching Native Health Leaders

Gabriela Guncay- Enhancing phytoremediation using sweet potatoes for East Africa

Melissa Hernandez- Analysis of epilysis in the murine lungs

Tiffany LaPlante- Launching Native health leaders

Jonathan Leano- Identification of conversed RNA structures in the human genome

Maria Limon- Investigating a serine/threonine kinase gene responsible for an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia

Yovani Llamas- Functional implication of common polymorphisms at myostatin in humans

Talia London- Launching Native health leaders

Angela Maguire- Launching Native health leaders

Sarah Marmon- Investigation of mitochondrial function in the pcd mouse model of neurodegeneration

Crystal Ann Moreno- Inferring the evolutionary history of the Duffy-O mutation

Anna Munoz- Working with PCR and tissue cultures

Sara Seanez- SEPT9 and hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy

Valerie Segrest- Launching Native Health Leaders: Marinating on capacity building

Bakal Zeleke- Determination of a fluidic oxygen barrier