What have our alumni published?

Peer-Reviewed Papers and Presentations

Pei Y, Tarun AS, Vaughan AM, Herman RW, Soliman JM, Erickson-Wayman A, Kappe SH. Plasmodium pyruvate dehydrogenase activity is only essential for the parasite's progression from liver infection to blood infection. Mol Microbiol. January 2010. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20059687

Chang, E. 2009. "Imidazole-Based Ionic Liquids for Use in PEMFCs: Effect of Electron-Withdrawing and Electron-Donating Substituents." Presented research in April 2009: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) invited 18 undergraduate interns sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to present their research in the Poster Session at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on February 12-16, 2009.

Louw, C. 2009. "Enhancement of a Computationally-Designed enzyme: a Contribution to the End of Global Warming." Presented at the 12th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium (May 15th, 2009) Link: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/.

Mensinkai P. 2009. "Dichotomy in Biological Motion Perception: Pigeons Use Feet Local Motion to Determine Direction." Participated in Inquiry @ Queens program, 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference March 5 & 6, 2009.

Tan, T., In 2009 Tina launched VertiGrow— a Harvard student business organization dedicated to creating a community-owned, small businesses that designs, builds and distributes a vertical planting system to permit agriculture in urban slums for family owned micro-enterprises. Tina is a Principal officer at VertiGrow.

Bernards, S. 2008. “A Novel debranching Enzyme-associated Nuclease with a Role in Intron Turnover.”  Presented research at the 2008 Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - July 22–27, 2008.

Donaldson, M. 2008. "Design and Construction of Regulatory Gene Cassettes for Muscle-Specific Gene Expression and the Treatment of Muscular Dystrophies." Presented at the Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium: Microscopic Structures: Cells, chromosomes and genes, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Hossain, S. K. 2008. Swallow-able solutions: Pill-sized camera helps detect America’s fastest rising cancer. The Daily of the University of Washington Issue: March 7, 2008.

Hossain, S. K. 2008. "The Effect of Platelet Derived Growth Factor on the Protein involved in Gap Junction Communication." Presented at the UW Honors Research Colloquium, Seattle, WA.

Marie, C., S. Leyde, and T. C. White. 2008. Cytoplasmic localization of sterol transcription factors Upc2p and Ecm22p in S. cerevisiae. Fungal Genet Biol  15:15.

Oliver, B. G., P. M. Silver, C. Marie, S. J. Hoot, S. E. Leyde, and T. C. White. 2008. Tetracycline alters drug susceptibility in Candida albicans and other pathogenic fungi. Microbiology  154: 960-70.

Meng, A. "Endomicroscopic Two-photon Luminescence Imaging of Cancer Cells Using Molecularly Targeted Gold Nanocages." 2008. Presented at the Washington University (WASHU) 2008 Summer Poster Session.

Tan, Y.T. "Chinese grassroots AIDS NGOs delivering services for AIDS orphans: opportunities and strategies." AIDS Action—China Edition. HealthLink Worldwide. Volume 5, July 2008 Issue.

Putkonen, J., M. Rosales, N. Turpen, D. Morgan, G. Balco, and M. Donaldson. Regolith transport in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. 2007. Presented at the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Santa Barbara, CA.
Other Presentations and Publications

Donaldson, M. 2006. Landscape Evolution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. 21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Tan, Y. T. Pharmaceutical Protections at the Expense of Life. Fall. 2006. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hsr/pdffall2006/Pharmaceuticals.pdf