Mentors |
UTSA COS Summer Research Experience for 2013
Mentors and Research Areas
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| Biology | ||
| Dr. Bernard Arulanandam | Immunopathogenesis of Chlamydia Trachomatis » additional information Respiratory Defenses Against Pulmonary Tularemia Mucosal Defenses Against Acinetobacter Baumannii |
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| Dr. James Chambers | Characterization of Calcium Binding Proteins in the Cell » additional information |
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| Dr. Brian Derrick | Information Processing in the Hippocampal Formation » additional information |
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| Dr. Jurgen Engelberth | The Physiological and Biochemical Characterization of the Pathway Leading to the Production of Jasmonic Acid » additional information |
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| Dr. Thomas Forsthuber | Biomarker Discovery in Glucocorticoid Resistance in EAE » additional information |
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| Dr. Matthew Gdovin | Developmental Aspects of the Neural Control of Respiration » additional information |
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| Dr. Brian Hermann | Spermatogonial Stem Cells » additional information |
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| Dr. Chiung-Yu Hung | Mechanisms of Fungal Virulence and Vaccine Development Against Fungal Infections » additional information |
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| Dr. Richard LeBaron | Mechanisms that Allow Eucaryotic Cells to Interact with Molecules of the Extracellular Matrix » additional information |
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| Dr. Robert Renthal | Insect Sensory Reception » additional information Bacterial Cytoplasmic Protein Complexes |
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| Dr. Fidel Santamaria | How Complex Neuronal Structure Affects Function » additional information |
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| Dr. Janakiram Seshu | Lyme Disease » additional information Q Fever |
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| Dr. Todd Troyer | Behavioral Analysis and Computational Modeling of Vocal Development in Songbirds » additional information |
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| Dr. Andrew Tsin | Eye Disease Development: Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-Related Macular Degeneration » additional information Biochemistry of the Cone Visual Cycle in the Eye |
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| Dr. Yufeng Wang | Comparative Genomics, Molecular Evolution, and Systems Biology of Gene Families » additional information |
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| Dr. Charles Wilson | Circuitry and Neurons of the Basal Ganglia » additional information |
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| Dr. Colleen Witt | Biophotonics » additional information |
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| Dr. Floyd Wormley | Host-Fungal Interactions at Mucosal Tissues » additional information |
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| Biomedical Engineering | ||
| Dr. Anand Ramasubramanian | Developing Treatments for Vascular Disease » additional information |
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| Dr. Matthew Reilly | Mechanical Properties of Ocular Zonules » additional information Time-Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Lens Capsule Time-Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Lens Animal Model of Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Computational Modeling of Ciliary Muscle Dynamics |
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| Dr. Liang Tang | Application of Nanotechnology in Translational Biomedical Research to Advance Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutic Solutions » additional information |
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| Dr. Jing Yong Ye | Development of a Novel Photonic Crystal Biosensor » additional information |
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| Chemistry | ||
| Dr. Stephan Bach | Development of Matrix Compounds to be Used for Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) » additional information |
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| Dr. Doug Frantz | Application and Development of New Synthetic Methodology » additional information |
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| Dr. Carlos Garcia | Interaction of Enzymes with Nanostructured 3D Scaffolds » additional information |
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| Dr. Waldemar Gorski | Functional Electrode Layers, Electrochemical Biosensors, and Inorganic Electrocatalysts » additional information |
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| Dr. Hyunsoo Han | "Green" Chiral Bifunctional Reagents » additional information |
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| Dr. Donald Kurtz, Jr. | Bacterial and Archaeal Non-Heme Iron Enzymes » additional information |
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| Dr. Oleg Larionov | Methodology and Complex Molecule Synthesis » additional information |
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| Dr. George Negrete | Preparation of Novel Lipids for Use in Nanoparticle Assemblies » additional information |
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| Dr. Cong-Gui Zhao | Development of Novel Asymmetric Synthetic Methods » additional information |
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| Computer Science | ||
| Dr. Kay Robbins | Developing Tools and Techniques for Understanding the Brain and Body at Work » additional information |
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| Dr. Ravi Sandhu | Mutual Auditability in Cloud Computing » additional information |
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| Geological Sciences | ||
| Dr. Hongjie Xie | Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness from ICESat Altimetry » additional information |
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| Physics | ||
| Dr. Lorenzo Brancaleon | Binding of a Porphyrin Dye to a Model Protein and the Effects that the Laser Irradiation of the Dye Produces on the Structure of the Protein in Aqueous Solution » additional information |
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| Dr. Liao Chen | Probing the Inner Workings of Proteins in Silico » additional information |
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| Dr. Miguel Jose-Yacaman | Advanced Electron Microscopy » additional information |
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| Dr. Dhiraj Sardar | Synthesis and Characterization of New Nanoparticles » additional information Testing Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging and Therapy |
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