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Pomona
College Receives $60,000 Grant for Student Research
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Pomona College has been awarded a 2007 Merck/American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Undergraduate Science Research Program (USRP), which
provides up to $60,000 over three years to fund research
projects by 12 students. Pomona was one of just 15 colleges
and universities across the country to receive the grant,
which is designed to foster interaction between biology and
chemistry departments.
Diana Chen ‘09 will identify and characterize homing
endonucleases from hot, subsurface environmental samples in
order to help us understand how DNA is transferred between
organisms in an isolated environment.
Diana Koulechova ‘08 will characterize a series of newly
discovered homing endonucleases, enzymes that recognize and
cleave specific long DNA sequences.
Erik Lykken ‘09 will investigate the effects of naturally
occurring polyphenoic compounds on the growth of mammalian
cells as well as on the growth and aging of yeast. He will
then assess the type and level of oxidative damage induced
by these compounds in vitro.
Amelia Yu ‘09 will examine the genes of yeast to see if
broken ends of genes increase during aging. She will test
the effects of a compound found in red wine on the aging of
genes in mutant yeast and normal yeast.
Participating faculty are Andre Cavalcanti, Cris Cheney, E.J.
Crane, Roberto Garza-Lopez Laura Hoopes, Tina Negritto, Mal
Johal, Cynthia Selassie, Len Seligman, and Jonathan Wright.
The grant is funded by the Merck Institute for Science
Education and administered by AAAS.
Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offers a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships with
faculty, and a range of opportunities for student research.
Visit Pomona College on the Web at www.pomona.edu. |
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