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Eastfield College
2009 STARS
Summer Institute Research Program
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| Eastfield
College and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
selected six outstanding students to participate in another
unprecedented summer research program. The
program pairs students with faculty research scientists to
conduct research projects using major scientific instrumentation
in the UTSW laboratories.
Amanda, Syuthy, Thara, Sara, An, and Daniel were selected
for UTSW's 2009 STARS Summer Research Program based on an
evaluation of essays, faculty recommendation, academic records,
personal statements and interviews. |
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Amanda
Collins of Mesquite partnered with mentor Dr. Zhenyi Ma,
Ph.D. Their work consisted of indentifying binding partners
of the protein p66shc, which is responsible for signaling anchorage
dependent cell death.
This protein is absent in small cell lung cancer, so understanding
its function in non-cancerous cells and cancerous cells will
further cancer research. |
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| Mesquite resident Syuthy
Issac worked with Dr. Sherwood Brown in the department
of Psychiatry. The main purpose of their project is to determine
whether or not phenytoin would act as a neuroprotective agent
against the corticosteroid-induced changes on the Hippocampus. |
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| Thara
Issac, a resident of Mesquite worked in Dr Juan Arenas surgical
transplantation lab. The main goal of the research is to see
the ECMO (machine that is similar to our Heart - lung, used
to perfuse blood and oxygen, when the heart is stopped ) perfusion
support during the time of surgery in order to improve the transplant
outcome of Donation of Cardiac Death (DCD) liver transplantation.
The experiment is done in a swine DCD model. |
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| Rockwall resident Sara
Linehan worked with Dr. Cristi Galindo in the Garner Lab
to knock down the expression of the PAX2 gene to see how it
affects the ERR- γ gene (Estrogen related receptor gamma)
a gene suspected to be involved in the development of breast
cancer. |
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An
Lu of Dallas partnered with mentor Dr. Joel Pessa, a plastic
surgeon, to study the anatomy of the sub-platysmal fat. Examination
of a cross section of the head showed regional differences in
sub-platysmal fat, suggesting there are separate compartments
with anatomical boundaries.
The study was performed in the anatomy lab; five cervical dissections
were done on 2 female and 3 male fresh cadavers ranging in age
from 66 to 88 years. Better understanding of this anatomy will
lead to better results in plastic surgery. Besides the project,
Dr. Pessa had allowed An to scrub and observe in the operating
room at the University Hospital Zale Lipsy and follow him to
clinic |
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| Daniel
Stanley of Garland partnered with Dr. Sun in the Radiology
department. They worked together on building an apparatus that
could hold two, four, or six mice at a time so that multiple
mice could be scanned simultaneously to save lab time and money,
thus increasing productivity and the overall accuracy of future
studies in early cancer detection. |
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Dr.
Jean Conway
Dr. Carl Knight
Melanie Gill-Shaw
John Teel
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Interim President, Eastfield
College
Principal Investigator, Eastfield College Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology
CO-Principal Investigator
NSF-STEP Grant Manager |
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