2024 SUBRE Participants

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Amy Aldinger

University of North Dakota
PI: Catherine Brissette, Ph.D.
Project: Dissemination of Borrelia miyamotoi into Host Mammal Tissues

McKenna Barnick

University of North Dakota
PI: James Foster, Ph.D.
Project: Recovery of Palmitoylation in the Human Dopamine Transporter A559V Coding Variant by Co-Expression of Palmitoyl Acyltransferase DHHC2

Cassandra Christensen

Johns Hopkins University
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: The Proteasome Inhibitor, Bortezomib, Effects the Cell Cycle Genes: CDKN1A, CDKN2A, CDKN1B, CCNB1, and CCND1 in Hypoxic injury of Kidney Progenitor cells

Lindsey Cole

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Bortezomib, a Proteasomal Inhibitor, Prevents the Elevation of Fibrotic Markers VIM, FN1, and CTGF Under Hypoxic Conditions in HRTPT Kidney Progenitor Cells

Ranna Dawlaty

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of IVL, YAP1, and FGFR2 in Arsenite-Transformed UROtsa Cells with SOX2 Knock Down

Brett Feller

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Effect of Hypoxia and Proteasomal Inhibition on mTOR, RAPTOR, RICTOR, and EIF4EBP1 Gene Expression in Kidney Progenitor Cells

Marissa Hammer

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of EGFR, ERBB2, ADAM17, Hb-EGF, and TGFA in Kidney Progenitor Cells After Proteasomal Inhibition with Bortezomib in Hypoxic Conditions

Katie Harris

University of North Dakota
PI: Chris Jurgens, Ph.D.; Van Doze, Ph.D.
Project: The Use of Open Science Resources in Biomedical Research

Randi Herndon

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of CDH1, CDH2, and SOX2 in Arsenite-Transformed UROtsa Cell Lines after SOX2 Knockdown

Elias Hugh

University of North Dakota
PI: Colin Combs, Ph.D.
Project: Examining Neuronal Innervation of the Salivary Gland in the AppNL-G-F Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Emma Kratcha

University of North Dakota
PI: L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating syntaxin 1-induced Conformational Changes of the Human Serotonin Transporter as a Mechanism for the Action of MDMA (ecstasy)

Chloe Ludwick

University of North Dakota
PI: Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.
Project: Response of CD133, CD24, ALDH1A1, PAX2, and SOX9 genes to Hypoxia and Proteasomal Inhibition in a Kidney progenitor Cell Model

McKenna Matt

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of KRT6A, KRT14, and PPARG in UROtsa Parent and Arsenite Transformed Cells after SOX2 Knocked Down

Tanner Nielsen

University of North Dakota
PI: L. Keith Henry, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating the Possible Role of a poly-threonine Domain in the Human Serotonin Transporter on MDMA Induced Efflux

Maya Orvis

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Changes in Gene and Protein Expression of KLF4, EGFR, and UPK2 in Normal and Arsenite Transformed Urothelial Cell Lines

Jaelyn Palmer

Ashland University, OH
PI: Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.
Project: Effect of Hypoxia and Proteasomal Inhibition on NFKB1, NFKB2, NFKBIA, and NFKBIB Genes Expression in CD133+CD24+ Kidney Progenitor Cells

Landon Richardson

University of North Dakota
PI: Rebecca Simmons, Ph.D.
Project: Gut Microbial Symbiont Species of Male Honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Olivia Smiley

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of ZEB1, ALDH3A1, and VIM in Arsenite-Transformed UROtsa Cells After SOX2 Knockdown

Ibrahim Suleiman

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Knockdown of SOX2 Decreases the Expression of KRT1, KRT5 and p63 in the UROtsa Parent and the Arsenite-Transformed UROtsa Cell Line

Jakob Weippert

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Expression of PPARG, UPK1B, and KRT5 in 5637 and RT4 Urothelial Cancer Cell Lines after SOX2 Knockdown

Jennifer Wood

University of North Dakota
PI: Aaron Mehus, Ph.D.; Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Ph.D.; Scott Garrett, Ph.D.; Seema Somji, Ph.D.
Project: Altered Gene Expression of FOXA1, KRT6A, and P63 in 5637 and RT4 Urothelial Carcinoma Cell Lines