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Creighton INBRE/BRIN Associates, Mentors, and Scholars 2002 - 2011

Current INBRE/BRIN Associates
INBRE Associate & Mentor
Research Area
Associate:  Dr. James T. Fletcher, Chemistry
Mentor:  Dr. D. David Smith, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2009 Scholar:  Douglas Deever (student, CUMC M.D. program)
2010 Scholar:  Audrey Gallagher (student, Northwestern U Ph.D. program)
2011 Scholar:  Brent Bruck
2012 Scholar:  Joseph Christensen
Bioorganic and peptide chemistry
Associate:  Dr. Michael Nichols, Physics
Mentor Dr. Richard Hallworth, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2003 Scholar:  Mary Adams (M.D.)
2006 Scholar:  Meg Marquardt  (former manager, UNMC Confocal Microscope Core Facility; student, Johns Hopkins U. Ph.D. program)
2007 Scholar:  Timothy J. Smith (student, CUMC M.D. program)
2009 Scholar:  Anya Burkart (2011-2012 Fulbright Scholar; student, MIT Ph.D. program)
2011 Scholar:  Kristina Ward
2012 Scholar:  Lyandysha Zholudeva
Cellular biomechanics
Associate Dr. Mark Reedy, Biology
Mentor:  Dr. Philip Brauer,Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2004 Scholar:  Rachel Patterson (student, UCSD Ph.D. program)
2006 Scholar:  Ann Jizba (student, UCLA Ph.D. program)
2007 Scholar:  Lan Uyen Tran (student, CUMC M.D. program)
2008 Scholar:  John Olley (student, CUMC M.S. program)
2009 Scholar:  Evelyn Pham
2010 Scholar:  Anne James
Developmental biology and pattern formation
AssociateDr. Annemarie Shibata, Biology
Mentor:  Dr. Howard E. GendelmanPharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, UNMC
2010 Scholar:  Megan Bosch
2011 Scholar:  Jing Chen
2012 Scholar:  Taylor Mighell
Cellular neuroscience
Associate Dr. Julie Soukup, Chemistry
Mentor:  Dr. Garrett Soukup, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2002 Scholar:  Joshua Jansen (M.D.,CU, 2009; Residency:  Pathology, UNMC)
2003 Scholar:  Carolyn Green ( M.D., CU 2010; Residency:  Intermal Medicine, Mayo)
2004 Scholar:  Kevin Klawuhn (microbiologist, Bayer HealthCare)
2006 Scholar:  Darrren Hein (student, CU Pharm. D. program)
2007 Scholar:  Natalie German (student, Harvard Ph.D. program)
2008 Scholar:  KellyWanzeck (student, Oregaon St. U. M.S. program)
2009 Scholar:  Andrew Kavan (R&D scientist, Elemental Scientific)
2010 Scholars:  Ngoc Trang Nguyen, Katie Del Vecchio
2011 Scholar:  Zachariah Holmes
2012 Scholar:  Alexander Stock
Structural characterization of riboswitches
Associate:   Dr. Karin van Dijk, Biology
Mentor:  Dr. James Alfano, Plant Pathology, UNL
2008 Scholar:  McKenzie Jarecki (student, UNMC Ph.D. program)
2009 Scholar:  Mallory McGinnis (student, U. Kansas M.D. program)
2010 Scholar:  Troy Hubbard
2011 Scholar:  Meghan Smith
2012 Scholar:  Gloria Larson
Host-pathogen interactions

Previous INBRE/BRIN Associates
Associate:  Dr. Joe Dulka , Biology
Mentor:  Dr. Laura Bruce, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2002 Scholar:  Joseph Burke (M.D., 2009)
2003 Scholar:  Justyna Dobrowolska (student, Wash. U. Ph.D. program)
Neurobiology of animal communication



Associate:   Dr. Cynthia Gibson, Psychology
Mentor:  Dr. Laura Bruce, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2003 Scholar:  Justyna Dobrowolska (student, Wash. U. Ph.D. program)
2004 Scholar:  Becky Meyer (student, Emory Ph.D. program)
Biological psychology and neurotrauma



Associate:  Dr. Martin Hulce, Chemistry
Mentor:  Dr. David Smith, Biomedical Sciences, CUMC
2002 Scholar:  Michael Wentzel (M.S., Penn; Ph.D., U. Minn.; Instructor, Augsburg College)
Amino acid modification and synthesis