Wina Aaron
Cardinal Ritter High School ‘21

Hemophilia A Receptors Study

Preceptor:
Moanaro Biswas, PhD
IU School of Medicine, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Nabila Abdoulkadri1
Pike High School, ‘20

Towards Gas Chromatography/Variable Temperature Pyrolysis/Mass Spectrometry (GC/Py/MS) for Forensic Chemical Analysis of Drugs and Explosives

Preceptor:
John Goodpaster, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Enoch Adehinmoye1
Pike High School, ‘20

Inhibition of the MYC-RAD21 signaling axis in relapsed pediatric osteosarcoma

Preceptor:
Karen Pollok, PhD
IU School of Medicine, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Lydvine Adjahouisso
Providence Cristo Rey High School, ‘20

Identification of chemical probes for cellular functions through screening compound libraries

Preceptor:
Steven Haney, PhD
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

Juan Aguilar
North Central High School, ’19

Development of a Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Biosensor to monitor kidney and liver damage in a zebrafish model of diabetes

Preceptors:
Ryan Anderson, PhD & Raghu Mirmira MD, PhD
IU School of Medicine, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Ridwan Ahmed
Ridwan Ahmed1 MTI School of Knowledge’19

Using Geochemistry to Understand Indiana’s Geologic Past

Preceptor:
Bill Gilhooly, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Semhar Araya
Ben Davis High School ‘21

Determining the role of conserved lysines and arginines in Amot lipid binding domain function

Preceptor:
Ann Kimble-Hill, PhD PhD
IU School of Medicine

Grace Atilola
Ben Davis University High School ‘21

Engineering a super-secreting bone cell

Preceptor:
Joe Bidwell, PhD D
IU School of Medicine

Julianne Cooper
Southport High School ‘21

Using stable isotopes to study water cycles

Preceptor:
Lixin Wang, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Mercy Cuai
Southport High School ‘21

Bone-tumor interactions in the setting of breast cancer metastisis

Preceptor:
Hiroki Yokota, PhD
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology

Mamadou Diallo
Brownsburg High School ‘19

Histological and structural analysis of bone tissue using novel mouse models to gain an understanding of the effects of serotonin transporter inhibition

Preceptor:
Robyn Fuchs, PhD
IU School of Health and Human Sciences

Diavyon Eldridge
Lawrence Central High School ‘20

How Do Differential Diets and Freezing Effect the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Human Urine via SPME GC-MS QTOF?

Preceptor:
Mangilal Agarwal, PhD & Amanda Siegel, PhD
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology

Aron Gebre
Avon High School ‘20

Effects of CBD Oil on HPLF and HGF

Preceptor:
Jack Windsor, PhD
IU School of Dentistry

Cokeb Gebrehiwet
Ben Davis High School ‘20

Hunting for the cancer-related chemical modifications on chromatin with Biophysics and Bioinformatics approaches;

Preceptors:
Jing Liu, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Fortuna Gerezgher
Cardinal Ritter High School ‘21

Using stable isotopes to study water cycles

Preceptor:
Lixin Wang, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Angell Gomez
Arsenal Technical High School ‘21

Development and testing of small molecule inhibitors of lipoxygenases to enhance function of insulin producing cells in diabetes;

Preceptors:
Sarah Tersey, PhD &
Raghu Mirmira MD, PhD
IU School of Medicine, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Alexander Gordon
Shortridge High School ‘20

Additive Manufacturing of Zirconium Silicate based Ceramic

Preceptor:
Jing Zhang, PhD
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology

Tiffany Le
Fishers High School ‘19

Affinity of Cholesterol for Phospholipids

Preceptor:
Stephen Wassall, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Terrianna Lyles
Lawrence North High School ‘19

Quantitating the activity of NADPH Cytochrome P450 Reductase (CPR) in Microsomes and Expressed CYPs

Preceptor:
Anthony Borel, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company

Lucia Maragno
Herron High School ‘20

Optimization of conditions for using RTgill-W1 cells for testing water toxicity

Preceptors:
Michael Pugia, PhD
Anna Vorsilak
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

Emeri McCann
Crispus Attucks High School ‘21

Characterization of antibody-antigen interactions

Preceptors:
Victor Wroblewski, PhD
Vidadi Yusibov, PhD
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

Jade Miller
Cathedral High School‘20

Biochemical Measurements of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Preceptor:
Feng Pan, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company

Jose Moreno Ponce
Lawrence Central High School ‘19

Effect of FMR1 deletion on osteocytic dendrite morphology

Preceptor:
Lillian Plotkin, PhD
IU School of Medicine

Chantal Murekio
Lawrence Central High School ‘20

Understanding Standard of Care (SOC) Drugs in Models of Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Drive Insight Into Potential New Therapies

Preceptor:
Weijuan Wu, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company

Mohamed Naji
Bloomington High School North ‘19

Electrochemical Paper-and-Tape Devices for In-field Analytical Quantifications and Educational Implementation

Preceptor:
Frederique Deiss, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Senait Nega
Arsenal Technical High School ‘19

Characterization of the bone phenotype of Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor, type D, MRGPRD, null mice under normal ambulatory conditions and with hindlimb unloading

Preceptor:
Lynda Bonewald, PhD
IU School of Medicine

Omolade Olofintuyi
Brownsburg High School ‘21

Direct C-H Functionalization of Unactivated sp3 Carbons

Preceptor:
Haibo Ge, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Farhanaz Qureshi
Ben Davis High School‘20

Using Geochemistry to Understand Indiana’s Geologic Past

Preceptor:
William Gilhooly, PhD
IU School of Medicine

Amiya Robinson
Pike High School ‘20

Examining gastrulation gene expression and epigenetic changes associated in a zebrafish model of fetal alcohol syndrome

Preceptor:
James Marrs, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Alondra Salazar
Scecina Memorial High School ‘19

Calorimetric Studies of DMSO/DMF and their Mixtures with Peptide Coupling Reagents

Preceptors:
Stan Kolis, PhD
Han Xia, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company

Run Rem Sang Bawi
Whiteland Community High School ‘20

Measurements of Lithium Binding to Lipid Bilayers

Preceptor:
Horia I. Petrache, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Ismail Siddeeq
Lawrence North High School ‘19

Evaporative Self-Assembly of Gold Triangular Nanoprisms for the Ultrasensitive SERS Based Drug Screening

Preceptor:
Rajesh Sardar, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Robert Sorsor
Perry Meridian High School ‘20

The role of Atg14 in nonalcoholic steatohepetitis

Preceptor:
Charlie Dong, PhD
IU School of Medicine

Anthony Tam
Fishers High School ‘20

Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogels Initiated by UV Light for Biomimetic Applications

Preceptor:
Chien-Chi Lin, PhD
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology

Juanita Tate
Herron High School ‘19

Histological and structural analysis of bone tissue using novel mouse models to gain an understanding of the effects of serotonin transporter inhibition

Preceptor:
Robyn Fuchs, PhD
IU School of Health and Human Sciences

Yonas Tewelde
Ben Davis High School‘20

Expression and release characterization of inflammation biomarker sTREM2 in a mouse macrophage cell line

Preceptor:
Hong Wang, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company

Linda Tial
Franklin Central High School ‘21

Biomaterials: Design of Cell Surface-Mimicking Materials as Artificial Cell Substrates

Preceptor:
Christoph Naumann, PhD
IUPUI School of Science

Dania Tsegai
Brownsburg High School ‘20

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. Saving the body to treat pancreatic cancer

Preceptor:
Teresa Zimmers, PhD
IU School of Medicine

Kievin Tsegai
Brownsburg High School ‘21

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials

Preceptor:
Jing Zhang, PhD
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology

Feven Welde
Brownsburg High School‘19

The Purification and Mutagenesis of Heterologously Expressed NapA from Campylobacter jejuni

Preceptor:
Partha Basu, PhD
IUPUI School of Science