Pamela Bissic
Hillcrest High School , Dallas
Host: Nicola Abate, M.D.
Internal Medicine |
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Working with Jennifer Boedeker in lab of Nicola Abate, MD. in Internal Medicine. Studying the effects of elevated levels of plasmid fatty acids on glucose levels by infusing lipids into a human body, drawing blood, and checking the glucose and free fatty acid levels. Pictures show Ms. Boedeker instructing her on a protocol and using the Spectrophotometer.
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Anthony Chavez
Frisco High School, Frisco
Host: Skip Garner, Ph.D.
McDermott Center
Biochemistry & Internal Medicine |
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Working with Mike Heubschman in lab of Skip Garner, PhD. in the McDermott Center for Biochemistry and Internal Medicine. 3D TV. Creating 3D image with TI Technology and DLP (Digital Light Processing) to convert digital to holographic images. Pictures show him adjusting optical equipment.
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Joe Coronado
Memorial Middle School, Laredo
Host: Tony Babb, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine |
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Working with Paul Chase in lab of Tony Babb, PhD. in Internal Medicine. Determining the respiratory exercise physiology mechanisms of human subjects during weightloss and comparing the differences between the subjects. Pictures show Mr. Chase reviewing graphical data with him and trying out the exercise equipment in the lab.
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Alan Cotten
Carroll High School, Southlake-Carroll
Host: Rolf Joho, Ph.D.
Center for Basic Neuroscience |
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Working with Felipe Espinosa, PhD. in lab of Rolf Joho, PhD. in the Center for Basic Neuroscience. Studying mice with knocked out potassium channels while finding the genotype of the mice using PCR and gel electrophoresis and comparing the metabolism and inhibitions of the mutant mice to normal mice; plus, injecting benzodiazepines in mice to study the effects of increased GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) release in order to find the molecular basis for electrical events in the brain and behavior.
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Roxie Gaona
Laredo Health Science Magnet High School , Laredo
Host: Marlyn Mayo, M.D.
Internal Medicine |
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Working with Smina Khilnani in lab of Marlyn Mayo, MD. in Internal Medicine. Creating a DNA Bank for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis via the IRB (Institutional Review Board) process. Pictured checking on centrifuged cells and preparing to run a test.
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Kathryn Garcia-Bradfield
Sam Houston High School, Arlington
Host: Spencer Brown, Ph.D.
Plastic Surgery |
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Working in lab of Spencer Brown, PhD. in Plastic Surgery. Studying the effect of Staphlococcus aureus infection on the healing of bone tissue by culturing human osteoblasts and infecting them with this bacteria to measure the interleukin-8 levels. Pictured adding culture media to her cells and checking for cell density under the microscope.
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Mike Kneafsey
North Oaks Middle School, Birdville
Host: Helen Hobbs, M.D.
McDermott Center
Molecular Genetics |
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Working with Tommy Hyatt in lab of Helen Hobbs, MD. in the McDermott Center for Molecular Genetics. Studying the genetics of hypercholesterolemia and coronary artery disease by finding the boundaries of exon mutations in the gene for cholesterol. Pictured preparing to run a gel.
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Jamie McNeill
Azle High School, Azle
Host: Roger Schultz, Ph.D.
McDermott Center
Human Growth & Development |
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Working with Robert Wyatt in lab of Roger Schultz, PhD. in the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development. Tagging lung and breast cancer cells with fluorescent markers to look for a specific gene's loss of heterozygosity and frequency. Pictured adjusting the BioAmp and checking cells with the fluorescent microscope.
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Elizabeth Mogilnicki
Quintanilla Middle School, Dallas
Host: Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D.
Cancer Immunobiology Center |
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Working with Elaine Coleman in lab of Ellen Vitetta, PhD. in the Cancer Immunobiology Center. Studying the effect of UV3, a monoclonal antibody, on the ability of a cancer cell to make angiogenic factors (produce blood vessels). |
Gerry Paine
Southwest High School,
San Antonio
Host: Robert Ilaria, M.D.
Internal Medicine |
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Working with Nick Wolff and Susan Eliazer in lab of Robert Ilaria, MD. in Internal Medicine. Culturing breast cancer cells and treating them with STI 571, a drug shown to inhibit the autocrine cycle where the Ckit protein is involved and doing western blots to see how active these proteins are in the cells. Pictures show her culturing cells and lysating breast cancer cells in the centrifuge.
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Kristi Phillips
Colleyville Middle School, Grapevine-Colleyville
Host: Sherwood Brown, M.D.
Psychiatry |
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Working with Sherwood Brown, MD. in Psychiatry. Studying the link between asthma and depression in children by recruiting and surveying children from the asthma clinic. Also studying the side effect of a drug for depression that may cause a decrease in cravings for alcohol. Pictured analyzing data from her study.
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Elizabeth Walenta
Irving High School, Irving
Host: Helmut Kramer, Ph.D.
Center for Basic Neuroscience
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Working with Aaron Didier in lab of Helmut Kramer, PhD. in the Center for Basic Neuroscience. Making mini-preps of constructs and transforming them into bacteria in order to discover more about the role of Hook2 proteins on the formation of aggresomes. Pictures show her running a gel, preparing her cultures, and creating preliminary constructs.
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