Undergraduate research experience provides a means by which
undergraduates can participate in, and meaningfully contribute to,
the research programs of the faculty in the FSU College of Medicine. In addition to
providing valuable technical training, such research experience
affords students a better understanding of science as a career. This
experience can prove invaluable in helping students to plan and
prepare for their own post-baccalaureate careers – whether in
research, medicine or industry.
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Student: Christopher Carr
Major: Biochemistry
Semesters in Research: Summer 2006 – Fall 2006
Advisor(s): Dr. Michael Blaber and
Dr. Curtis Altmann
Professional goal: Medical or Graduate School
Christopher
is training a PerkinElmer MicroProbe II robot to perform robotic
screening of conditions for protein crystallization. The crystals
will be used to determine the protein structure by x-ray
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Student:
Abigail Adair
Major: Biology (with honors)
Semesters in Research: Summer 2005 - Fall 2006
Advisor: Dr. Akash Gunjan
Professional goal: Medical School
Abigail is dissecting budding yeast spores on a Singer MSM300
micromanipulator to obtain yeast mutations in the RAD53 gene.
Mutations in the human counterpart to this gene cause several forms
of cancer.
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Student:
Jessica Sperry
Major: Exercise Science Physiology (minors Biology,
Chemistry)
Semesters in Research: Summer 2006 - Fall 2006
Advisor: Dr. Susanne
Cappendijk
Professional goal: MD program post-graduation and become a
Neonatologist
Jessica is using a Vibratome 1000 Plus to prepare
histological slides of Zebra Finch tissues; these will be examined
for morphological changes after exposure to drugs that interfere
with cognitive processes.
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Student:
Nisarg Parikh
Major: Biology
Semesters in research: Summer 2006 - Fall 2006
Advisor: Dr. Yoichi Kato
Professional goal: Dental School
Nisarg is microinjecting
RNA into embryos of Xenopus laevis (frog) to analyze the
mechanism of nervous system development.
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