Marshall Undergraduate Students Awarded Summer Research Funds
Eleven Marshall University (MU) undergraduate students will conduct original scientific research by participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) beginning May 21 and continuing through July 27.
“We want students to know that research is not only for graduate students, but also for the undergraduates. This is the time when they start developing their research skills in preparation for grad school,” said Dr. Michael Norton, professor of chemistry at MU and director of the program.
Students will receive stipends totaling $4,000 each and supplies for their research for a period of 10 weeks uninterrupted by classes during the summer.
MU received the funds for SURE from West Virginia’s Research Challenge Fund (RCF) to advance research in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through the support of undergraduate research. The RCF is administered by the West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (WVEPSCoR). This year, SURE will fund 10 MU research projects selected by the proposal evaluation committee.
This year, the MU SURE awardees and their projects are:
Charles Lowe of Gilbert (mathematics major), “Beta-Rayleigh Distribution in Reliability”
Christina Newsome of Dingess (chemistry major), “Isolation and identification of Insulin C-Peptide Binding Proteins”
Deborah Preston of Huntington (biology major), “Reversing Age-associated cardiac dysfunction”
Derek McKinney of Beckley (environmental science major), “Use of Substrate Mapping to Predict Bethnic Fish populations”
Jacob Kilgore of Kenova (chemistry major), “Organometallic Complexes”
Megan Neal of Shreve, Ohio, (biology major), “Cardioprotective value of Chronic acetaminophen in the Aorta”
Reema Patel of Scott Depot (biology major), and Mai-Lan Pham of Huntington (biomedical sciences major), “Role of PIWILA in Human Pancreatic Cancer”
Robert Gibson of Salt Rock (biology major), “Pokeweed Purification and Aptamer Development”
Samantha Newberry of Parkersburg (biotechnology major), “Phylogenetic Analysis of Black nose dace species”
Zachary Tackett of Chesapeake, Ohio, (biotechnolgoy major), “Resistance genes and proteins”
For more information, visit the SURE program’s website at www.marshall.edu/sure or contact Norton at Norton@marshall.edu.
Christina Newsome of Dingess (chemistry major), “Isolation and identification of Insulin C-Peptide Binding Proteins”
Deborah Preston of Huntington (biology major), “Reversing Age-associated cardiac dysfunction”
Derek McKinney of Beckley (environmental science major), “Use of Substrate Mapping to Predict Bethnic Fish populations”
Jacob Kilgore of Kenova (chemistry major), “Organometallic Complexes”
Megan Neal of Shreve, Ohio, (biology major), “Cardioprotective value of Chronic acetaminophen in the Aorta”
Reema Patel of Scott Depot (biology major), and Mai-Lan Pham of Huntington (biomedical sciences major), “Role of PIWILA in Human Pancreatic Cancer”
Robert Gibson of Salt Rock (biology major), “Pokeweed Purification and Aptamer Development”
Samantha Newberry of Parkersburg (biotechnology major), “Phylogenetic Analysis of Black nose dace species”
Zachary Tackett of Chesapeake, Ohio, (biotechnolgoy major), “Resistance genes and proteins”
For more information, visit the SURE program’s website at www.marshall.edu/sure or contact Norton at Norton@marshall.edu.
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