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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Faculty Directory

Oncological Sciences

Casjens, Sherwood R.
5C312 UUMC
Phone: 581-5980
E-mail: sherwood.casjens@path.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Virus structure & assembly; genome structure and function in the Lyme disease bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.

Student Participation: Participate in research project.

Background Needed: General knowledge of the biochemistry of DNA, RNA & protein function & synthesis.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry.

Key Words: Virus structure, virus assembly, Lyme Disease.

Student generated projects may be considered.


Graves, Barbara J.
4380 HCI
Phone: 581-7308
E-mail: Barbara.Graves@hci.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Eukaryotic gene expression; biochemistry of transcription; protein nucleic acids interactions.

Student Participation: Perform experiments, attend and particpate in lab meetings.

Background Needed: Biology core 240 series, chemistry (organic & inorganic).

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry.

Key Words: DNA-protein interactions, transcription, gene expression.

Student generated projects possible, if within these areas.


Herrick, Glenn
5B426 UUMC
Phone: 581-6001
E-mail: Herrick@path.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Perform independent research project in Oxytricha macronuclear developmental biology.

Student Participation: Perform independent research.

Background Needed: Genetics, molecular biology, evolution.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry.

Key Words: Oxytricha, telomere, macronucleus, molecular evolution.

Student generated projects may be considered.


Leachman, Sancy
2000 Circle of Hope, RM 5241
Phone: 585-1810
Email: sancy.leachman@hci.utah.edu

General Research Interest: My laboratory studies patients with a family history of melanoma. Blood and tissues from these patients are used to investigate melanoma susceptibility genes at the molecular level.

Student Participation: They could help with melanocyte culturing and routine assays to evaluate tumor gene expression levels and function, also data entry.

Background Needed: Interest in biology, computer data-entry, or biochemistry would all be helpful, but none of these are an absolute requirement.

Outside Majors: Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences.

Student generated projects are not possible.

Mango, Susan
4345 HCI
Phone: 581-7633
E-mail: susan.mango@hci.utah.edu

General Research: How do animals form a digestive tract?

Student Participation: Genetics, some molecular biology, plasmid and cell preparation.

Background Needed: Some science preferred.

Key Words: Development, organogenesis, embryo, birth defects.

Some student generated projects may be considered.


O'Neill, Frank
VA Med Center
Phone: 582-1565x1494
Email: frank.oneill@med.va.gov

General Research Interest: DNA Tumor viruses, cell transformation.

Student Participation: Molecular cloning, virus growth, recombination, genetic engineering, cell culture.

Background Needed: Molecular biology, cell biology, genetics.

Student generated projects possible.

Shami, Paul
Suite 2100 - Huntsman Cancer Institute
Phone: 582-1565, Ext 4640
Email: p.shami@m.cc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Leukemia and cancer drug discovery and development.

Student Participation: Participate in research projects.

Background Needed: Biological Sciences.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology.

Student generated projects may be considered.


Stillman, David
5C426 UUMC
Phone: 581-5429
E-mail: stillman@path.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Eukaryotic gene regulation using yeast as a model system.

Student Participation: Assist with experiments on gene regulation, using genetics & molecular cloning methods.

Background Needed: Basic chemistry and biology needed. Molecular biology & genetics desirable.

Outside Majors: Biology or Chemistry.

Key Words: Gene regulation, yeast, transcription, DNA, molecular cloning, genetics.

Student generated projects may be considered.


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