1999 Summer Research Institute Interns

Erika Angel Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Ted Holman Abstract: "Insights on the Expression, Purification, and Activity of Soybean Lipoxygenase in Escherichia coli"

Frank Rivera Monterey Peninsula College Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Braslau Research Supervisor: Marc Andersen Abstract: "New Exapmles of Chemical Ligation"

Josephine L. Sen Monterey Peninsula College Faculty Advisor: Pradip Mascharak Research Supervisor: Juan Noverón Abstract: "Inorgaic Compouns for the Degradation of Pollutants in the Environment"

Dominic Gonzalez Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Dave Kliger Research Supervisor: Jim Lewis Abstract: "Time Resolved Studies of All-Trans-Retinal in Dodecyl-beta-D-Maltoside"

Elizabeth Espinoza Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Roberto Bogomolni Abstract: "Characterization of Carotenoids from Dunaliella Salina"

Malika Moutawakkil Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Phil Crews Research Supervisor: Yvette Pina Abstract: "Uncovering the Secrets of the Agelas sp. Sponge"

Angelo Corvino Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Phil Crews Research Supervisor: Chad Stessman Abstract: "A Chemical Investigation of the Phylum Porifera, Genus Hyrtios sp."

Stanley Osuorji Gavilan College Faculty Advisor: Phil Crews Research Supervisor: Rainer Ebel Abstract: "Secondary Metabolites of the Sponge-Associate Fungus Fusarium oxysporum"

Kassandra I. Rossiter San Jose City College Faculty Advisor: Phil Crews Research Supervisor: Zia Thale Abstract: "Investigation of Bioactive Natural Products Found in the Marine Sponge Jaspis cf. Coriacea"

Kiowa Bower Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Anthony Fink Research Supervisor: Volodya Uverski Abstract: "Protein Aggregation and its Role in Parkinson's Disease"

Maribel Romero Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Barry J. Bowman, Professor of Biology Research Supervisor: George Capps Abstract: "Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the H2kb, Class 1 Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Gene, by the Polymerase Chain Reaction"

Christopher D. Black Monterey Peninsula College Faculty Advisor: Don Smith Research Supervisor: Roberto Gwiazda Abstract:

Maricela Gonzalez Gavilan College Faculty Advisor: Barry Bowman Research Supervisor: Karen Timey Abstract: "Effect of Metals on Growth of Strains with Functioning vs. Defective V-ATPase"

Edna J. Perez Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Bill Sullivan Research Supervisor: Wendy Rothwell Abstract: "Do Centrosomes Organize Actin Caps?"

Harvey Magana Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: David Deamer Research Supervisor: Charles Apel Abstract: "Vesicle Formation and Encapsulation by Amphiphiles in Carbonaceous Meteorites"

Erik Washburn Hartnell College Faculty Advisor: Anastassia Kanavarioti Abstract: "Effect of Leaving Group on Hydrolysis of Phopho-Imidazolide Adenosine Derivatives"

Brentneye Gonzales Monterey Peninsula College Faculty Advisor: Lynda Goff Research Supervisor: Hilda Leon Abstract: "Molecular Systematics of Species Among Populations of the Red Alga Agarophyte Gracilaria (Gracilariales)"

Edna J. Perez Cabrillo College Faculty Advisor: Giacomo Bernardi Research Supervisor: Joe Jones Abstract: "Phylogenetic Relationship of Northern Coastal Populations of California Roach"

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