The 2021 STAR program had 7 talented participants, each adding to the wonderful experience of the summer session.
OCEANE DEGREFF
STAR Mentor: Kathryn Bollinger, MD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Research Project: Neuroprotective Effects of the Sigma-1 Receptor Agonist (+)-Pentazocine in a Brown Norway Rat Model of Glaucoma
LINDSEY GREENE
STAR Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Program Affiliation: Vascular Biology
STAR Research Project: HIV-1 TAT protein induces endothelial dysfunction via reducing adipose tissue mass in a mouse model
AVELINA LEE
STAR Mentor: Darren Browning, PhD
Program Affiliation: Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
STAR Research Project: A novel phosphodiesterase inhibitor to prevent colon cancer
CHASE LUEDER
STAR Mentor: Ryan Harris, PhD
Program Affiliation: Physiology
STAR Research Project: Circulating Insulin is Differentially Correlated with Vascular Dysfunction in African Americans and Caucasians
ZOE PERRY
STAR Mentor: Zsolt Bagi, PhD
Program Affiliation: Physiology
STAR Research Project: Coronary Microvascular Changes in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
JASON SUN
STAR Mentor: Yutao Liu, MD, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Research Project: Cornea Mapping of Esr1 Knockout Mice
DAVID WEIDNER
STAR Mentor: Meghan McGee-Lawrence, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
STAR Research Project: Immobilization of young mice decreases osteocyte plasma membrane disruptions causing cortical bone loss