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Advisor:
Erin Santos
The Lee & Ron Ragen, Sharon & Mike Nugent, and Nancy Haigwood Scholar
OHSU, School of Medicine, Neuroscience
About the Scholar:
Marc Freeman
understand the molecular mechanisms that allow
Erin is using the Drosophila model system to
a subtype of glial cells called astrocytes to convert intracellular calcium signals into extracellular neuromodulatory signals.
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Advisor:
Maureen Walczak
Katherine Stelling
The Anderson Family/
OSU CEOAS Endowment Scholar
OSU, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
About the Scholar:
Katie studies the retreat of the Greenland and Cordierran ice sheets twenty thousand years ago to understand how the ocean, which is a driver of global climate, behaved during this transition.
Advisor:
Grace Su
The Mary Ann Lockwood Memorial Scholar (ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter)
OHSU, School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences
About the Scholar:
Renee Ryals
dystrophies, primarily Retinitis Pigmentosa and
Grace is hoping to treat and cure inherited retinal
Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis by developing gene therapeutics. Developing an effective, nonviral, nucleic acid delivery vector would advance the field of retinal gene therapy.
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