Current SUCCEED CREP participants
Angel F.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing bile acids to see if hepatocytes can uptake and respond to the compounds
Kamaya F.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing bile acids to see if hepatocytes can uptake and respond to the compounds
Denalyah H.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Apurva Tadimari Prabhakar, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Identifying novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of human papillomavirus infections and cancers
Xaria L.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Tissue engineering 3D microphysiological devices "organ on a chip" to investigate extracellular matrix interactions and cell mechanobiology in normal and disease development
Eleni M.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Inho Joh, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Proximity of gene processes numbers (GO Numbers) and their positions in the cell
Sade O.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Youngman Oh, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits tumorigenesis of colitis associated colon cancer through suppression of inflammatory neutrophil-activated proteases and IGFBP-3 proteolysis
Rodnisha O.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Quinglian Liu, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Exploring the dual effect of temperature and divalent ions in Hsp110 chaperone activity
Chanel R.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: M. Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing antinociceptive properties in acetaminophen in a pharmacology and toxicology laboratory
Makayla R.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: BPTF knockdown cell's sensitivity to Granzyme B after being treated with Doxorubicin
Benedict U.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Eddie Chae, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Wnt antagonist Dickkopf1 (DKK1) is an NLRP3 inflammasome activator