SUIP > Research
Based on the application, each intern is matched to an appropriate faculty advisor who is a member of the Biomedical Graduate Studies Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. The intern participates in the ongoing research of the investigator's laboratory or performs a specific, supervised research project related to the goals of the laboratory.
Areas of Research
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Final Research Presentations
At the conclusion of the program, interns present a summary of their research. Past topics have included:
- MHC II Requirements for T-Cell maturation in the thymus
- Dissection of the fibrillogenic activity of the premelanosome matrix protein, Pmel 17
- BlyS receptors express in A20 and Bal 17 B cell lines
- Expression of the adapter molecule ALX in myeloid leukemia
- Construction and use of siRNA to silence gene expression
- The effects of diet and smoking on platelet activation and PF4: Analysis through immunohistochemistry using various mouse models
- Chromosomal rearrangements and the search for cardiac candidate genes
- Determining the Binding Site of EBNA3C on Cyclin A in order to Map the Interaction to Specific Functional Domains of Cyclin A
- Scanning HSF Mutants for Increased Transcriptional Activity
- HIV-1 DNA vaccine generates a cellular immune response in Leishmania major infected BALB/c mice
- Phenotypic Screening of the T31 RH Panel for Tissue Specific Gene Expression
- Cell-to-Cell Fusion Assay by HIV-1 Envelopes from the Periphery and Central Nervous System Primary Isolates
- Depth Perception in Peripheral Vision: Dynamic Re-Weighting of Two Mechanisms as a Function of Spatial Frequency
- Phenotopic analysis of the gene fktf-1 from the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis using Caenorhabditis elegans as a surrogate genetic system