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Examples of VCU-home institution interactions
Bioinformatics
At VCU: Used global transcriptional analysis to characterize the role of a potential target within a eukaryotic parasite
At Swarthmore College: Continued the work, looking at particular transcripts
At VCU: Worked to elucidate the three-dimensional structure of mutants of an RNA-binding protein
At University of Richmond: Worked on the cloning, expression, and crystallization of the mutant proteins.
At VCU: Fabricated and analyzed microarrays to study human response to invasion by a bacterial pathogen
At Lafayette College: Expanded on experience with microarray and microarray analysis on a project concerning tumor cells
Biomedical Engineering
At VCU: Modeled the total metabolism of a bacterium with the aim of engineering it to maximize ethanol production from cellulose
At St. Lawrence University: Began genetic manipulation to test the predictions of the model
At VCU: Evaluated the properties of different electrospun fibers for their properties in ligament regeneration
At North Carolina State University: Deepened skill with electrospinning on a different project
Life Science/Computer Science Mixtures
At VCU: Studied changes in brain gene expression resulting from alcohol abuse
At Oberlin College: Worked with a computer science faculty member
looking at computational ways of modeling gene interactions
At VCU: Used a computational technique called cellular automata
to model the complex molecular interactions that govern
a cell's decision of whether to live or die
At Old Dominion University: Continued the work in the lab, looking at the cytological
characteristics of immortalized cells
At VCU: Identified human gene networks based on expression and regulatory hierarchy
At Kenyon College: Learned C, to enable him to greatly speed up the execution time of his programs
At VCU: Developed computational algorithms to predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins
At Grinnell College: Continued that work mentored by a faculty member in computer science
At VCU: Joined a project to develop a language to help biologists new to programming work creatively with bioinformation
At Washington and Jefferson College: Learned Lisp and focused on building tools to analyze transcriptional data
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