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Positions

Open Positions: I am a new faculty member in the Department of Biology and I am looking for bright, motivated, and enthusiastic students who are fascinated by the field of genetics. My lab offers opportunities for students at all levels. If you have a solid academic record and think you might like to get involved in the lab, please contact me.

People

Principal Investigator

Ellen Pritham, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Students

Jainy Thomas

• Research Question: Do Helitrons make bats fly?
• Accolades
  
• Poster Presentations
  2008: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium - UT Arlington, Research Day - UT Arlington

 

 

Maggie Bejm

• Research Question: Do Helitrons rock-n-roll ?
• Accolades
  2008: Willam L. and Martha Hughes Scholarship
• Poster Presentations
  2008: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium - UT Arlington, Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students - UT Arlington
• Funded by: The Research Enhancement Program at UTA

 

 

Assiatu Barrie

• Research Question: How many "repeats" does it take?
• Accolades
  2008: Phi Sigma Travel Award, ApiDB Workshop - The University of Georgia, SACNAS Travel Grant
  2007: UTA Allied Health Award, UTA Undergraduate Research Award, American Genetics Association Travel Award
• Poster Presentations
  2008: Metroplex Days - UT Southwestern, Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students - UT Arlington, SACNAS National Conference- Salt Lake City Utah, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium - UT Arlington
  2007: Research Day - UT Arlington, American Genetics Association - Bloomington Indiana
  2006: Metroplex Days - UT Arlington
• Funded by: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 

Claudia P Marquez

• Research Question: What is the "power" within Trichomonads?
• Accolades
  2008: SACNAS National conference - Outstanding Oral Presentation Award in Biological Sciences sponsored by Genetics Society of America, SACNAS Travel Grant, NSF GRFP - Honorable Mention, Willam L. and Martha Hughes Scholarship, ACES Poster Presentation President's Award, Phi Sigma Travel Award, MIT Broad Genome Scholars Technical Training Workshop
  2007: American Genetics Association Travel Award, SACNAS Genomics Scholarship, FASEB/MARC Travel Scholarship,
• Poster/Oral Presentations
  2008: Metroplex Days - UT Southwestern, Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students - UT Arlington, SACNAS National Conference- Salt Lake City Utah
  2007: American Genetics Association - Bloomington Indiana, SACNAS National Conference - Kansas City Missouri, ABRCMS National Conference - Austin Texas, Research Day - UT Arlington
• Funded by: SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) Genome Scholars Program

 

Komal Vadnagara

• Research Question: Did Mafia-Helitrons kidnap a Helicase?
• Poster Presentations
  2008: Research Day - UT Arlington, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium - UT Arlington
  2007: Metroplex Days - UT Southwestern, Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students - UT Arlington
  
• Hobby: BLASTing, Painting & Drawing, Photography

 

 

Undergraduate Students

John Pham

• Research Question: Are transposable elements the most interesting part of the genome?
• Accolades
  2008: ApiDB Workshop - The University of Georgia, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellow
  2007: American Genetics Association Travel Award, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar, Honor's College Summer Research Fellow
• Poster Presentations
  2007:American Genetics Association - Bloomington, Indiana, Research Day - UT Arlington
• Funded by: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Hobby: STYLE

 

Nam Nguyen

• Research Question: Are Helentrons cooler than Helitrons?
• Accolades
  2008: Willam L. and Martha Hughes Scholarship, Amateur ping pong champion
  2007: Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar

 

 

Kishan Patel

• Research Question: Are Helentrons cooler than Helitrons?
• Accolades
  
• Hobby: Playing golf

 

 

 

 

Tina Firouzbakht

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An La

• Research Question:
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