Proposed Project Presentations
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Quantitatively Altering Gene Expression: Bioinformatic Identification and Experimental Evaluation of Oc1 and Otx2 Transcription Factor Binding Site Sequence Discord in the ThrbCRM1 and ThrbICR Retinogenesis Enhancer Genomic Elements
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Sharing the importance of clean water and rainwater harvesting to communities of students in NYC and India
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Research Project and Posters
Research Project | HIRES Students | REU/ Summer Bridge Interns | Faculty Advisors | Student Mentors | Other Mentors | Poster |
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Monitoring: A Citizen Science Approach | Emily Cheung Daniel Cohen Kshboo Sadia Jinyu Xu | Dr. Shakila Merchant, CCNY Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar, CCNY | Hazel Vaquero Carolina Perez Nia Rene | Download | ||
Bioinformatic Identification of Interspecies Nucleotide Sequence Divergence Within Putative bHLH and OTX2 Transcription factor Binding Sites in the ThrbICR Retinal Enhancer Element | Adib Ummy | Laure Ouoba | Dr. Mark Emerson, CCNY | Mykel G. Barrett | Download | |
Carbon Cycling in the Yukon River | Sarah Huynh Avi Liu | Andrew Dixon | Dr. Maria Tzortziou, CCNY | Alana Menendez | Download | |
Improving Precipitation Forecast over Puerto Rico using Nexrad Data | Amir Elnashar Vincent Zheng Elijah Ko | Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, CCNY | Said Mejia-Manrique | Download | ||
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s effect on Methane Emissions | Lee Walker Watson Talha Khan | Andrea Gomez, NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office | Download | |||
Understanding the Impacts of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico | Atoshi Sarkar | Fambougouri Diane Laura Ortega | Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte, UMBC | Dr. Sameer H. Shah, University Of Pittsburgh | Download |