VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Meredith Hickson

  Home Institution
  Oberlin College   (Oberlin, OH)
  E-mail: meredith.hickson(at)oberlin.edu

  Home mentor
  Taylor Allen
  E-mail: taylor.allen(at)oberlin.edu
  Affiliation: Department of Biology
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VCU Lab
1101 E. Marshall St.
6-034 Sanger Hall
Richmond, VA 23298
Tel: (804) 828-9093

VCU mentor
Gail Christie
Gail Christie, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
PO Box 980678
E-mail: chrisite (at) VCU.edu
 

Summer 2009
Research Proposal

The role of SaPI Gene Products 6 and 7 in Capsid Size Determination
Research article, presented (7 July 2009)
Poliakov A, Chang JR, Spilman MS, Damle PK, Christie GE, Mobley JA, Terje D. Capsid Size Determination by Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenicity Island SaPI1 Involves Specific Incorporation of SaPI1 Proteins into Procapsids. J. Mol. Biol. (2008) 380: 465-475
Research presentation (4 August 2009)
6th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
The role of SaPI1 genes 6 and 7 in capsid size determination

Academic Year 2009-2010
Research Proposal

Phage Mutagenesis and Overexpression of SaPI1 Genes 6 and 7

Summer 2010
Literature Review

Review of SaPI-Related Literature
Research Proposal
Phage Mutagenesis and the Role of SaPI1 Genes 6 and 7 in Capsid Size Determination
Research article, presented (18 June 2010)
Fralick JA, McVay CS, Velasquez M. Phage therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a mouse burn wound model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. (2007) 51: 1934-1938

Article Presentation
Research presentation (August 2010)
7th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
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Final Research Proposal
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Prior research
Applied Educational Sociology

Characteristic interests and activities
Visual art
Choral music
Creative writing
Evolutionary biology
Food

Pertinent Research Articles (Annotated)
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