Exploring gene regulatory interactions between histones H1 and H2A.Z in budding yeast

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Scott Holmes, MB&B Simon Moss Simon is a rising senior (’26) from Oakland, CA. He graduated from Saint Mary’s College High School in 2022 and is currently pursuing a Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major and Data Analysis and Chemistry minors at Wesleyan University. His work with the Holmes lab uses genetic and … Read more

RAFT Approach to Optical Flow for Cell Microscopy

Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Mitchel Ziyad Rahman Ziyad Rahman is a rising Junior at Wesleyan University from Houston, Texas. He is majoring in Math and Computer Science with a minor in Data Analysis. Ziyad is interested in low-level computer operating systems and cloud computing. After college, he’s planning to go into software engineering. Abstract: The wound … Read more

Genomic Analysis of Heptosyltranferase I Predicting Pathogenicity of Vibrio Genus

Faculty Sponsors: Phil Arevalo & Erika Taylor Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Jeffery Shen Jeffery Shen is a rising sophomore (class of 2027) at Wesleyan. He was born and raised in Guangzhou, China and graduated from Affiliated High School of South China Normal University. He plans to major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and minor … Read more

Role of H1 and H2A.Z in Regulating Gene Expression in S. cerevisiae

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Scott Holmes (MB&B) Simon Moss Simon is a rising sophomore (’26) from Oakland, CA. He graduated from Saint Mary’s College High School in 2022. He is interested in pursuing a major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MB&B) and a minor in Data Analysis (QAC). Simon enjoys running, playing all kinds of sports, … Read more

Analyzing the Structural Dynamics of the p53 Protein System Using cpptraj

Faculty Sponsor: Kelly Thayer Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Emily Bennett Emily Bennett is a rising senior at Wesleyan University from Newton, Massachusetts. She majors in Mathematics and Data Analysis and has done significant Computer Science course work as well. Outside of academics, Emily is always staying active- dancing, running, and weightlifting- and she loves … Read more