Summer Research Program 2021 – Funding Sources
Alexandra Botanic Gardens Fund
Amabel Boyce James ’74 Fund for Summer Research in the Sciences
- Building Stable Continents: Insights from Nashoba on the Accretion of the Appalachians
- DISCOVRE: Adding Mixed Reality to Coral Reef Research
- It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment
Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies
- An Analysis of the correlation between levels of psychological distance and their relationship to level of detail in autobiographical memories
- Building Stable Continents: Insights from Nashoba on the Accretion of the Appalachians
- Can we design the antimicrobial peptide Buforin II to be more effective against bacteria?
- Characterization of Sulfide-Oxidizing Microbes in Morses Pond
- Comparing Antibacterial Activity and Human Cell Toxicity of Des1 and Des1-C Antimicrobial Peptides
- Design and Synthesis of Novel DCM-MJ-I-21 Derivatives as Pancreatic Anti-Cancer Agents
- Developing a More Efficient Assay for the Quantification of Lipid Vesicles
- Developing a red fluorescent redox sensor
- Developing Single-Colored Ratiometric Sensors of ATP
- Exploring Nucleic Acid Stability Using Biochemical Techniques
- Fish Out of Waban: Laboratory Electromyography with Bluegill Sunfish
- Functions of Social Roles and Rules and Morals in Children’s Imaginative Play
- Garlic mustard aficionados: studying environmental and genetic variation among populations of invasive Alliaria petiolata
- Genetic Basis of Caterpillar Color Plasticity
- Going in Circles: Nesting Kinematics of Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Investigating Activity and Potential Cocktail Therapies with a Designed Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide
- Investigating Antimicrobial Activity of Hybrid AMPs
- It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment
- Not Fishing, But Fish Tracking – Bluegill Sunfish in Lake Waban
- Optimizing Conditions of Calcium Phosphate Transfection for Human Embryonic Kidney Cells
- Quantification of Calcium Phosphate Transfection in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells
- The Role of low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons in radiation chemistry
- Synthesis of Isoprenylated Coumarin Derivatives for Future Studies on Their Mechanism of Action as Anticancer Agents
- Synthesis of RNA hairpin constructs and investigation of their structural determinants using optical tweezers
- Thought Diverse Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes
- A Time When… a Closer Look at Effects of Data Collection Methods on Autobiographical Memory Recollection
- Translating Immersive Experiences
- Uncovering a 1000 Year Old Record of Earthquakes in New England Lake Sediments Using a Multi-proxy Approach
- Warming effects on competitive interactions between two invasive species: the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
The Beckman Scholars Program
Botanic Gardens Hunnewell Arboretum Fund
Brachman Hoffman Fellowship
- Category Theory and Social Choice Theory
- Quantifying power in voting systems with improbable coalitions
Chemistry Department Roberts Fund
Chiang Chen Summer Science Research Endowed Fund
Clare Boothe Luce Scholars Program
- Carbon Cycle Anomalies in New England Coastal Ocean Summers
- Quantifying power in voting systems with improbable coalitions
- Science Center Exhibit: Exploring the History of STEM at Wellesley
- Triple Halide Compositional Space Optimization with Machine Learning for Stable, Wide Bandgap Perovskites
Claudine Malone ’63 Summer Science Research Scholars Gift
Deborah DeWitt ’67 Summer Science Research Endowed Fund
- Building Stable Continents: Insights from Nashoba on the Accretion of the Appalachians
- Genetic Basis of Caterpillar Color Plasticity
Department of Astronomy Annie J. Cannon Astronomy Fellow and Whiting Medal Fund
- Application of Support Vector Regression to Extracting Data from Non-Stereo Satellite Images of Impact Craters
- Measuring the distribution of impact azimuths from spall craters
- The Role of low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons in radiation chemistry
Department of Chemistry – Eleanor R. Webster Prize in Chemistry
Department of Geosciences Langer Fund
- Participatory approaches to GeoHealth research: Developing methods for actionable science with community partners
- Uncovering a 1000 Year Old Record of Earthquakes in New England Lake Sediments Using a Multi-proxy Approach
Department of Neuroscience – Hubel Neuroscience Summer Research Fellowship
Department of Neuroscience Patterson Fund
- Competing Roles for Hemocytes: Identifying Cell Type Involved in Interplay Between Nervous System and Immune System in Procambarus acutus
- An Investigation into the effects of different serotonin concentrations on adult neurogenesis
- Phylogenetic Analysis of SLC1A Family of Glutamate Transporters
Frost Endowed Environmental Science Studies Fund
- Behavioral response of Littorina littorea (common periwinkle) to Carcinus maenas (European green crab) in the face of warming waters
- Characterization of Sulfide-Oxidizing Microbes in Morses Pond
- Characterizing the antibiotic resistance levels of the soil microbiome in the Global Flora through Rhoeo spathacea
- Designing a Controlled Environment to Enhance Microbial Photography
- Investigating ocean microbe extracellular vesicle production and isolation methods
- Sunburnt solar cells: The long-term effects of light soaking on perovskite chemistry
- Triple Halide Compositional Space Optimization with Machine Learning for Stable, Wide Bandgap Perovskites
- Warming effects on competitive interactions between two invasive species: the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Gareth R. and Sandra S. Eaton ’68 Endowed Science Center Summer Research Fund
- Developing Single-Colored Ratiometric Sensors of ATP
- Developing Mass Spectrometric Techniques for Improved Analysis of Noble Gases
- Science Center Exhibit: Exploring the History of STEM at Wellesley
Georgeanne Miller Mulhern Fund
- Characterizing the antibiotic resistance levels of the soil microbiome in the Global Flora through Rhoeo spathacea
- Designing a Controlled Environment to Enhance Microbial Photography
- Exploring Potential Significance of Vesicles in Ocean Microbiome
- Warming effects on competitive interactions between two invasive species: the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Helen Wallace ’33 Summer Research Health Professions Fund
- Engineering a sensor of ligand-induced bradykinin receptor endocytosis
- Genetic Basis of Caterpillar Color Plasticity
- Hemispheric differences in neuronal activity related to auditory memory in female zebra finches
- Learning to Code on the Fly: How Computational Analysis of Drosophila Behavior Can Help Us Understand Decision Making
- Phylogenetic Analysis of SLC1A Family of Glutamate Transporters
- Pyrazole Synthesis
- Quantifying the recruitment of IQGAP Rng2p by type 2 interphase node proteins during fission yeast cytokinesis
- A Time When… a Closer Look at Effects of Data Collection Methods on Autobiographical Memory Recollection
IBM Faculty Research Fund for Science & Math
James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Building an Automated Test of Theory of Mind Skills (ATOMS)
- Building representational gestures through action experience
- The Origin of Grammatical Markers for Wh-Questions in Nicaraguan Sign Language
Janina A. Longtine ’76 Endowed Fund for Summer Research in the Natural Sciences
Massachusetts Space Grant
- The Role of low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons in radiation chemistry
- Triple Halide Compositional Space Optimization with Machine Learning for Stable, Wide Bandgap Perovskites
National Institutes of Health Fund
National Institutes of Health grant
- Exploring Nucleic Acid Stability Using Biochemical Techniques
- The Origin of Grammatical Markers for Wh-Questions in Nicaraguan Sign Language
- Synthesis of RNA hairpin constructs and investigation of their structural determinants using optical tweezers
National Science Foundation grant
- Building Educational Resources for the CBMM Learning Hub
- DISCOVRE: Adding Mixed Reality to Coral Reef Research
- Fish Out of Waban: Laboratory Electromyography with Bluegill Sunfish
- Garlic mustard aficionados: studying environmental and genetic variation among populations of invasive Alliaria petiolata
- Genetic Basis of Caterpillar Color Plasticity
- Going in Circles: Nesting Kinematics of Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
- It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment
- Meet Mochi: A Chatbot Coach for Wellbeing and Productivity
- Net Community Production Patterns at the New England Shelfbreak Front
- Not Fishing, But Fish Tracking – Bluegill Sunfish in Lake Waban
- The Role of low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons in radiation chemistry
Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative
- Characterization of Sulfide-Oxidizing Microbes in Morses Pond
- Fish Out of Waban: Laboratory Electromyography with Bluegill Sunfish
- Going in Circles: Nesting Kinematics of Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Not Fishing, But Fish Tracking – Bluegill Sunfish in Lake Waban
- (Re)establishing Roots on Wellesley’s Campus Landscape with the Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative
- Translating Immersive Experiences
Priscilla C. Patton Endowment
- Developing Mass Spectrometric Techniques for Improved Analysis of Noble Gases
- Uncovering a 1000 Year Old Record of Earthquakes in New England Lake Sediments Using a Multi-proxy Approach
Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Fund for Cancer-related Research Awards
- Can we design the antimicrobial peptide Buforin II to be more effective against bacteria?
- Comparing Antibacterial Activity and Human Cell Toxicity of Des1 and Des1-C Antimicrobial Peptides
- Design and Synthesis of Novel DCM-MJ-I-21 Derivatives as Pancreatic Anti-Cancer Agents
- Developing a More Efficient Assay for the Quantification of Lipid Vesicles
- Exploring Nucleic Acid Stability Using Biochemical Techniques
- Investigating Activity and Potential Cocktail Therapies with a Designed Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide
- Investigating Antimicrobial Activity of Hybrid AMPs
- Optimizing Conditions of Calcium Phosphate Transfection for Human Embryonic Kidney Cells
- Quantification of Calcium Phosphate Transfection in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells
- Synthesis of Isoprenylated Coumarin Derivatives for Future Studies on Their Mechanism of Action as Anticancer Agents
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program
- Developing Single-Colored Ratiometric Sensors of ATP
- Behavioral response of Littorina littorea (common periwinkle) to Carcinus maenas (European green crab) in the face of warming waters
- Exploring the Oceans through DNA Sequences
- An Investigation into the effects of different serotonin concentrations on adult neurogenesis
- It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment
- Thought Diverse Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes
- A Time When… a Closer Look at Effects of Data Collection Methods on Autobiographical Memory Recollection
Ruhlman Social Sciences Fund
- “Beauty Regimes” Book Project
- Charged: The History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future
- Classifying Biases from Texts
- Function of Control in Children’s Imaginary Companions and Pretend Play
- Girls in STEM & Social Media
- Student Pandemic Diaries
Sally Etherton Cummins ’58 Summer Science Research Fellowship Fund
- The Role of low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons in radiation chemistry
- Triple Halide Compositional Space Optimization with Machine Learning for Stable, Wide Bandgap Perovskites
Sandra S. Eaton ’68 Endowed Science Center Summer Research Fund
SSRP
T.T. and W.F. Chao Summer Scholars Program in Natural Sciences
- Developing Activities for CS317 Mobile App Development
- Exploring the Oceans through DNA Sequences
- Functions of Social Roles and Rules and Morals in Children’s Imaginative Play
- How Environment and Evolution Influence Sleep
- Media-Based Imaginary Companions
- Meeting in the Middle: Choosing a “Typical Map” from a Set of Congressional Redistricting Maps
- Promoting perseverance in STEM through focused conversations centered on alumni testimonials
- Synthesis of Isoprenylated Coumarin Derivatives for Future Studies on Their Mechanism of Action as Anticancer Agents
- Thought Diverse Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes Hazards Program
Wasserman Faculty Grant
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Ocean Twilight Zone