Undergraduate Summer Researchers 2011: Cole Christenson, Sarah Gruba and Leah (Laux) Morrell
Cole was a junior Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to perform nanotoxicity experiments in bacteria.
Sarah was a recent graduate of Creighton University who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab as a Lando researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Ben Manning to use HPLC to characterize mast cell secretion. Sarah went on to join the Haynes Lab for doctoral work.
Leah was a junior Biomedical Engineering major at Washington University who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab as a NNIN researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Donghyuk Kim to use microfluidic platforms to analyze neutrophil chemotaxis. Laura is currently a Director of Product Development at UNandUP in St. Louis, MO.