Each REU student will work with (at least) one faculty advisor and (at least) one IGERT PhD mentor. Here we present twelve example research projects in some detail, overview in Table 1. The specific research projects will depend on the background and interest of the REU applicants and the evolving research among the IGERT faculty and graduate students.

Navigating through an ever-changing and unsteady environment, and utilizing chemical energy, molecular motors transport the cell׳s crucial components, such as organelles and vesicles filled with neurotransmitter. They generate force and pull cargo, as they literally walk along the polymeric tracks, e.g. microtubules. What we suggest in this paper is that the motor protein is not really pulling ...

Expectation maximization (EM) is used to estimate the parameters of a Gaussian Mixture Model for spatial time series data. The method is presented as an alternative and complement to Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis. The resulting weights, associating time points with component distributions, are used to distinguish physical regimes. The method is applied to equatorial Pacific sea s...

It is the building of a case in the context of the work as a nurse on a service of psychosocial care. For this, we seek to guide both the clinic and the elaboration written from psychoanalysis. Thus, we present the case of Raul, the “Mad Beauty”, where learning to work with the unconscious guided the direction of the treatment. Realized, assuming the role of “Secretary Alienated” as alcohol con...