Summer 2020 Research Groups
Project: Computational Investigation of Rare Monogenic Diseases
Interns: Arwa Abdi, Anjali Donelly, Ekrem Kaya, Kapil Krishna, Alison Lim, Anoop Nallanagulagari, Mariah Oddiah, Alex Singh, & Meghana Vasireddy
Interns: Arwa Abdi, Anjali Donelly, Ekrem Kaya, Kapil Krishna, Alison Lim, Anoop Nallanagulagari, Mariah Oddiah, Alex Singh, & Meghana Vasireddy
Project: Analysis of Coronavirus Data Using C++
Interns: Olivia Belt, Varun Goel, Junho Lee, Rhea Malhotra, Arion Mitchell, Shrika Paramasivam, Priyanka Senapati, Shiying Su, Leevi Symister, & Catherine Zhang
Interns: Olivia Belt, Varun Goel, Junho Lee, Rhea Malhotra, Arion Mitchell, Shrika Paramasivam, Priyanka Senapati, Shiying Su, Leevi Symister, & Catherine Zhang
Project: Designing New Cryptosystems
Interns: Jessica Chen, Havva Dokmeci, Nayan Iyer, &Nuh Misirli
Interns: Jessica Chen, Havva Dokmeci, Nayan Iyer, &Nuh Misirli
Project: Literature Review on the Synthesis and Characterization of Nicotinic Ligands
Interns: Zayan Baig, Aryan Bangalore, & Elizabeth McClough
Interns: Zayan Baig, Aryan Bangalore, & Elizabeth McClough
Summer 2019 Research Group
Project: Understanding the Effects of Rett Syndrome and Ataxia Missense Mutations on Frataxin and MeCP2 Proteins
Quest's Summer 2019 research group had 11 students: two students conducting research virtually and the rest on site in Chantilly, VA.
Our group consisted of three undergraduate students from the following universities: Gallaudet University, College of William and Mary and the University of Pittsburgh, and eight high school students from the following schools: Chantilly High School, Pinnacle Academy, Westfields High School and Oakton High School.
The group concluded their work on July 31 and presented their results on August 4 in Quest's first Annual Symposium.
Our group consisted of three undergraduate students from the following universities: Gallaudet University, College of William and Mary and the University of Pittsburgh, and eight high school students from the following schools: Chantilly High School, Pinnacle Academy, Westfields High School and Oakton High School.
The group concluded their work on July 31 and presented their results on August 4 in Quest's first Annual Symposium.
Rett Syndrome and Ataxia are both rare genetic diseases caused by DNA mutations. Our aim for this project was to understand how these mutations affect protein properties at the molecular level through computer simulations. Students utilized several different fast calculation methods and used VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics) program for further analysis. We hope that this fundamental work will help pave the way to understand how mutations affect proteins, and possibly, design treatment options to reverse these harmful effects.