Vincent C

- Research Program Mentor

Project ideas

Developing new sensors

In this project, we will try to develop a brand new DNA sequence to be used as a biosensor. You will begin by reading scientific articles and learn about a disease of interest. Once you have chosen a target, you will learn about what a biomarker is, and what biomarkers are present when a patient has your disease of interest. You will then rationally design DNA sequences that will bind to these disease biomarkers using computer programming. Skills used/learned: Reading and understanding scientific articles Making scientific figures Designing 3-dimensional DNA structures Using Python to model DNA structures

Protein Processing Program

You are a new researcher who is investigating a new protein you have discovered. In order to characterize your protein, you must compare it's qualities to known proteins found in the Protein Databank. It would take too long to do your comparisons one by one, so you will use your coding skills to make a python script. This python script will bring up a graphical interface and allow you to compare your protein data with the data of other known proteins. You will compare your protein on the basis of: hydrophobicity, size, number of residues, structure, and more! Skills learned: Coding in python, protein structure and function, large data processing, making scientific figures

Coding skills