{"id":2286,"date":"2009-11-02T18:14:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T22:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/?page_id=2286"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:47:45","slug":"mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this page you will find information about professors who will consider hosting a SURF student during the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Cifuentes, Daniel<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – BUMED<\/td>\nRNA regulation; Development: Zebrafish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradham, Cynthia<\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nSea Urchin Development, Skeletal Formation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casasa, Sofia<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nGenomics: Development; Ecology; Behavior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Celenza, John<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nPlant Molecular Biology; Genetics and Biochemistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chantranupong, Lynne<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nNeurobiology, Signaling, Neurodisease<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fizsbein, Ana<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nMolecular Biology, Splicing and Transcription<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tay, Tuan Leng<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nNeurobiology, glial biology, brain health and disease<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Fuxman Bass, Juan<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nRegulation of Gene Expression<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marlow, Jeff<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nMicrobial Ecology; Geobiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCall, Kim<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nDrosophila Genetics; Neurobiology; Egg Laying<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gilmore, Thomas<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nCancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Evolutionary Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ho, Angela<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nAlzheimer’s Disease; Transgenic Mouse Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Strickland, Lynette<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nGenetics: Evolution; Biodiversity; Ecology; Beetles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Siggers, Trevor<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nDNA Binding and Gene Regulation by Transcription Factors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bhatnagar, Jennifer<\/a> <\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\n\n
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Microbial Ecology; Biogeochemistry;<\/div>\n
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fungi<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Davies, Sarah<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nCoral bleaching and symbiosis, gene expression analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Younger, Meg<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nEvolution and ecology of odor receptors and behavior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wunderlich, Zeba<\/a><\/td>\nCAS – Biology<\/td>\nMolecular Systems Biology, Drosophila Transcription<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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On this page you will find information about professors who will consider hosting a SURF student during the summer of 2026. Mentor Name Department Primary research areas of interest Cifuentes, Daniel CAS – BUMED RNA regulation; Development: Zebrafish Bradham, Cynthia CAS – Biology Sea Urchin Development, Skeletal Formation Casasa, Sofia CAS – Biology Genomics: Development; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1568,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11368,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286\/revisions\/11368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/surf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}