Each year, Pelotonia funds fellowship grants for undergraduate, graduate, medical school and post-doctoral students conducting cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. This year, a record number of Arts and Sciences undergraduate and graduate students were selected for Pelotonia Fellowships.

Arts and Sciences undergraduate recipients selected for this year’s Pelotonia Fellowship Program each will recieve a $12,000 stipend. They are:

Yousef Alghothani, Biology and Arabic; “Characterization of PD-L1 expression in multiple myeloma”
Zeenath Ameen,  Biology; “Dietary Soy in Prostate Cancer Patients: An Investigation of the Anti-Cancer Properties of Soy Isoflavones”
Parker Brumfield, Biochemistry and Japanese; “Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 as a Novel Target Against Small Cell Lung Cancer”
Lindsay Cannon, Psychology; “Cancer Treatment Type, Heart Rate Variability, and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors”
Meng-Chun Chen, Biology and Chinese; “Novel Approach for Compartmentalization and Redistribution of Histone H1 Phosphorylation Cancer Cells”
Veda Chokshi, Molecular Genetics; “The Role of E2F7 and E2F8 in Cell Cycle Control and Tumorigenesis”
Ryan Dixon, Molecular Genetics; “Visualizing the dynamic localization and behavior of the Ras/MAPK pathway in germline apoptosis of C.elegans”
Michael Dworkin, Mathematics; “Extracting Mechanistic Insight From Large Biochemical Networks Via Statistical Analysis”
Benjamin Kaumeyer, Biochemistry; “Identification of cell specific target genes for a Pax transcription factor in C elegans”
Danielle Kelly, Physics; "Proton Cancer Therapy: Using High Intensity lasers to Accelerate Protons" George Koutras, Biology; “Evaluation of fenretinide and its metabolites for oral squamous cell carcinoma chemoprevention”
Jonathan Lee, Molecular Genetics; “A Genome-wide Screening of Drosophila melanogaster to Identify Endoreduplication-specific Factors”
Melissa Mautel, Molecular Genetics and International Studies; “AKT-1 Independent Functions of Tumor Suppressor PTEN”
Jeff Miller, Biology; “Exploring Novel Functions of E2F3 in Bladder Cancer”
Ryan Orlosky, Biology; “Study of the H-Ras-Rb Axis in Oncogene Induced Senescence”
Carlee Schaefer, Molecular Genetics; “Use and Optimization of TAP-tagged Herpesvirus Protein to Identify Novel Host Protein Interactions”
Nandini Sharma, Molecular Genetics; “The Role of PKCβ in Breast Cancer Progression”
Breonna Slocum, Microbiology; “Establishing the Link between Pax Transcription Factors and Acyl-CoA Synthetase in Cancer Biology”
Daniel Yanes, Biology and Public Health; “Analysis of the Role of MLL-PTD in Hematopoesis Using a Mouse Model”

Arts and Sciences graduate student recipients selected for this year's Pelotonia Fellowships each will receive a $25,000 stipend, plus fees and tuition. They are:

Yadwinder Deol, Faridkot, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; “Novel role of S100A7 in inhibiting Tamoxifen resistant estrogen receptor positive breast tumor growth”
Meera Govindaraghava, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; “Understanding the functional relationship between mitotic protein phosphorylation and methylation as a basis for development of novel chemotherapies.”
Katja Machemer, Molecular Genetics; “Regulation of the plant development by MYB transcription factors”

The third annual Pelotonia is scheduled for August 19-21. For more information, visit www.pelotonia.org