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Undergraduate Emily Ricq Receives Howard Hughes Award
Emily Ricq, an undergraduate researcher in the Tolbert lab, is the recipient of 2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life Undergraduate Creativity Award. The award is the result of work Emily did to develop a method for synthesizing cell-penetrating peptides in solution at the Université Pierre et Maire Curie in Paris while studying abroad last year. Emily has been a member of the Tolbert lab since 2005 and is working on a joint project with Lynne Oland (ARLDN) and Robin Polt (Chemistry).
Emily is currently examining the role of dienyl ceramide, which is an unusual but naturally occurring lipid product isolated from the caterpillar of the moth Manduca sexta. Her work is carried out in a cell line derived from embryonic M. sexta, and thus far suggests that dienyl ceramide specifically influences cell shape and cell division. It also suggests the presence of a previously unknown pathway in glycosphingolipid metabolism.
Read about Emily's awards in the UANews article.
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