3 Minute Pitch Program
Application for AY 2022 - 2023 is currently closed
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AY 2022 - 2023
Applications Opens: January 4, 2022
Application Closes: March 1, 2022
Application Checklist
Ensure that you have the following information before starting your application:
- Pitch - a 3-minute video or a maximum 400-word abstract containing your pitch. You may upload the video directly on the form, or upload it somewhere like YouTube and provide a link.
- Student Information - gather the following information for each participating student:
- Full Name
- Kean Email Address
- Academic Program (Major(s)/Minor(s))
- GPA
- Class Level
Budget - provide an itemized list of expenses with justification. Also indicate if you need a subscription.
2022 - 2023 3MP Awards
Patricia Morreale/Dr. Dina Rosen The goal of the proposed research is to develop K-5 CS teacher preparation instructional |
Keith Bostian, NJCSTM A robust and comprehensive research infrastructure is a requirement of any research university to conduct leading edge inquiry into today’s scientific, medical and computing arenas as well as training the next generation of leaders. As Kean University strives to achieve Carnegie R2 classification, President Repollet's first actions was to invest approximately 3 million dollars in state-of-the-art major research equipment both to catalyze productivity of faculty research and to attract academic and industrial research collaborators with the goal of increasing grant and sponsored research funding to the University. |
The research program focuses on the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway, a cardinal regulator of animal development. Aberrant EGFR activations are associated with diverse types of cancers including lung, pancreatic, colon, breast, ovarian, and kidney and components in the EGFR pathway have been the focus of many laboratories. However, mechanisms underlying changes in EGFR activation levels remain unclear. The proposed research aims to identify nanoparticles that can antagonize, or protagonist EGFR signaling and quantify their potencies. Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis is an established model system to study how changes in EGFR activation levels modify structures on the eggshell. Specifically, during oogenesis, a single layer of follicle cells (FCs) overlying the developing oocyte is instructed by EGFR signaling to secrete and fold into the Drosophila eggshell. The eggshell protects the developing embryo from the environment, and at the same time enables gas exchange via tubular dorsal appendages (DAs). The DAs are highly sensitive to changes in EGFR signaling levels that can be manipulated with drugs through diet and thus Drosophila eggshell formation provides an excellent system to screen for how nanoparticles and their composition may affect EGFR signaling. |