Tyler Heist, '15
Majors
Biology and Computer Science
Honors Thesis
Investigating Intracellular Symbiont Dynamics in Sponge:Symbiodinium Relationships
Beckman Mentor
Dr. Malcolm Hill
Post-Graduate Activity
Attending Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB) graduate program at Princeton University.
Awards
2015: Phi Beta Kappa
2014 – 2015: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Fellowship
2014: Barry M Goldwater Scholarship
2014: Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Junior in Biology
2014: Richmond Alumni Association Scholarship
2013: Omicron Delta Kappa
2013: Cole Memorial Scholarship
2013: School of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
2013: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
2012: Certificate of Commendation - Phi Beta Kappa
2012: HHMI Summer Research Fellowship
2012: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
2011 – 2015: Dean’s List
Publications
Lawson B, Hill M, Hill A, Heist T, Hughes C. An Agent-Based Simulation Model Of Sponge:Algae Symbiotic Relationships. Proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, Huntington Beach, CA, December 2015.
Riesgo A, Peterson K, Richardson C, Heist T, Strehlow B, McCauley M, Cotman C, Hill M, Hill A. Transcriptomic analysis of differential host gene expression upon uptake of symbionts: a case study with Symbiodinium and the major bioeroding sponge Cliona varians. BMC Genomics 2014, 15:376
Scientific Presentations as a Beckman Scholar
Heist T, Hughes C, Hill A, Lawson B, Hill M (2015) Investigating intracellular symbiont dynamics in sponge:Symbiodinium relationships. Beckman Scholars Symposium, Irvine, CA.
Heist T, Hughes C, Hill A, Lawson B, Hill M (2014) Modeling establishment of intracellular symbiont populations: a case study informed by sponge:Symbiodinium relationships. 2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology, Baltimore, MD.
Heist T, Hughes C, Hill A, Lawson B, Hill M (2014) Developing a model of establishment and maintenance of intracellular symbiont populations. HHMI Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA.
Hughes C, Heist T, Hill A, Hill M (2014) Differential gene expression across distinct symbiont states of the marine sponge Cliona varians. HHMI Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA.