Student Name and Home Institution

Mentor Name and Department

Final Paper Topic

Julian Arce
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

William Reznikoff
Biochemistry

Better Donor Backbone Sequences for Transposase Tn5 and Transposon Tn5 Synapsis

Sherly Bellevue
Queens College CUNY

Deane Mosher
Hematology

Identification of Mutations in the Egf Receptor Gene that Enhance Bcr-Abl Signaling in a Drosophila Model [ PDF 208 KB]

Luke Berchowitz
Beloit College

David Spooner
Horticulture

Examination of Relatinoships of Wild Tomatoes Using Data from Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs) [ PDF 128 KB]

Chateen Carbonara
SUNY-Stony Brook

Warren Heideman
School of Pharmacy

The Azf1 Transcription Factor: How Do Cells Know How Big They Should Be?

Brian Carey
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dan Felitsky
Biochemistry

Osmotic Shock as a Method for the Purification of Small, Overexpressed Proteins in E.coli

Karen Cooks

Warren Porter
Zoology

Developmental Toxicity of Phenoxy- Acid Derived Herbicides on Mice [ PDF 104 KB ]

Courtney Copeland
Oklahoma Christian University

Tim Yoshino
Pathobiological Sciences

Regulation of Phagocytosis of E.coli in the Biomphalaria glabrata Emryonic (Bge) Cell Line [ PDF 116 KB]

Ziolly Cortijo

Gary Lyons
Anatomy

CtBP2 is an Essential Co-repressor in Cardiovascular Development [ PDF 200 KB]

Jennifer Duran

Richard Eisenstein, Nutritional Sciences

Identification of an Iron Responsive Element

Mary Fernandez
San Jose State University

Philipp Simon
Horticulture

Development of a Phylogenetic Tree in Garlic Callium sativum l. Using Targeted mtDNA-PRC and RAPD Analysis [ PDF 128 KB]

Ekokobe Fonkem
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Paul Bertics
Biomolecular Chemistry

Lymphotoxin Beta Induction in Human Eosinophils Treated with Interleukins [ PDF 172 KB]

Donimique Fontanilla
Carleton College

Anne Griep
Anatomy

Comparison of E7 Transgenic, pRb Null, and p57 Null Lensa Phentoypes in Mice

Michael Hoffman
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Curtis Brandt
Ophthamology and Visual Sciences

The Role of the HSV UL33 Gene in Virulence [ PDF 84 KB ]

Eugene Liu

Judd Aiken
Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences

Attempt to Increase the Efficiency of Cell- Free Conversion through Sonication [ PDF 104 KB]

Nikki Madson

Philipp Simon
Horticulture

Mobile Genetic Elements in Carrot: Isolation and Characterization of Ty1/Copia-like Retrotransposons and Behavior of the Maize Transposable
Element, Dissociation [ PDF 312 KB]

Melvin Mattocks

Tim Olsen
Environmental Remote Sensing Center

Web Serving Landsat 7 Satellite Imagery for the Preservation of Wisconsin’s Lakes [ PDF 312 KB]

Linda Mertens

Donna Fernandez
Botany

Screen for MADS Domain Protein Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Embryos [ PDF 384 KB]

Shervon Pierre
Hood College

Ian Bird
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Calcium Imaging of Immortalized Human Umilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Aleydis Rivera-Torres
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Deane Mosher
Hematology

Investigation of the Molecules that Bind the 70 kDa Fragment of Fibronectin on Cell Surfaces During Matrix Assembly [ PDF 520KB]

Tiffany Stingle
Marian College

William Mellon
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mutation Analysis of Sequence Specificity for Protein Binding in the 5' UTR and the First 30 Bases in the Coding Region of RAT Osteocalcin mRNA [ PDF 416 KB]

Thuyanh Tran
University of Texas-El Paso

John Svaren
Comparative Biosciences

The Effect of Hypoxia on Early Growth Response Protein 1 (Egr - 1) [ PDF 224 KB]

Jorge Viera-Vera
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

David Spooner
Horticulture

A Clade-based Search for Genome Rearrangements and Useful Diversity in Solanum [ PDF 76 KB]