IBS-SRP

Program History: 2004

Student Name and Home Institution
Professor and Department
Final Paper Title and Mentor
Lindsey Aspden
Duquesne University
Shawn Kaeppler
Agronomy
To Glow or Not to Glow: A survey and Molecular Analysis of GFP Transgene Silencing in Oats

Mentor: Alvar Carlson
Rosalinda Barrientos
University of Texas-San Antonio

Ruth Sullivan
Waisman Center
A Nematode Worm Model for Alexander Disease using C. elegans

Mentor: Laura Schorrak
Jonael H. Bosques Méndez
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Milo Wiltbank
Dairy Science
Improving the Ovsynch Protocol in Lactating Dairy Cattle

Mentor: Alexandre Souza
Kirk Brown
George Washington University
Deane Mosher
Medicine
Determing the Fibronectin Binding Ability of Peptides Based on the Repetitive Region of Protein F1 of Streptococcus pyogenes

Mentor: Marty Ensenberger
Christina M. Carlson
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Julie C. Mitchell
Biochemistry
Predicting Critical Residues within Protein-Protein Binding Interfaces using FADE Shape Complementarity Analysis

Mentor: Steve Darnell
Cindy Cedillo
University of Houston
David Olive & Elizabeth Pritts
Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Role of ERß in Endometrial Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis
Brad Condon
Oberlin College
Andrew Bent
Plant Pathology
Agrobacterium Mediated Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing in Soybean

Mentor: Verera Bourkiakov
Eyndia Crawford
Fort Valley State University
Elizabeth Pritts & David Olive
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Peritoneal Macrophage Adherence in Women With and Without Endometriosis
José Evans
Universidad Metropolitana – San Juan, PR
Stephen Gammie
Zoology
Use of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase as a Marker for Maternal Aggression on Mice

Mentor: Kimberly D'Anna
Adianet Garcia
University of Miami
Paul Bertics
Biomolecular Chemistry
Role of the Tyrosine Kinase Src in P2X7 Nucleotide Receptor – Mediated Signaling in Murine Macrophages

Mentor: Greg Wiepz
Lemlem Getachew
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Warren Porter
Zoology
Neurobehavioral Effects of Roundup® in ND4 Mice

Mentor: Richard Dwelle
Lindsay M. Hill
North Central College
Elaine Alarid
Physiology
Determining the Importance of Conserved Residues Found in the Variable AF-1 Domain to Estrogen Receptor Alpha Function

Mentor: Amy Fowler
Jennifer Link
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Sara Patterson
Horticulture
Screening T-DNA Insertion Lines in Cell Wall Associated Genes in Arabidopsis for Phenotypic, Physiological and Molecular Differences

Mentor: Ayala Most
Victoria Nenkhondo Mdoe
Delaware State University
John White
Anatomy
The Interaction of cdk-1 and spd-1 during Cytokinesis in C. elegans Embryos

Mentor: Koen Verbrugghe
Scott Miller
Augustana College
Su-Chun Zhang
Anatomy
Knocking down Sox1 expression in human embryonic stem cells: Implications for Neural Differentiation

Mentor: Tim LaVaute
Zina Morgan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bernard Wentworth
Animal Sciences
Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from the Early Blastoderm Stage of the Avian Embryo

Mentor: Alice Wentworth
Xiomara Y. Nieves Jiménez
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Denise Ney & Guy Groblewski
Nutritional Sciences
The Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Heat Shock Proteins in the Treatment of Pancreatitis
Margaux R. Payne
Grambling State University
William Karasov
Wildlife Ecology
Paracellular Absorption of Water-Soluble Nutrients in Sprague Dawley Rats and Pigeons(Columba livia)

Mentor: Todd McWhorter
Jordan Price
Oberlin College
Ron Kalil
Visual Sciences and Ophthalmology
Tracking the Survival and Proliferation of Neural Progenitor Cells Transplanted to the Adult Rat Brain
Chia Tha Thach
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Steve Barclay
Bacteriology
Identifying the Function of Mem1 protein of Pneumocystis carinii

Mentor: Sara Caldwell
Christopher Webb
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Jon Woods
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Adaptation of Histoplasma capsulatum to Acidic Environments

Mentor: Robert Zarvowski
Rodney Yapi
Xavier University
Paul Ahlquist
Oncology & Plant Pathology
Identification of Cellular Genes Required for Retroviral Infection

Mentor: Jim Bruce

Contact

Program Coordinator
Brian Asen
beasen@wisc.edu
(608) 262-5267
Program Director
Dr. Janet Branchaw