IBS-SRP

Program History: 2007

Student Name and Home Institution
Professor and Department
Final Paper Title (PDF Available)
and Mentor

Paul J. Albertine

Knox College

 

Ronald Kalil Ph.D,

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Neurogenesis in the Injured Brain as a Result of NeuroD1 Overexpression



Gregory Blythe

Mount Mercy College

 

 

Richard Vierstra Ph.D,

Department of Genetics

 

Identification of Complementing SUMO Transgenes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Mentor: Marcus Miller

Luis A. Crouch

University of Virginia

Ronald A. Gagnon Ph.D,and Jane McElroy Ph.D,

Departments of Population Health Sciencs, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics and the Comprehensive Cancer Center

Heavy Metal Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk

Hannah R. Dyvig

Northwestern College

Brenda L. McKee Ph.D, and Ann E. Kelley Ph.D,

Department of Psychiatry

The Role of Striatal Glutamate Receptors in Motivated Learning

Erin Fisher

Elizabethtown College

Marjorie Rosenberg Ph.D,

Departments of Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance, and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics

Medicare Part D: An Evaluation of th Prescription Drug Benefit

Derrick A. Fox

Howard University

Patrick H. Masson, Ph.D,

Department of Genetics

Determining the Role of Spermine Synthase in Root Gravitropism of Arabidopsis

Mentor: Laura Vaughn

Odaine Gordon

Barry University

Paul A. Clark Ph.D, and John S. Kuo MD, Ph.D

Department of Neurological Surgery

Developmental Signaling Pathways are conserved in Neural and Brain-tumor Derived Stem-like Cells

Rose Menyon Heflin

Beloit College

Donald Waller Ph.D,

Department of Biology

Ecotypic Variation or Phenotypic Plasticity? Examining Allocation and Architecture of Lupinus perennis (Fabales: Fabaceae) Along Two Resource Gradients

Mentor: Sarah Wright

Nathaniel Holston

Florida A&M University

Sebastian Bednarek Ph.D,

Department of Biochemistry

Identification of Suppressors of stomatal cytokinesis defective 1 (scd1) in Arabidopsis thaliana

Mentor: Colleen McMichael

John Lewis

Louisiana State University

John Markley Ph.D,

Department of Biochemistry

Empirical Study of Side Chain Cross-Peak Intensity Patterns

Mentors: Hamid Eghbalnia Ph.D, and Arash Bahrami

Viviana Loaiza

Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

Richard Lindroth Ph.D,

Departments of Entomology and Zoology

Do Prarie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) Show Plant Preference and Growth Changes with Increased CO2 and O3?

Mentor: Christopher Habeck

Michaela Martin

Florida A&M University

Donna E. Fernandez Ph.D,

Department of Botany

The Over Expression of te AGL94 Gene Shows Some Correlatin with the Performance of Pollen in Arabidopsis

Mentor: Benjamin J. Adamczyk

Deborah Muganda

North Central College

Mark Crave Ph.D,

Departments of Computer Sciences, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, and Oncology

Computational Methods for Toxin Characterization for Transcription Profile

Mentor: Adam Smith

Nathan Pratt

Illinois Wesleyan University

Philipp Simon Ph.D,

Department of Horticulture

Analysis of Invertase as a Candidate Gene for Chip Color in Potato

Mentors: Lean McCann and Soledad Alessandro

Delmarie Rivera

Universityt of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Jean-Michel Ane Ph.D,

Deparment of Agronomy

Molecular Function of DMI3 Orthologs in Primative Plants

Mentor: Li Huey Yeun

Adriana Rosales

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dandan Sun M.D. Ph.D,

Department of Neurological Surgery

Effects of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) on ATP-Induced Release of Calcium from Endoplasmic Reticulum in Mouse Cortical Astrocytes

Mentor: Douglas Kinter and Sam Cramer

Shana Straub

Whitman College

Richard Amasino Ph.D

Department of Biochemistry

Genetic Screens for Genes that Promote Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana in Prespose to Shade

Mentor: Amanda Johnson

Jason Tan

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Christiane Weise Ph.D,

Department of Biochemistry

Analyzing Domaine Function in Msakin During Assembly of the Mitotic Spindle

Mentor: Alison J. Albee

Jessica Tilghman

University of Wisconsin-Madison


Gurwattan Mirampuri Ph.D, and Daniel Resnik M.D.,

Department of Neurological Surgery

The Effect of Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitor Meloxicam on Neuropathic Pain following Spinal Cord Injury

Mentors: John Cain, Christopher Baggott and Bradley Allock

Emmanuel Vazquez-Rivera

Universidad del Este

Stephan M. Johnson Ph.D,

Departments of Comparative Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering

Microgial Activation and Migration after Insertion of Silicon Microlectrodes in Rodent Brain Slices

Mentors: Jyoti J Watters Ph.D and Justin Williams Ph.D

Pa Vue

Mount St. Mary's College

David A. Wassarman Ph.D,

Departments of Pharmacology

Evolutionary Conservation of Drosphilia TAF1 Alernative Splicing

Mentor: Matthew S. Marengo

Jordee Wells

Howard University


Sara Patterson Ph.D,

Department of Horticuture

Characteristics of DAB5 Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana


Mentor: Amber Robertson

Ellen West

Shawn Kaeppler Ph.D,

Department of Agronomy

Phosphorus Effects on Root Composition Measured by Differing Phenotypes at High and Low Phosphorus Growth Conditions

Mentor: Ian Prust

Brandon Wright

Grambling State University

Meyer B. Jackson Ph.D,

Department of Physiology

Voltage Imaging of Long-Term Potentiation in the Dentate Gyrus

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