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Congratulations to
HHMI Student Research Grant Awardees - 2003

Spring 2003
Brown, Bethany - Extraction of total RNA from Mus musculus and Peromyscus maniculataus tissues for validation of the microarray system (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Carra, Bradley - cDNA Library Screening for the Glutamate Transport Protein (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Cox, Elizabeth - Development of Fluorescent Probes for X1-Flk and Xl-Fli for Use in Expression Studies in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

DeCuir, Jennifer - Isolation of the Promoter Region of the GAD Gene (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Doerries, Mark - Community Structure in Mussel Beds at Logatchev, A Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Mentor: Cindy VanDover, Biology)

Dondeti, Vijay - Glutamate Transporter Promoter Analysis in Xenopu laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Evans, Jessica - Expression and Determination of the Glutamate and GABA Transporters in the Presynaptic Axon Terminal of the Neuron in Xenopus laevis Cell Culture (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Fink, Erin - Altered Nuclear Export of the Oncoprotin v-ErbA (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Gauger, Erich - Kinetics of Thyroid Receptor Hormone Nuclear Import (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Goodwin, Andrew - phase variation in helicobacter pylori (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

Haskins, Kylie - The Mutagenesis of Serine 153 of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Hillard, MacKenzi - The Effects of Aging on the Physiological and Psychophysiological Responses (Mentor: Michael Deschenes, Kinesiology)

Hirsh, Sarah - The effects of the misexpression of the X-msr gene on the developing Xenopus laevis embryo (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Malkus, Kristen - Identification of Glutamate Transporter DNA sequence in Xenopus Laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

McAteer, Rebecca - Temporal Regulation of the GABA and Glutamate transporters in Early-Stage Xenopus Embryos (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Meko, Kristina - The Detection of Mycoplasma in Mammalian Cell Cultures (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Mills, Anne - A Histological Studeny of the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Amphisamytha galapagensis (Mentor: Cindy VanDover, Biology)

O'Donnell, Matthew - Brackish-water environments in the Upper Yorktown Formation, Virginia (Mentor: Rowan Lockwood, Geology)

Pawlow, Lara - Synthetic Enzymes: Recreation of the Aspartate Transcarbamylase System Using a Synthetic Polymer and PALA (Mentor: Robert Orwoll, Chemistry)

Pfaff, Allison - Characterizing the Degradation of Polyamide-ll in Acidic Environments (Mentor: David Kranbuehl, Chemistry)

Pomeroy, Jared - Ligation of Efl into Blue Script (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Reierson, Gillian - Effects of the golden ratio on human face perception (Mentor: John Swaddle, Biology)

Riemer, Briana - Screening for xmsr in Mouse (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Schindler, Emmanuelle - Albumin/Fibronogen Binding to Prosthetic Materials (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Smith, Kevin - In Vivo Imaging of Small Animals (Mentor: Robert Welsh, Physics)

South, Andrew - A Test of Mus microarray for Stress Genes (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Ugrinich, Marija - Differential expression of the leptin receptor of P. maniculatus under various reproductive conditions (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Wester, Matthew - The Effects of morpholino on the X-msr gene and subsequent development of  Xenopus embryos (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Weston, Michael - Comparing the expression of a glucocorticaid receptor gene in tissue of reproductively inhibited vs non-inhibited P. maniculatus (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Wilson, Jill - The Effects of Aging on the Physiological and Psychophysiological Responses to Exercise among Women (Mentor: Michael Deschenes, Kinesiology)

Wysham, Nick - The Role of Apelin in Xenopus Embryonic Development (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)
 

Fall 2003
Brown, Bethany - The Development of a Stress Microarray for Mice and Peromyscus (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Cella, Julie - Gamma-Ray Imaging of Small Animals Using  Position Sensitive Scintillation Dectectors (Mentor: Robert Welsh, Physics)

Clelland, Earl - The Occurrence of Averaging in Mate Choice Copying in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) (Mentor: John Swaddle, Biology)

Cox, Elizabeth - Cellular Expression on Co-localization of MSR  and other Vascular Markers in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Dondeti, Krishna - Sequencing a non-pathogenic strain of Helicobacter pylori (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

Dondeti, Vijay - Using Microarrays to Study Neural Differentiation and Plasticity in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Gauger, Erich - Kinetics of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Nuclear Import (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Hirsh, Sarah - Determining the Role of X-msr in the Development of Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Hodkinson, Brendan - Lichen Flora of the College Woods (Mentor: Martha Case, Biology)

Juenger, Christopher - Does DsRed-v-ErbA Alter T3-responsive Gene Expression? (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Lynch, Jennifer - Development of  Optoporation Using Xenopus A6 Kidney Cells (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

MacNeil, Laura - (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology) 

Malkus, Kristen - Isolation of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Genes in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Markowsky, Allison - Analysis of Gene Regulation Mediated by  the Two-Component Signal Transduction System HP1364 in Helicobacter pylori (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

McAteer, Rebecca - Cytoplasticity in developing neurons in  Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

McNulty, Shannon - Characterization of Transcriptional Differences Found in Helicobacter pylori Two-Component Signal Transduction System (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

Mills, Anne - Vesicomyid clam mortality at the Blake Ridge Diapir (Mentor: Cindy Van Dover, Biology)

Molitoris, Jason - Isolation and Characterization of the GABA Transporter Promoter in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Provost, Katie - Sexual Conflict under Stress:  A molecular approach to quantifying the effects of mating on Hsp70 expression I Drosophila melangogaster (Mentor: George Gilchrist, Biology)

Riemer, Brianna - Isolation of msr in the Mouse Genome (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Reierson, Gillian - Estrogen, Craniofacial Growth and Social Perception of the Female Face (Mentor: John Swaddle, Biology)

Schleeter, Vera - The Case of the Dead Parrots:  Is the v-ErbA Oncogene to Blame? (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Sriranganathan, Selvi - The Effect of Cellular Redox State on Nuclear Localization of TR? (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology) 

Welle, Cristin - Immunocytochemical marking of developing nervous system in Xenopus laevis (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Wester, Matthew - Examining X-msr Promoter Activity Using  Transgenesis Techniques (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

 

    

 

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