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Congratulations to
HHMI Student Research Grant Awardees - 2004

Spring 2004
Adam, Lindsay - Nuclear Import Mechanism of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor in a Mammalian Cell Line, (Mentor:  Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Akst, Jennifer - Who Claims the Clams: Kleptoparasitism by Young and Adult Herring Gulls, (Mentor:  Daniel Cristol, Biology)

Blake, Elizabeth - Reproductive biology of Amathys lutzi (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, (Mentor:  Cindy Van Dover, Biology)

Brown, Bethany - The Development of a Stress Microarray for Mus Musculus and Peromyscus Maniculatus, (Mentor:  Eric Bradley, Biology)

Bujnicki, Heather - Investigation of the Origins of Gaba and Glutamate Transporters in the embryos of Xenopus laevis, (Mentor:  Margaret Saha, Biology)

Cameron, Nicole - Nuclear import assays of GST-T-NLS in mammalian cells, (Mentor:  Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

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

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

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

Evans, Megan - Identification and characterization of a pathogenic parasite in the seep mussel Bathymodiolus heckerae, (Mentor:  Cindy Van Dover, Biology)

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

Harris, Marion - Investigating the Origin of Gamma-aminobutyric and Glutamatergic Acid Neurotransporters in the Embryos of Xenopus laevis, (Mentor:  Margaret Saha, Biology)

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

Lynch, Jennifer - Development of “Optoporation” Using Xenopus A6 Kidney Cells, (Mentor:  Eric Bradley, Biology/Applied Science)

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-HP1365 in Helicobacter pylori, (Mentor:  Mark Forsyth, Biology)

McAteer, Rebecca - Plasticity of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in X. laevis development, (Mentor:  Margaret Saha, Biology)

Page, Laura - Use of Chromosome 7 Fluorescent DNA Probes to Enumerate Aneuploidy in Human Sperm, Part II, (Mentor:  Stan Hoegerman, Biology)

Pomeroy, Jared - Isolation of VGLUT2 in Xenopus laevis, (Mentor:  Margaret Saha, BIology)

Price, Matthew - Variation in mt1 Promoter Sequence and Its Relationship to Photoresponsiveness in Peromyscus leucopus, (Mentor:  Paul Heideman, Biology)

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

Rohrer, Kristen - Use of Chromosome 7 Fluorescent DNA Probes to Enumerate Aneuploidy in Human Sperm, (Mentor:  Stan Hoegerman, Biology)

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

Terry, Courtney - Comparative Genomics of cag-PAI Positive and cag-PAI Negative Helicobacter pylori Isolates:  Identification of Novel Markers for cag-PAI Positive strains., (Mentor:  Mark forsyth, Biology)

Wester, Matthew - Examining Neurophilin-1 Expression Using Transgenic Techniques, (Mentor:  Margaret Saha, Biology)

Weston, Michael - Characterizing Serum Leptin in the Prairie Deermouse, (Mentor:  Eric Bradley, Biology)

Fall 2004
Adam, Lindsay - Nuclear Import Mechanism of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor in Mammalian Cells (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Brittin, Christopher - The Bio-monitoring of Mus Musculus During Gamma Imaging (Mentor: Robert Welsh, Physics)

Cameron, Nicole - Permeabilized Cell In Vitro Nuclear Import Assays of GST-T-NLS (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Evans, Megan - Identification and characterization of a pathogenic parasite in the seep mussel Bathymodiolus heckerae (Mentor: Cindy Van Dover, Biology)

Fame, Ryann - Temporal and Spatial Influences on the Determinatin of GABAergic Nerural Phenotypes (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Filiberto, Dina - The Role of the Cell Cycle in the Determination of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Pheontypes (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Fisher, Katherine - Determination of the default vertebrate neural phenotype in early development (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Golub, Natasha - Optimization of Whole Mount and Tisse Culture Immunocytochemistry for Anti-Dopamine and Anti-Serotonin Antibodies (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Guzzi, Anne - Constructing a Visible Light Imaging System for Small Laboratories (Mentor: Robert Welsh, Physics)

Hammond, William - In Vivo Imaging of Small Animals using Radioisotopes and Position-Sensitive Photomultipliers (Mentor: Roberty Welsh, Physics)

Harris, Marion - Intrinsic Factor Determination in GABAergic/Glutamatergic neurotransmitter phenotype via Morpholino Oligonucleotide Injections (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Hirsh, Sarah - Investigating the role of xmsr in development of the Xenopus laevis embryo (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Johnson, Charles - Soil Quality and its Effect on Growth and Development in Eastern Bluebirds (Mentor: John Swaddle, Biology)

Kim, Da-In - Identification of the environmental stimulus that influences the two-component signal transduction system HP1364 in Helicobacter pylori (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

Lynch, Jennifer - Microarray Analysis of Anesthetic Stress in Mouse (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology/Applied Science)

Malkus, Kristen - Analysis of Potential Regulators of Glutamatergic Cell Fate (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

McGinnis, Lisa - Characterization and Expression of Helicobacter pylori BabA (Mentor: Mark Forsyth, Biology)

Mendoza, Karl - Neuroeconomics of Information Cascade Games (Mentor: John Griffon, Biology)

Oh, Connie - Investigating the Role of Retinoic Acid in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Determination (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Pomeroy, Jared - Immunocytochemistry - HIF1a (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Price, Matthew - Examining a Peromyscus leucopus cDNA library (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Sakon, John - Permeating Vertebrate Cell Walls Through the Use of Optoporation (Mentor: William Cooke, Physics)

San Julian, Melissa - The African Enigma - A Microbial Genomics Approach (Mentor: Mark forsyth, Biology)

Shen, Sijie - Morpholino Microinjection (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Stephens, Stephanie - Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor (Mentor: Lizabeth Allison, Biology)

Vicente, Diego - Fluorescence Modulation via Isomer-Dependent Energy Transfer in an Azobenzene-Functionalized PPV Derivative (Mentor: Elizabeth Harbron, Chemistry)

Wester, Matthew - The link between the cell cycle and the differentiation of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons (Mentor: Margaret Saha, Biology)

Weston, Michael - Leptin and Reproductive Inhibition in the Prairie Deermouse (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

Willerth, Marian - Biocompatibility of DLC (Mentor: Eric Bradley, Biology)

 

 

    

 

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