Download - PREVIOUS BIOLOGY HONORS GRADUATES 2012 … BIOLOGY HONORS GRADUATES 2012 HONORS GRADUATES Student Name ... Nikita Chapurin Biomedical Engineering ... Transcription Factor Activation

PREVIOUS BIOLOGY HONORS GRADUATES

2012 HONORS GRADUATES

Student Name ResearchSupervisor

ResearchDepartment

Thesis Title

Karan Agrawal Karyn L. Bischoff Vet MedIdentification of protoxins, mechanism of actionand a microbial basis for Red Maple (Acerrubrum) Toxicosis in equines.

Olufunmilayo C.Agunloye

Patrick Stover NutritionalSciences

Insights into Nuclear Localization of Folate-Binding Protein and Disease Risk

Samuel Alperin ChristianeLinster

Neurobiology andBehavior

Rats do not engage their cholinergic systemsfor near threshold odor detection.

Taylor Baird SamanthaBrooks

Animal Science Copy Number Variation of a Novel Pseudogenefor LCORL in the Horse

Brian AlexanderBarron Anthony G. Hay Microbiology

Investigation of Regulatory Elements Involvedin N-Acetylglucosamine-Induced Inhibition ofCurli Biosynthesis

Kathryn Blackley Nelson HairstonEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

Inbreeding and Potential for EvolutionaryRescue after Environmental Change

Serina Brady Warren AllmonEarth andAtmosphericSciences

Implications of Landmark Analysis of OligoceneCamelid Endocranial Casts for Phylogeny andBrain Evolution

Ashley Brown Matthew Hare Natural Resources Estimating the Effective Population Size ofCrassostrea virginica

Donna Cassidy- Microbiology and Constructing a Physical Map of the

http://biology.cornell.edu/previous-honors-graduates

Frances Chen Hanley/TheodoreClark

Immunology Tetrahymena thermophila Genome: MappingDeletion Strains in a Binucleate System.

Catherine Cheng Carl HopkinsNeurobiology andBehavior

Morphological Correlates of SignalDevelopment and Variation in Weakly ElectricMormyrid Fish

Raymond ChouMichaelGoldstein Psychology

The Role of Social Interaction in CatalyzingReal-Time Changes in Song Development ofthe Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Aaron Cohen Robert WeissVet BiomedicalSciences

The Effect of Ribonucleotide ReductaseDeregulation on Mitochondrial Function andReactive Oxygen Species Production

Anna Dadhania Warren Zipfel BiomedicalEngineering

Development of Monoclonal Tumors throughthe Application of the CreloxP Excision System

Timothy Dyster Paul Sherman Neurobiology andBehavior

Wilson’s Disease and Protection fromTuberculosis

Rebecca Fellman Paul Bowser Vet Microbiologyand Immunology

The Effect of Temperature Change on ViralPathogenesis of Viral Hemorrhagic SepicemiaVirus (VHSV) in Fathead Minnow (Pimephalespromelas)

Robert Fetcho Chris B.Schaeffer

BiomedicalEngineering

Sub-Surface, Femtosecond Laser Incisions asa Therapy for Partial Epilepsy

Eva Franzova Marci Scidmore Vet Microbiologyand Immunology

Characterization of the Intracellular Traffickingof Chlamydia trachomatis Elementary Bodies

Neha Gavai Marci Scidmore Vet Microbiologyand Immunology

Analysis of Rab11-FIP3 Function in Chlamydiatrachomatis Infected HeLa Cells

Neurobiology and Glucocorticoid and androgen signaling

Rachel Genova Andrew Bass Behavior pathways diverge between ‘singing’ and ‘non-singing’ midshipman fish.

Eric Gordon Esther Angert MicrobiologyInvestigations of the Source, Distribution,Expression and Physiological Function ofThiaminase I

AlexandraGribizis

ChristianeLinster


Modeling Opposing Effects of α1 and α2Noradrenergic Receptors in Main Olfactory BulbGranule Cells

Sean Griffin Tom SeeleyNeurobiology andBehavior

Do honey bees use the directional informationin round dances to help them find nearby foodsources?

Clair Han Charles Aquadro Molecular Biologyand Genetics

Selective Advantage for Unpreferred Codons inDrosophila melanogaster genes

Susan Herrick Joanne Fortune Vet BiomedicalSciences

The Regulation of the Production of Estradioland Progesterone by Bovine Fetal Ovaries

Marina Hoashi Chris FrommeMolecular Biologyand Genetics

Investigation of New Cargo Proteins for theNovel Vesicle Coat Complex Exomer inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Donna Jin David Lin Vet BiomedicalSciences

SPOCK Proteins Inhibit Neurite Outgrowth ofOlfactory Sensory Neurons

Erik Johnson Siu Sylvia LeeMolecular Biologyand Genetics

Dysfunction in the Mitochondrial ElectronTransport Chain and the Role of CEP-1 inMediating Longevity in C. elegans

Andrew Johnston Ronald Booker Neurobiology andBehavior

Regulation the Regulator: How Greatwall andPP2A-Twins Interact to Regulate the EGFRSignaling Pathway in the Development of theDrosophila melanogaster Eye

Emily Kearney Anurag AgrawalEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

How Plant Adaptation to Resource AvailabilityImpacts Growth and Defense: A FieldExperiment with 11 Solidago Species

Sun Woo Kim Charles AquadroMolecular Biologyand Genetics

Elucidating the Functional Role of a ConservedMetazoan Gene (CG18508) under PositiveSelection in Drosophila melanogaster

Vishesh Kothary Kenneth WSimpson

Vet ClinicalSciences

Patterns and Molecular Mechanisms ofResistance to Rifaximin in Escherichia coliAssociated with Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseHonors

Anupama Kumar Howard Howland Neurobiology andBehavior

An Inexpensive Photorefractor for Screening forMyopia.

Vidhya Kumar Barbara StruppNutritionalSciences

The Cognitive and Neural Benefits of PerinatalCholine Supplementation in a Mouse Model ofDown Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease

Joshua KisooLee

ChristianeLinster


Effects of Innate Preferences for CommonlyUsed Odorants in a Forced Choice OdorDiscrimination

Jina Lim David Smith PsychologyThe Role of the Anterior Thalamus on Behaviorin Early and Late Learning in a ContextualLearning Task

Scott Luro David Stern Plant Biology RNase J Participates in PPR Protein-MediatedMaturation of Chloroplast mRNA

Ava Mainieri Hudson KernReeve


Ecology Explains the Paradox of RareMutations in Cancer

Mrinalini Modak James Casey Microbiology andImmunology

Assessing the Stability of Viral HemorrhagicSepticemia Virus in Post-Mortem Zebrafish.

Nathaniel MorrisChristianeLinster


Neural Activity of a Cholinergic Input to theRodent Olfactory Bulb During OdorDiscrimination

Michael Motley Paul SolowayNutritionalSciences

Interdependency Between Two EpigeneticModifications At Select Loci In MouseChromatin

AnthonyMuscente Warren Allmon

Earth andAtmosphericSciences

Anomalous Preservation Potential of the Soft-Bodied Hydroid Plumalina Hall, 1858 in theNew York Devonian

Alexis Mychajliw Richard HarrisonEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

Origin and Timing of a Recent InsularColonization of Muskrats, ondatra zibethicus

Jessica Natale Jerrie Gavalchin Animal Science Effects of Individual Polybrominated DiphenylEthers Exposure on the Immune System

Justin Oh Eugene Madsen Microbiology

Genome-Guided Physiological Confirmation ofAromatic Carbon Degradation and NitrogenFixation by Poloromonas naphthalenivoransstrain CJ2

Kate Orlofsky Michael Webster Neurobiology andBehavior

Type Matching in the Gray Catbird (Dumetellacarolinensis)

So Hae ParkSamuelCartinhour

Plant Pathologyand Plant MicrobeBiology

Analysis of the small RNA spot 42 in the plantpathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomatostrain DC3000

ChristopherPatuwo

Claudia

Fischbach


Breast cancer micro-environmental interactionspromote bone metastasis through pre-metastatic niche formation.

Ecology and Dispersal by Overflows in a Rock-Pool

Kara Pellowe Nelson Hairston EvolutionaryBiology

Metacommunity is Trophic-Level Specific

AlexanderReinaldo Pérez

ChristianeLinster


A Computational Model of the OlfactoryExternal Tufted Cell

ColetteLafontaine Picard Siu Sylvia Lee

Molecular Biologyand Genetics

HCF-1 inhibits SKN-1 to modulate stressresistance but not lifespan in Caenorhabditiselagans and Determination of enrichmentregions for H3K27me3 and other low-signal,high-noise ChIP-seq data

Natalia Piland David WinklerEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Feedingon Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera): Omnivory inthe Floridian Winter

Redi Rahmani David DeitcherNeurobiology andBehavior

The elusive M52: Phenotypical characterizationand genetic localization of a temperature-sensitive paralytic mutation in Drosophilamelanogaster.

Sinthu Ranjan Jun Kelly LiuMolecular Biologyand Genetics

Isolating and Characterizing sma-9 SuppressorMutations in C. elegans to Identify NovelModulators of the BMP Pathway

Nischay Rege Volker M. Vogt Molecular Biologyand Genetics

Role of Putative Dimer Interfaces in theAssembly of the Immature RSV Particle

Jamie Roden Robert WeissVet BiomedicalSciences

The DNA Damage Response as a Determinantof Therapeutic Sensitivity in Testicular GermCell Tumors

Caroline Rusk Walter KoenigBird PopulationStudies

Vagrancy as a Measure of Long-DistanceDispersal in Cooperatively and Non-Cooperatively Breeding Species of Birds

Alessandro A. Vet Biomedical Controlling Neurogenesis: The Role of Jagged1

Bailetti Sáez Dave Lin Sciences and Wnt Signaling on Neural Stem CellsMaintenance and Proliferation

Nicholas Saleh Richard HarrisonEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

Reproductive Success and Body Size in theCricket Gryllus firmus

Shina Satoh Ahmed AhmedMolecularMedicine

Thermodynamic Characterization of Agonistand Antagonist Interactions with GluA3 S1S2Binding Domain

Moira Scaperotti Ron Harris-Warrick


Sublesional Changes to the Hindlimb CentralPattern Generator after Spinal Cord Injury inthe Mouse: Investigating the Loss of SerotoninTransporter, and Dynamic 5-HT1A ReceptorExpression

Arielle Schaeffer Jun Kelly Liu Molecular Biologyand Genetics

Identification and Genetic Mapping ofSuppressor Mutations of a Gene, Sma-9,Required for Patterning in C. elegans Post-Embryonic Mesoderm

KatherineScheibel Gregory Martin Plant Science

Characterization of the Plant ImmuneResponse to Bacterial Pathogen-AssociatedMolecular Patterns

Matthew SchepelKlausBeyenbach

Vet BiomedicalSciences

The Effect of DMSO and DIOA onTransepithelial Fluid Secretion in MalpighianTubules of Aedes aegypti

Sumeet Sharma John T. Lis Molecular Biologyand Genetics

The Genomic Binding Profile of GAGA ElementAssociated Factor (GAF) in Drosophila S2 cells

LindseySzymczak Jun Kelly Liu


Characterization of Sma-9 SuppressorMutations to Discover New Modulators of theBMP-like Pathway in C. elegans

Mary Thompson Anthony G. Hay Microbiology The Effects of Pyoverdine on StyreneDegradation by Pseudomonas putida F1

Jessica Tingle Anurag AgrawalEcology andEvolutionaryBiology

Interactions of Native and Exotic St. Johnswortwith an Introduced Biological Control Agent

Kevin Toomer TeresaPawlowska

Plant Pathology

Mycoplasma-Related Endobacteria ofArbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Distribution,Molecular Diversity, Evolutionary History, andFree-Living Capacity

Christina WangGeraldFeigenson


A System for Making Negatively ChargedGUV’s and its Implications for Modeling VirusAssembly

James WangClaudiaFischbach


Progenitor Cells Enhance Breast Cancer CellProliferation by Modifying Tumor TissueMechanics

Yue (Linda) Wu Barbara StruppNutritionalSciences

The Effects of Maternal CholineSupplementation on a Mouse Model of DownSyndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease

Jinhong YangGeraldFeigenson


Study of Phase Boundary and ModulatedPhase Behavior in the QuaternarySOPC/DOPC/DSPC/Cholesterol System

Thomas Yaros Susan SuarezVet BiomedicalSciences

Sperm Binding in the Bovine Oviduct: TheDifferential Distribution of Annexins onOviductal Epithelium

Jessica Ye Dan LuoBiomedical andEnvironmentalEngineering

Study of a Multifunctional DNA Hydrogel-Coated Nanoparticle for Drug Delivery

Vedia TalyaRuth Ley Microbiology

Pregnancy Associated Changes in TotalBacteria and Methanobrevibacter spp. Counts

Yerlici in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Human Subjects

Eric Yu Alexander Nikitin Vet BiomedicalSciences

The Role of Dicer and the MicroRNA-34 Familyin Ovarian Carcinogenesis

Helen Yuan Scott Emr Molecular Biologyand Genetics

Regulation of Cell Signaling at MembraneJunction Sites

Jimmy Zhang J. T. Brenna Nutrition Identification of a Fatty Acid DesaturaseExpression Quantitative Trait Locus.

Steven Zhang James Casey Vet Microbiologyand Immunology

Investigating the Stability and Infectivity of ViralHemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in Post-MortemDanio rerio within a Great Lake Setting

Yanqiu Zheng Fenghua Hu Molecular Biologyand Genetics

Progranulin regulation through its interactingpartners: sortilin, galectins, and Fbx2.


Student Name Research Department Thesis Title

Mason Appel Plant BiologyBiochemical and genetic analyses of Arabidopsis thalianamutants to better understand the contribution ofplastoglobules to chloroplast stress responses

Rohini Bagrodia PsychologyUnderstanding the Level of Involvement of theHippocampus, Anterior Thalamus and Retrosplenial Cortexin a Non‐Contextual Learning Task

Evan Bander Biomedical Engineering Microvascular lesions as a driving force of Alzheimer’sdisease progression

Identification of Mycobacterium avium subspecies

Hannah Bell Population Medicine andDiagnostic Sciences

paratuberculosis Antigen 85 Complex-Binding Motif onFibronectin

Nicole Benvin Molecular MedicineDetermination of Atlastin-1 Hereditary Spastic ParaplegiaMutant Crystal Structures

Marina Boushra Microbiology andImmunology

A Bioinformatic Analysis of Putative Methyl-AcceptingChemotaxis Proteins in the Epulopiscium Genome

Alyson Brokaw Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Ontogeny of Thermoregulation and Feather Developmentin Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Nestlings.

ChristopherBrown

Biomedical Sciences Jagged1 Inactivation Leads to Decreased Neurogenesis inthe Subventricular Zone of the Embryonic Murine Brain

Nikita Chapurin Biomedical Engineering

Cardiac Cellular and Tissue Engineering: UnderstandingInnate Tissue Properties and Modeling Disease” CardiacCellular and Tissue Engineering: Understanding InnateTissue Properties and Modeling Disease

Krishnan Chhiba Chemical andBiomolecular Engineering

In vivo synthesis of glycoproteins with human-like N-glycans in Escherichia coli

Audrey Chun Biomedical SciencesThe Effects of Promoter Structure, Cell Signaling, andTranscription Factor Activation on the Expression ofHuman Chorionic Gonadotropin Genes

Derek Clay Molecular Biology andGenetics

Identifying Variation in X-linked Genomic Imprinting inDrosophila melanogaster

Erica Crump Nutritional ScienceThe relationship between nutritional status and physicalactivity in female Indian tea pluckers: A study of iron status,body mass index, and physical activity

Preshita Date Psychology The Effects of Appetitive and Aversive Odor-TasteConditioning on Discrimination Ability in Rats

Douglas Deutsch Molecular Biology andGenetics

Plant Screening for Novel Epigenetic Chemotherapeutics:Chemical Prospecting for Histone-Deacetylase Inhibitors

Deirdre Dulak PsychologyEffects of Social Stimuli on Testosterone, Aggression, andFighting Behavior in Male Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetusauratus)

Nathaniel Edelman Molecular Biology andGenetics

piRNA Primary Transcript Data is Aberrant in DrosophilaInterspecific Hybrids

Laurent Ehrlich Food Science Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Serotonin and Glucosein Aqueous Solution

Jae Yong Eom Nutritional Science Ubiquitination of SHMT1 regulates de novo nuclearthymidylate biosynthesis

Andrew Fister Molecular Biology andGenetics

Quantification of Flight Variability within and betweenPopulations of Drosophila melanogaster

Laura Fox Neurobiology andBehavior

Effects of 17-ß Estradiol on Memory in the Olfactory Bulbof Male Mice

Tommy Fu Clinical SciencesMesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress Pro-InflammatoryCytokine Expression in an Osteoarthritic Chondrocyte Co-culture Model

Adriana Gata Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Emergence in CentralAmerica: Testing the Spreading

Samantha Goff Biomedical Sciences Spock proteins affect olfactory sensory neuron outgrowth inprimary culture

Arjun Gokhale Clinical Sciences Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases by IL-21 and SDF-1 α

AlexanderGorovits

Molecular Medicine An Investigation of Regulatory Properties and PotentialInhibitors of Proteins Involved in Biofilm Formation

Dean Holcomb Plant Biology Morphological and Molecular Variation in Teasel(Dipsacus, Dipsacaceae) in Central New York

Laura Hou Neurobiology andBehavior

Vocal analysis of yodels of the Common Loon, Gaviaimmer, using mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients

Katarzyna Hozer Psychology Odor concentration and minute difference in chemicalstructure as learned qualities of olfactory perception

Tiffany Jacobson Psychology The effects of anisomycin on consolidation of olfactorymemory in mice

Ah-Reum Jeong Plant Biology Xylem cell type patterning mediated by a dose-dependenttranscriptional regulator

Carolyn Junior Nutritional ScienceEvaluation of the Ability of Cysteine Dioxygenase in Extra-hepatic Tissues to Compensate for Knockdown of HepaticCysteine Dioxygenase

Jason Kaelber VirologyAdaptive evolution in the transferrin receptor reveals thatcanine parvovirus is a re-emerged pathogen in dogs andidentifies sites which modify the capsid-receptor interaction

Hilary KatesEcology and EvolutionaryBiology

The Evolution of Luminescent Courtship Signals inCaribbean Ostracods

Lindsay Knable Biomedical Sciences Bovine Seminal Plasma Protein A3 (BSPA3) is Modified byBovine Sperm After Cryopreservation

Meghan Kusko Nutritional ScienceDose-Response Analysis of Red Blood Cell FolateSuggests “Supra-physiologic” Folate Status in LactatingWomen Consuming a Prenatal Vitamin Supplement

Jamie Langenhan Plant Pathology andPlant Microbe Biology

The genetic structure of Cucumber mosaic virus inPhaseolus vulgaris in New York

Sean Lawless Biomedical EngineeringDisorganized Dendrites: Dynamics of NeuronalDevelopment and Synaptogenesis in Murine WT and reelerModels through Multiphoton Microscopy

Christina LiNeurobiology andBehavior

Synaptic morphology, manifestation of neuronal excitabilityin Drosophila bang-sensitive and pumilio mutants at thelarval stage

Elisha LimMolecular Biology andGenetics

Analysis of the ATPase domain of MLH3 revealsdifferential functions of MLH1-MLH3 in vegetative growthand meiosis

Sarah LongoEcology and EvolutionaryBiology

Evolution of the Actinopterygian Gas Bladder: Insights fromHigh Resolution 3D Images of the Arterial Vasculature ofBasal Osteichthyans

Miles Luo Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Climate Change and Temperature Effects on the BreedingSuccess of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

William Mills PsychologyElucidation of an olfactory deficit in the transgenicAPP/PS1 Alzheimer's mouse model through behavioralparadigms and complementary imaging methodologies.

Donna Molfetto Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Historic Trends in Deuterium (δD) in Bird Feathers

Jamie Moore Molecular Biology andGenetics

Genetic Variation in Copulation Duration in Drosophilamelanogaster

Lauren Neurendorf Animal Science Changes in Fecal Microbial Populations in HorsesMaintained on Various Diets

BertheleauNgakam

Molecular Biology andGenetics

A Genetic Screen for Arf1 Mutants that Disrupt a TransportPathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Gabriel Otte Biomedical EngineeringRelationship Between Microvascular Dysfunction andAmyloid Plaques in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

SamanthaPalmaccio

Biomedical Sciences Deregulation of the miR-376b/cIAP1 pathway in cancerstem cells and its role in mammary carcinogenesis

Mira PatelMicrobiology andImmunology

Feline Coronavirus Open Reading Frame 3c encodes agolgi-localized double membrane-spanning proteininteracting with the viral spike protein

Amanda Pawlak Nutritional Sciences

Longitudinal Characterization of Follicle Populations inWomen

with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Gary Peng Molecular Medicine Mechanisms of Membrane Deformation by Two Non-Canonical F-BAR Proteins, PACSIN1 and srGAP2

William Podlaski Neurbiology andBehavior

A computational toolkit for analyzing respiration-synchronized neural activity in the rat olfactory bulb

Chase Rakowski Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

The role of Trinidadian guppy phenotype and light inshaping stream community structure

Benjamin Ranard Biomedical Sciences The role of microRNA-34b/c in normal development andcancer

Amy Rayo Food Science Optimization of Anti-cancer Drug Cytotoxicity with Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Granules

David Rollins Psychology Recognition Memory Produces Differential Fos Expressionin the Golden Hamster Brain

Pooja Sarkar Biomedical SciencesUtilizing MicroCT to Study Placental Vascular Defects andPotential Therapeutic Effects of VEGF in the BPH/5 Modelof Pre-eclampsia

Kurt Scavelli Biomedical SciencesIdentification of Flotillin-1 and Flotillin-2 As NovelInteracting Proteins with the Gonadotropin ReleasingHormone Receptor in Membrane Rafts

Cody Schlaff Biomedical EngineeringOptimization of Novel Thermo-Gelling Tri-Block Co-Polymeric Carriers for the Delivery of Paclitaxel for theTreatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme

Renee Sears Molecular Biology andGenetics

RNA Expression Differences in Wolbachia Infected andCured Drosophila melanogaster

Anish Shah Biomedical Sciences Cloning and Localization of an Annexin from Malpighian(Renal) Tubules of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

Erica Sher Neurobiology andBehavior

Temporal Coding of Signal Variants in a Mormyrid ElectricFish.

Natalia Shylo Molecular Biology andGenetics

Parameters That Determine the Interaction of ZFP568 WithTrim28 and Their Effects on ZFP568 Activity

Anna Sofine Food ScienceAn Intein Based Protein Conjugation System That UtilizesSelenocysteine as a pH Sensitive Cleavage and LabelingElement

Lauren Strazzulla Plant Biology Preliminary Investigation of DNA Barcoding with ITS, rbcLand matK in the Genus Quercus

Cathy Su EntomologyMultiple Evolutionary Origins of Knockdown Resistance(kdr) in Pyrethroid-Resistant Colorado Potato Beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Gabrielle VanPatten


Immunohistochemical Quantification of 5HT2C Receptorsand CaV 1.3 Channels after Spinal Cord Injury in the UpperLumbar Mouse Spinal Cord

Yiliu Wang Neurobiology andBehavior

Developing a Trans-neuronal Tracer to Label ConnectedNeurons in Zebrafish

KatherineWilhelmy


Crystallization Studies of the Human Sac2 Phosphatase’sUnique Domain

Anni Wong Nutritional Sciences Effect of Print Advertisement on Food Intake

Patrick WuMolecular Biology andGenetics

She1, Ldb18, and Stu1: Saccharomyces cerevisiaeMicrotubule-Associated Proteins Involved in Mitotic SpindleFunction

Raymond Wu Molecular Biology andGenetics

Probing Heat Shock Factor with RNA Aptamers Generatedby a Multiplex SELEX Platform

Jacob Wynne Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Models for Phage Therapy with Reduced Bacterial Lysis atHigh Population Density

Jason Yang Biomedical SciencesThe Effects of Small Molecule VU573 andBisindolylmaleimide I on the Fluid Secretion Rates of theMalpighian tubules of Aedes Aegypti

Dian YangMolecular Biology andGenetics

Biochemistry of a Mutant, Cancer-Causing DNA LicensingProtein MCM4

Lyla Youssef Molecular MedicineGrowth and Regulation of Rho GTPase Transformed Cells:A Possible Connection Between the Focal AdhesionKinase and the Tumor Suppressor DLC1

RebeccaZuckerman


Identifying Genes that Interact with Calcineurin During EggActivation in Drosophila melanogaster


StudentName College

ResearchSupervisor

ResearchDepartment

LevelofHonors Thesis Title

Anna KBarker

Arts JohnSchimenti

BiomedicalSciences

Honors

An investigation of embryonic lethalmutations L5Jcs11 and L5Jcs13, inducedby ENU mutagenesis in the rump whiteinversion region of mouse chromosome five

Stacy LBiddlecomb Arts

BerndBlossey

NaturalResources Honors

Assessing Differences in P. australisPopulations: An Evaluation of Plant Traitsand Insect-Host Interactions

ChristineBricault

A&LS Keith Perry PlantPathology

HighestHonors

Alteration of intersubunit acid-base pairinteractions at the quasi-threefold axis ofsymmetry of Cumcumber mosaic virusdisrupts aphid vector interactions

NevaCastro Arts

SondraLazarowitz

PlantPathology &PlantMicrobeBiology

HonorsExpression of SYTE and SYTC duringArabidopsis thaliana Development

Diana Chen Arts Sylvia LeeMolecularBiology &Genetics

HighHonors

Involvement of the Dynamin-RelatedProtein DRP-1 in the Insuling-like SignalingPathway to Caenorhabditis elegans

Ina Chen ArtsWilliamBrown

MolecularBiology &Genetics

HighHonors

Possible Connection BetweenPhospholipase A2 Activity and Dynein-Mediated Transport

Serena PChiang

A&LS Robin LDavisson

BiomedicalSciences

Honors Elucidating the Etiology of Preeclampsiathrough Investigation of Thbs2 and Gcm1

Erin T Chu A&LS NathanSutter

MedicalGenetics,Vet ClinicalSciences

Honors

Skeletal Size and Shape Diversity in theHorse: Quantification of skeltal phenotypeand a candidate gene screen for skeletaltrait variation in Equus caballus

StephanieChu A&LS

PatrickStover

NutritionalSciences Honors

Interactions beween Iron and FolateMetabolism using Fth and cSHMT knockoutmouse models

Rebecca EDaley A&LS

ChristineGoodale

Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology

HonorsHydrological and climatic controls onwatershed export in an aggrading NewHampshire forest

PlantPathology &

Characterization of a possible role of Mai1in effector-triggered immunity in Nicotiana

Benjamin ADiner

Arts GregoryMartin

PlantMicrobeBiology

HighestHonors

benthamiana Lawrence Du Arts RichardHarrison Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyHonors Developing sex-linked markers forthe European corn borer (Ostrinia nubialis)

Madeline NDunfee A&LS Alex Flecker


HonorsUnderstanding the effects of agriculture onstream food webs based on stable isotopeanalysis

Carly AElston Arts

AndreKessler


HighHonors

The Role of Scents for Prey Attraction inthe Carnivorous Pitcher

Maxine RFields

A&LS Paul DSoloway

NutritionalSciences

Honors The Possible Role of Xist in RegulatingMethylation of Rasgrfl in Mice

NathanFranck Arts Anthony Hay Microbiology Honors

Bacterial Two-Hybrid Analysis of In VivoInteractions Between SigmaE and YbcQ aPutative Q-like antiterminator Protein

Joanne FGarbincius

Arts RobertGilmour

BiomedicalSciences

Honors

Expression Patterns of Gap JunctionProteins Connexin 40 and Connexin 43 inthe Purkinje Fibers of German ShepherdDogs with Inherited Ventricular Arrhythmia

Kevin FGardner A&LS Carl Hopkins

Neurobiology& Behavior

HighHonors

Analysis of Male Agonisitic Interactions inthe Weakly Electric Fish, Brienomyrusbrachyistius (Mormyridae) using a NewTechnique for Separating ElectricDischarges

Philia Gau A&LS David LinBiomedicalSciences

HighHonors

Air-assisted intranasal viral delivery to theolfactory epithelium and lung: Anenhancement for studyingneurodegeneration in the mouse olfactoryepithelium

Lee MGerwitz

A&LS RobertWeiss

BiomedicalSciences

HighHonors

The Effects of Partial Hus1 Impairment onTumorigenesis

Patricia CGreen

A&LS SusanaMendez

BakerInstitute forAnimalHealth

HighHonors

The antibiotic pyrazinamide as a newantileishmanial drug

Michael CGrundler Arts

KellyZamudio


HighestHonors

Ecological Specialization Promotes SpatialGenetic Structure In Stream-BreedingAmphibians

Charlene SHoi A&LS

TudoritaTumbar


HighestHonors

RUNX1 Function In Mouse Skin TumorFormation

Iris AHolmes

Arts KellyZamudio


HighestHonors

Genetic consequences of recent rangeexpansions by the Boreal toad in SoutheastAlaska

SuganthiKandasamy

Arts JuneNasrallah

Plant Biology Honors Identification of Candidate Rapidly-EvolvingReproductive Genes in Arabidopsis

JungWooKim

Arts Hening Lin

ChemistryandChemicalBiology

HighHonors

Investigating the Acyl-group Specificity ofSirtuins

Thomas SKraft Arts

SaskyavanNouhuys


HighestHonors

Apparent Competition and Parasitoid-HostInteractions in Two CongenericLepidopteran Species

KathleenLaBarbera

Arts Irby LovetteE&EB/ LabofOrnithology

HighHonors

Breeding synchrony cannot explain extra-pair paternity rate variation in northerntemperate and southern temperate HouseWrens (Troglodytes aedon)

Lucy X Li Arts Joel BainesMicrobiology&Immunology

HonorsProtein-Protein Interaction of TegumentProteins, VP11/12 and VP13/14, in HerpesSimplex Virus Type-1 Virions

Alice Y Lu A&LS Volker VogtMolecularBiology &Genetics

HonorsCharacterization of RSV Gag Incorporationand Trafficking into Virus-like Particles

Rong Ma Arts RobertRaguso


Honors Geographic Variation in Floral Signals: Doperfumes have local dialects?

Lauren MMaistros

Arts WarrenAllmon

Earth andAtmosphericSciences

Honors

Convergent evolution of an extreme parietalcallus in fossil caenogastropods:Constructional morphology andmicrostructure analysis

Christina LMasco

Arts Tom Seeley Neurobiology& Behavior

Honors Parental Recognition in the Great Black-Backed (Larus marinus)

Grace AMasters A&LS

PaulSherman


HighestHonors

Host-parasite specificity and local hostadaptation help to favor dispersal as amechanism for anciently asexual bdelloidrotifers to avoid extinction by fungalparasites

Justine MOlszewski Arts Eric Alani


HighHonors

A role for the XBP1 gene in modulatingSPO11 function in yeast meiosis

Christian KOwusu

Arts SusanaMendez


Honors The Therapeutic Potential of Thymosinbeta-4 against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Vinay LPatel A&LS

RonaldHarris-Warrick


HighHonors

Cloning and Characterization of slo FamilyPotassium Channel Isoforms in the LobsterNervous System

Amanda JPodolski Arts Marla Lujan

NutritionalScience Honors

The Phenotypic Spectrum of Over OneHundred Consecutive Women Evaluatedfor Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

India AReddy Arts

JosephFetcho


HighestHonors

Morphological and developmentalpatterning of excitatory and inhibitoryinterneurons in the larval zebrafishhindbrain and In vivo imaging of synapticplasticity during sleep

Jane Rhyu Arts David LDeitcher


Honors

Localization and phenotypicalcharacterization of M52, a noveltemperature-paralytic seizure enhancer inDrosophila melanogaster

Julia MRosenberg Arts

KenKemphues


HonorsInteraction of PAR-2 and LGL-1 with RABTrafficking and RCD-1-Like Proteins in theearly Caenorhabditis elegans Embryo

Daniel PSalisbury A&LS

CharlesWalcott

Neurobiology& Behavior Honors

What’s in a wail? The presence of individualcharacteristics in common loon, Gaviaimmer, vocalizations

Laura FSeeholzer

A&LS LauraHarrington

Entomology HighHonors

Sperm usage patterns in the dengue vectormosquito, Aedes aegypt

Lindsay GSerene A&LS Irby Lovette


HonorsAncient DNA Reveals a Mitochondrial Clineacross a Classic Avian Hybrid Zone

MadeleineM Stone Arts

ChristineGoodale


HonorsCarbon-Degrading Enzymes: Basic Kineticsand Response to Temperature

John AStupinski Arts

RobinDavisson

BiomedicalSciences

HighHonors

Heart Failure and the Central NervousSystem: Myocardial Infarction-induced AP-1activation and the Paraventricular Nucleus

TomomiTakada Arts

AmyMcCune


HonorsMovements and habitat use by bowfin(Amia calva) in Oneida Lake

Emily STaub A&LS

ValerieReyna

HumanDevelopment Honors

Alzheimer’s Disease, Mild CognitiveImpairment, and ApoE: What does epsilon4Really Predict?

Michelle CTong

Arts HolgerSondermann

MolecularMedicine

Honors EHD1 as a Potential Activator ofAutoinhibited PACSIN1

Shawna NTonick A&LS

MarianaWolfner


HonorsThe Role of Female Proteins in theProteolytic Processing Ovulin in Drosophilamelanogaster

Justin LTorok A&LS

HolgerSondermann

MolecularMedicine Honors

Adding to the Repertoire of Genetically-Encoded Calcium Indicators: Constructionand Characterization of RCaMP2

Chia TTseng

A&LS DouglasFantczak


HighHonors

Molecular Identification of the Equine MajorHistocompatibility Complex and anInvestigation of its Role in Reproduction

Nicholas WVanKuren A&LS

TeresaPawlowska

PlantPatholgy &PlantMicrobeBiology

HighestHonors

Patterns of ribosomal RNA gene evolutionin arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Mitch JWalters

A&LS DavidWinkler


Honors

Comparing female characteristics to eggand yolk size in the Chilean Swallow(Tachycineta meyeni): insights from non-destructive photographic techniques

Li Wang A&LS KlausBeyenbach

BiomedicalSciences

HighestHonors

Localization and Expression of a SLC4-likeCl- / HCO3- Exchanger in Renal Tubules ofAdult Female Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedesaegypti

Wendy MWang

A&LS W. LeeKraus


HonorsThe Roles of NAD+-related Enzymes inNeuronal Gene Regulation

Victoria AWells

A&LS Maria GarciaMolecularBiology &Genetics

Honors

Characterization of the SubcellularLocalization of ZFP568, a Member of theKrüppel-associated Box Domain ZincFinger Protein Family

Aaron GWexler A&LS Alan Collmer

PlantPathology &PlantMicrobeBiology

HonorsPSPTO4723 Controls the Production of theCoronamic Acid Moiety of Coronatine inPseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000

Ellen CWoods A&LS

AnuragAgrawal


HighHonors

Latitudinal Lines in Variation AmongPopulations of Common Milkweed(Asclepias syriaca)

ChengZeng A&LS

JerryFeigenson


HonorsPreparing Giant Unilamellar Vesiclesthrough sequential monolayer assemblymethod

Plant

JingweiZhang A&LS

GregoryMartin

Pathology &PlantMicrobeBiology

HonorsFunctional analysis of the role of Mai5,MAPKKKa, and MAPKKK in plant innateimmunity.

Judy YZheng

A&LS GeraldFeigenson


Honors

Phase Boundaries between Macroscopicand Nanoscopic Domains in a 4-Component Bilayer Mixture,DOPC/POPC/DSPC/Cholesterol

Download - PREVIOUS BIOLOGY HONORS GRADUATES 2012 … BIOLOGY HONORS GRADUATES 2012 HONORS GRADUATES Student Name ... Nikita Chapurin Biomedical Engineering ... Transcription Factor Activation

Top Related