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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
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
BiomedicalEngineering
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Molecular Biologyand Genetics
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
Molecular Biologyand Genetics
A System for Making Negatively ChargedGUV’s and its Implications for Modeling VirusAssembly
James WangClaudiaFischbach
BiomedicalEngineering
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
Molecular Biologyand Genetics
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.
2011 HONORS GRADUATES
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
Neurobiology andBehavior
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
Molecular Biology andGenetics
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
Molecular Biology andGenetics
Identifying Genes that Interact with Calcineurin During EggActivation in Drosophila melanogaster
2010 HONORS GRADUATES
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
HonorsUnderstanding the effects of agriculture onstream food webs based on stable isotopeanalysis
Carly AElston Arts
AndreKessler
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
HighestHonors
Ecological Specialization Promotes SpatialGenetic Structure In Stream-BreedingAmphibians
Charlene SHoi A&LS
TudoritaTumbar
MolecularBiology &Genetics
HighestHonors
RUNX1 Function In Mouse Skin TumorFormation
Iris AHolmes
Arts KellyZamudio
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
Neurobiology& Behavior
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
Neurobiology& Behavior
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
MolecularBiology &Genetics
HighHonors
A role for the XBP1 gene in modulatingSPO11 function in yeast meiosis
Christian KOwusu
Arts SusanaMendez
BakerInstitute forAnimalHealth
Honors The Therapeutic Potential of Thymosinbeta-4 against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Vinay LPatel A&LS
RonaldHarris-Warrick
Neurobiology& Behavior
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
Neurobiology& Behavior
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
Neurobiology& Behavior
Honors
Localization and phenotypicalcharacterization of M52, a noveltemperature-paralytic seizure enhancer inDrosophila melanogaster
Julia MRosenberg Arts
KenKemphues
MolecularBiology &Genetics
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
HonorsAncient DNA Reveals a Mitochondrial Clineacross a Classic Avian Hybrid Zone
MadeleineM Stone Arts
ChristineGoodale
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
MolecularBiology &Genetics
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
BakerInstitute forAnimalHealth
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
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
MolecularBiology &Genetics
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
Ecology &EvolutionaryBiology
HighHonors
Latitudinal Lines in Variation AmongPopulations of Common Milkweed(Asclepias syriaca)
ChengZeng A&LS
JerryFeigenson
MolecularBiology &Genetics
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
MolecularBiology &Genetics
Honors
Phase Boundaries between Macroscopicand Nanoscopic Domains in a 4-Component Bilayer Mixture,DOPC/POPC/DSPC/Cholesterol