2004 Summer Undergraduate Research and Achievements Forum abstracts
Physiological responses of a hyper-phototropic mutant to various light stimuli
Student: Julie Adams
Faculty Mentor: Mannie Liscum, Biological Sciences
Expression patterns of oligopeptide transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana
Student: Heather Archer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary Stacey, Plant Microbiology and Pathology & Biochemistr
Chromatin-level regulation in maize
Student: Wesley Barber
Faculty Mentor: Karen Cone, Biological Sciences
Intimate opposition: Perceived closeness as a moderator of the impact of third-party opposition on romantic relationships
Student: Tamika Barkley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Colleen Sinclair, Psychology
Intrapulmonary Expression of PPAR-γ in a Rat Model of Pulmonary Hypertension
Student: Karen Bauer
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Skimming MD and Vincent DeMarco PhD, Child Health
Effects of fescue toxicosis on growth and thermoregulation of rats
Student: Kendra Bearden
Faculty Mentor: Don Spiers, Animal Science
Leptin concentrations in mares and their subsequent offspring
Student: Jessica Belen
Faculty Mentor: Duane Keisler, Animal Science
Multifunctional Phosphinimine ligand for 99m-Tc(VII) Stabilization
Student: Sharanya Bhaskaran
Faculty Mentor: Kattesh. V. Katti, Department of Radiology
Cloning auxin-responsive genes for future study in Arabidopsis
Student: Stefanie Blevins
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Hagen, Biochemistry
Isolation of soybean (Glycine max) root preferential promoter
Student: Neal Bluel
Faculty Mentor: Zhanyuan Zhang, Agronomy
Effects of Cimicifuga racemosa on mammary gland development in mice.
Student: Ashley Bolden
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ruth MacDonald, Nutritional Sciences
Lepidopteran preference testing of Glossy mutants and Glossy15 allels for maize resistance
Student: Logan Brown
Faculty Mentor: Georgia Davis, Agronomy
Sensitization of neuroblastoma to apoptosis mediated by oncongene-specific antisense peptide nucleic acid oligomers
Student: Rebecca Burkhalter
Faculty Mentor: Michael R. Lewis, Ph.D., Veterinary Medicine and Surgery/Radiology/Nuclear
Analysis of family 24 of the Arabidopsis thaliana J-domain chaperone proteins
Student: Madeline Bush
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jan Miernyk, Plant Biochemistry
Apoptosis: Controlling Nature's Destructive Process
Student: Amber Byrd
Faculty Mentor: Edmund Rucker, Animal Sciences
Preparation of chitosan beads and membranes for industrial applications.
Student: Rosana Caballer-Cruz
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tushar K. Gosh, Nuclear Science and Engineering Instite (NSEI)
Frequency prediction of flow induced vibration in pipes
Student: Jasond Calderon Vargas
Faculty Mentor: Frank Feng, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Using Geographic Information System to Address Environmental Justice concerns in Transportation Projects.
Student: Maria Capeles
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathleen M. Trauth, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Unequal reinforcement values from equally warm and cool temperatures in Drosophila
Student: Giselle Carmichael
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Zars, Division of Biological Sciences
Unequal reinforcement values from equally warm and cool temperatures in Drosophila
Student: Giselle Carmichael
Faculty Mentor: DR. TROY ZARS, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Radiopharmaceutical research: Coordination of Rhenium to tetradentate Schiff base ligands
Student: Brett Carney
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Silvia S. Jurisson, Chemistry
The effect of genetic variation on the immune response to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 of Arabidopsis Sf2 plants
Student: Ashton Charles
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Walter Gassman, Plant Microbiology and Pathology
Purification and analysis of human muc reporter proteins
Student: Sara Chilcutt
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas P. Mawhinney, BioChemistry and Child Health
Offspring sex ratio varies with maternal condition in mice
Student: Patricia Christiansen
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld, Animal Science
Going for a triple play: Making a glh-1; glh-4; kgb-1 triple mutant
Student: James Chuo
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Bennett, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
The Effects of an 8-week Low-Intensity Exercise Program on People with Arthritis
Student: Michael Collins
Faculty Mentor: Marian Minor, Physical Therapy
Surface treatment of diamond powder with sodium chloride, to enhance hydrogen storage for use in fuel cells.
Student: Franklyn Colmenares
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Prelas, Dr. Tusher Ghosh, NSEI
A Proposal for the Development of Historic Maplewood Gardens-An Interpretive Design of the Victorian Era
Student: Kerri Cornine
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Ann Gowdy, Plant Science-Horticulture
Phosphorylation of EGFR, Phosphorylation of EGFR, ERK ½ and downstream transcription factors after P2Y2 receptor activation in a human submandi
Student: Daysi Cortes
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary A. Weisman, Biochemistry
Determining the feasibility of anesthetization with a MS-222 solution in combination with cardiocentesis in male gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor)
Student: Michael Crawford
Faculty Mentor: Carl Gerhardt, Biology
The role of the cytoskeleton in the formation and properties of membrane tethers
Student: Paul Critser
Faculty Mentor: Gabor Forgacs, Physics
Gamma/gamma coincidence suppression system for detecting mercury
Student: Juan Cuadrado
Faculty Mentor: Dr. William H. Miller, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
Development of a fluorescence based viscosity sensor for medical applications
Student: Jay Cupps
Faculty Mentor: Mark Haidekker, Biological Engineering
Comparison of different methods for removing metals from resins for applications to radiochemical separations.
Student: Maria Gabriela Cuyar
Faculty Mentor: Silvia S. Jurisson, Chemistry
Genotypic analysis of receptor-like protein kinases with leucine-rich repeat motifs
Student: Melissa Davis
Faculty Mentor: John C. Walker, Biological Science
Comparative analyses of NA genome in zea maize
Student: Stephanie Dennis
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathy Newton, Biological Sciences
Genotype and phenotype of Nicotiana alata x Nicotina rastroensis
Student: Marie Pascal Descorbeth
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bruce McClure, Biochemistry
Factors that affect the degree of axonal regeneration following spinal cord transection in larval lamprey
Student: Jeffrey Donley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew D. McClellan, Biological Science
Identifying substrate proteins for GAN1 and Keap1
Student: Carolyn Eberle
Faculty Mentor: Mark Hannink, Biochemistry
Predator-Prey Relationships among Isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Student: Michelle Erickson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Abraham Eisenstark, Biology
Performing the Cycle of Life and Death: Sylvia Plath's Model of Female Suicide
Student: Sarah Evola
Faculty Mentor: Frances Dickey, English
A comparative study of commercially synthesized Immobilized pH Gradient (IPG) strips for two-dimensional electrophoresis
Student: Lindsay Freeberg
Faculty Mentor: Jay J. Thelen, Biochemistry
What do pink pigs and soybean have in common? Selecting for mutants in the ureide pathway
Student: David Genochio
Faculty Mentor: Joe Polacco, Biochemistry
What do pink pigs and soybean have in common? - selecting for mutants in the ureide pathway
Student: David Genochio
Faculty Mentor: Joe Polacco, Biochemistry
Adaptive Controls and Anesthesiology: Is there a future?
Student: Nathan Granneman
Faculty Mentor: VijaySekhar Chellaboina, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Differences in pollen to ovule ratios and reproductive organ size between autogamous and crossing species of Nicotiana
Student: Paul Hage
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tim Holtsford, Biology
Isolation of TFIIIC102 in Arabidopsis thaliana to better understand transcription
Student: Lynne Harrington
Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Folk, Biochemistry
Membrane tether formation studied with magnetic tweezers
Student: Matthew Hess
Faculty Mentor: Gabor Forgacs, Physics
The effect of genistein on vasodilation of coronary arteries
Student: Christine Hoeman
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leona J. Rubin, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Expression of At4g27260/GH3-5/GH3a studied with in situ hybridization
Student: Kelly Holohan
Faculty Mentor: Mannie Liscum, biological sciences
"Modern Day Jezebels: Racialized Sexuality and the Images of Black Women in Contemporary Hip-Hop Videos"
Student: Damie Horsey
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joan M. Hermsen, Sociology
Investigation of type I collagen deposition in the glomeruli of COL1A2 deficient mice
Student: Allison Howard
Faculty Mentor: Charlotte Phillips, Biochemistry, 874-7244
A study of wireless sensor networks with focus on node localization
Student: Michael A. Hunt
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hongchi Shi, Computer Science
Involvement of TolC protein in the export of siderophore enterobactin in Escherichia coli
Student: Jason Hunter
Faculty Mentor: Mark A. McIntosh, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Proteomics of integral membrane proteins from developing Brassica napus
Student: Katie Hurrelmeyer
Faculty Mentor: Jay Thelen, Biochemistry
Organization of the Command System in the Lamprey Brain that Initiates Locomotor Behavior
Student: Michael Iyamu
Faculty Mentor: Andrew McClellan, Biological Science
Development of chick embryo explant cultures as an assay system to test mammalian stem cell migration and differentiation after transplantation
Student: Teresa Jackson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark D. Kirk, Biological Sciences
Development of chick embryo explant cultures as an assay system to test mammalian stem cell migration and differentiation after transplantation
Student: Teresa Jackson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark D. Kirk, Biological Sciences
Kinetics vs. equilibrium binding: Determining the mechanism of transcriptional activation of Polymerase II
Student: Jennifer James
Faculty Mentor: David Setzer, Biology
Cell-matrix interaction in tissue patterning
Student: Richard Jamison
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gabor Forgacs, Department of Physics and Biology
Modeling Firing Patterns of Medium spiny neurons
Student: Pooria Javadi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Satish Nair, Mechanical Engeeniring
Characterization of degeneration in the retina, brain and spinal cord of the Cln1 knockout mouse
Student: Gina Joshua
Faculty Mentor: Mark D. Kirk, Biological Sciences
"Won't you be my Neighbor?" An analysis of the effect of density on floral and nectar traits in Nicotiana alata
Student: Julie Ketner
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tim Holtsford, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
"Won't you be my Neighbor?" An analysis of the effect of density on floral and nectar traits in Nicotiana alata.
Student: Julie Ketner
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tim Holtsford, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Two-parameter model of cell membrane response to cryoprotectant agents
Student: Haley Kim
Faculty Mentor: John Critser, Veterinary Pathobiology
Fescue Toxicosis affects the reproduction and thermoregulatory systems of male rats exposed to heat stress
Student: Luise King
Faculty Mentor: Don Spiers, Animal Sciences
Benefits of soy-based feeds for fetal estrogen levels and obesity in adulthood
Student: James Kirkpatrick
Faculty Mentor: Frederick vom Saal, Arts and Science
What a long trip it's been: Trying to create a csn-5 and glh-1 mutant
Student: Cecelia Koetting
Faculty Mentor: Karen Bennett, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Alternative transcripts of the RPS4 resistance gene in Arabidopsis: Do they produce truncated proteins?
Student: Michael Kovach
Faculty Mentor: Walter Gassmann, Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology
Optical imaging technique for viewing apoptotic cells
Student: Darcy Kruse
Faculty Mentor: Ping Yu, Department of Physics & Astronomy
The mechanism by which potassium causes neurite retraction in lamprey descending neurons in cell culture
Student: MyChi Le
Faculty Mentor: Andrew McClellan, Biological Sciences
Hydrogen Storage in Diamond Powder Utilizing NaF for Fuel Cell Applications
Student: David Leal
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Prelas, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
Immunological analysis of a putative virulence protein of Haemophilus influenzae
Student: Kawasi Lett
Faculty Mentor: Mariam Golomb, Thomas Phillips and Arnold Smith, Division of Biological Sciences and Seattle Biomed
A case study of colliding tornadic storms
Student: Allen Logan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Fox, Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences
Mitochondrial DNA insertion into nuclear chromosomes of maize
Student: Ashley Lough
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Newton, Biological Sciences
Purification and site specific mutagenesis in GDP-mannose dehydrogenase
Student: Mairi Lough
Faculty Mentor: Peter Tipton, Biochemistry
Terrestrial movements and foraging behavior of the gray treefrog during the breeding season
Student: Rachel Mahan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raymond Semlitsch, Biological Sciences
Study of auxin responsive gene promoters in transient expression assays
Student: Matthew Marino
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tom Guilfoyle, Biochemistry
Caloric restriction and its implications for immortality
Student: Marquita McKissick
Faculty Mentor: Joel Maruniak, Biological Science
The inhibition effect of phage display peptides on E. coli 0157:H7
Student: Roriser Meeks
Faculty Mentor: Frank Schmidt, Biochemistry
Developments of a PID Temperature Control System for a PCR chip.
Student: Melitza Mejias
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lex Akers, Electrical and Computer Emgineering
Identifying Lepidopteran resistance within hcf mutants
Student: Matthew Meyer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Georgia Davis, Agronomy
Oxidative stress alters cell morphology and cell death indices in immortalized astrocytes
Student: Jenny Morrissey
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Grace Y. Sun, Biochemistry
Mexican Americans and career development
Student: Erika Morton
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Flores, Counseling Psychology
Functional Analysis of MPK3 and MPK6, Two Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana
Student: Njabulo Ngwenyama
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shuqun Zhang, Biochemistry - Agriculture
Effects of diet and exercise on carotid lesions in male pigs.
Student: Thandeka Ngwenyama
Faculty Mentor: Dr. JR Turk, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Path
Mathematical Modeling of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Student: William Noderer
Faculty Mentor: Satish Nair, Mechanical Engineering
Synthesis and stability of rhenium tricarbonyl radiotracers
Student: Lindsey Oliver
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Lever, Chemistry
Evidence that glutamate induced neurite retraction of reticulospinal neurons is dependent on calcium influx
Student: Anjali Patel
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew McClellan, Biology
Putting the Context in Context: Environment, African American Women, and Physical Activity
Student: Andre' Payne
Faculty Mentor: JoAnne Banks-Wallace, College of Nursing
Coupling ammonia-N production with ammonia-N uptake in the rumen.
Student: Jamie Pugh
Faculty Mentor: Monty Kerley, Animal Science
Overexpression of Caveolin-1 results in increased plasma membrane targeting of phosphofructokinase: The structural basis for a membrane associated met
Student: Leena Raikar
Faculty Mentor: Christopher D. Hardin, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
Improving mouse-DMH screening capability by adding 2000 mouse CpG islands
Student: Fellana Randall
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis B. Lubahn, Biochemistry
What role does phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I play in elevating cardiac contractility following β-adrenergic stimulation?
Student: Michelle Rapisardo
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kerry S McDonald, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
What's in a worm; Uncovering polymorphisms in soybean cyst nematode parasitism genes that correlate with virulence
Student: Amy Replogle
Faculty Mentor: Melissa G. Mitchum, Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Identification of nematode parasitism genes with a role in virulence and avirulence through intraspecific comparative genomics
Student: Amy Replogle
Faculty Mentor: Melissa G. Mitchum, Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Shipping Box Radiation Level Detector
Student: Ramon Rivera-Varona
Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Miller, Nuclear Science and Engeneering Institute
The use fo primary dermal fibroblast cultures to evaluate type I collagen expression in the oim model mouse
Student: Kristin Rolwes
Faculty Mentor: Charlotte Phillips, Biochemistry and Child Health
The search for a new gene: RPS6
Student: Dipanwita Saha
Faculty Mentor: Walter Gassmann, Plant Microbiology and Pathology
Neutron Activation Analysis of Mercury in Petroleum Distillates
Student: Ya-Ling Santos
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robertson, Chemistry
Automatic controllers: Stability and performance in clinical anesthesia
Student: Amir Shadlu
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chellaboina, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Okara as a Novel Prebiotic Ingredient in the Manufacture of a Probiotic Yogurt
Student: Isabella Simoes
Faculty Mentor: Azlin Mustapha, Food Science
Examining The Effects of Generation Level, Social Class, and Parents' Level of Education on Mexican American College Students' College Outcome Expec
Student: Enjoli Sims
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Flores, Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
Use of antisense oligonucleotides to enhance exon 7 incorporation in the pre-mRNA splicing of SMN2.
Student: Cyntra Singh
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christian Lorson, Veterinary Pathobiology
Use of antisense oligonucleotides to enhance exon 7 incorporation in the pre-mRNA splicing of SMN2.
Student: Cyntra Singh
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chris Lorson, Veterinary Pathobiology
A kinetic study of active site mutations in GDP-mannose dehydrogenase
Student: Charles Smarr
Faculty Mentor: Peter Tipton, Biochemistry
The IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature Decision Tree
Student: Ian Smith
Faculty Mentor: Toni Kazic, Computer Science & HMI
Silencing of three members of the p450 cytochrome family of genes to uncover their role in iron regulation in A. thaliana
Student: Kareema Smith
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth E. Rogers, Agriculture Biochemistry
Silencing of three members of the cytochrome p450 family of genes to uncover their role in iron regulation in A. thaliana
Student: Kareema Smith
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth E. Rogers, Agriculture Biochemistry
A Functional Computer Modeling Framework for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Student: Nicholas Steinmetz
Faculty Mentor: Satish Nair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Natural Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana: Molecular genetic architecture of stress tolerance under water deficit.
Student: Paul Tanger
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Henry T. Nguyen, Agronomy
Uranium: The problem, or the solution?
Student: Alicia Thurman
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Duval, Chemistry
The effects of sensitization on habituation using the olfactory jump reflex in Drosophila
Student: Angela Truesdale
Faculty Mentor: Troy Zars, Biological Sciences
Establishing a phenotype for habituation and sensitization using the olfactory jump reflex in Drosophila
Student: Angela Truesdale
Faculty Mentor: Troy D. Zars, Biological Sciences
Impact of creep feeding on subsequent performance and plasma parameters of feedlot steers
Student: Valerie A. Uthlaut
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jim Williams, Animal Science
Production of nanoparticles
Student: Damaris Vale
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tushar Ghosh, Nuclear Engineering
Expression of a putative virulence protein of Haemophilus influenzae in E. coli
Student: Susan Vescovi
Faculty Mentor: Miriam Golomb, Biological Sciences
Corolla length and autogamy in
Student: Paul Walker
Faculty Mentor: Tim Holtsford, Biology
Corolla Length and Autogamy in Nicotiana
Student: Paul Walker
Faculty Mentor: Tim Holtsford, Biology
The correlation between Chicano theater and Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppresed
Student: Christopher Alex Walters
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marvin A. Lewis, Romance Languages
A computational model for genetically inherited depression
Student: Caitlin Weaver
Faculty Mentor: Satish Nair, Mechanical and Aerospace Science
Selective precipitation of seed storage proteins in soybeans: Reducing the dynamic range of protein expression for in-depth proteome studies
Student: Cory Weimer
Faculty Mentor: Jay Thelen, Biochemistry
The key to unlock the Navier-Stokes Equation
Student: Cheri' West
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dave Retzloff, Chemical Engineering
Therapy of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis under circumstances relevant to human multiple sclerosis
Student: Karla Wiehagen
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Habib Zaghouani, MMI
From pyruvate to PEP... the unknown pathway
Student: Darian Wigfall
Faculty Mentor: David Emerich, Biochemistry
Examination of the robustness of viscosity sensitive molecular rotors against chemical modification
Student: Joseph Wilson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark A. Haidekker, Bioengineering
A Multicopy suppressor screen in yeast to look for negative regulators of Ser13 phosphorylation-based trafficking to the pre-vacuolar compartment.
Student: Kyle Wilson
Faculty Mentor: Steven F. Nothwehr, Biology
Bovine oocyte permeability in 1, 2-propanediol
Student: Alan Young
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John K. Critser, Veterinary Pathobiology