2006 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol abstracts
Alzheimer's disease and cell death: A better understanding
Student: Corinne Alinea
Faculty Mentor: Ed Rucker, Animal Sciences
Improving mathematics instruction for English-Language Learners
Student: Erin Anderson
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Chval
Smart nano bullets to fight cancer
Student: Sharanya Bhaskaran
Faculty Mentor: Katesh Katti, Radiology
Using genetic studies of roundworms with proteins crucial to reproduction
Student: Holly Boedefeld
Faculty Mentor: Karen Bennett, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Improving the synthesis and effectiveness of melanoma drugs
Student: Clayton Butcher
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Quinn, Biochemistry
Video game music in education and composition
Student: Patrick Dell
Faculty Mentor: Michael Budds, Music
Effects of prenatal exposure to environmental estrogen and the development of endometriosis in adulthood
Student: Alison Ghormley
Faculty Mentor: Susan Nagel, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan youth: Evaluating differential pathways leading to delinquency
Student: Daniel Hanneken
Faculty Mentor: Anne Dannerbeck, Social Work
Designing blast-resistant walls
Student: Thomas Hiles
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
Understanding women's health issues through research on female pigs
Student: Louis Jamtgaard
Faculty Mentor: Vladimir Glinskii, Biochemistry
Imaging nerve activity in the lamprey brain as a model for spinal cord regeneration
Student: Jill Jouret
Faculty Mentor: Andrew McClellan, Biological Sciences
Youth voting: A simulation of the 2004 presidential election
Student: Drew Kurlowski
Faculty Mentor: Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Political Science
Identifying insect resistance within hcf mutants of maize
Student: Matthew Meyer
Faculty Mentor: Georgia Davis, Plant Sciences
The role of MAPKs in plant development and reproduction
Student: Njabulo Ngwenyama
Faculty Mentor: Shuqun Zhang, Biochemistry
Assessing the academic performance of Mexican-American college students
Student: Evelyn Okunbor
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Flores, Counseling Psychology
Diffuse optical tomography: a new way to detect early stage breast cancer
Student: Domingo Pacheco
Faculty Mentor: Ping Yu, Physics
Sustainable landscape design for Break Creek Prairie in Columbia, MO
Student: Vanessa Palmer
Faculty Mentor: Carol Grove, Art History
Ultra-fast, ultra-intense lasers for use in surgery
Student: Emily Pfautsch
Faculty Mentor: Robert Tzou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
A comparative study of televised political advertisements
Student: Katherine Roehrick
Faculty Mentor: Paul Bolls, Advertising
Understanding how DNA strands fit into cells: A critical piece of the genetic puzzle
Student: Michael Schulte
Faculty Mentor: Karen Cone, Biological Sciences
The role of Galectin-3 in breast cancer cell death
Student: Michelle Thoma
Faculty Mentor: Susan Deutscher, Biochemistry
Environmental adaptations are critical for plant growth and survival
Student: Amanda Tinsley
Faculty Mentor: Emmanuel Liscum, Biological Sciences