UROP Grant Recipients Fall 2003

David Atkinson, Neuroscience
Investigation of the Effects of Specific Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Antagonists on Acoustic Startle During opiate Withdrawal in Rats
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Gewirtz, Psychology

Elizabeth Brodeen, EEB
Effects of Land Management Systems on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer King, Soil, Water & Climate

Kathryn Brown, Biochemistry & Microbiology
Catalysis of Nicotine Metabolism by Human Lung P450 Enzymes
Faculty Sponsor: Sharon Murphy, BMBB

Alissa Cyrus, Biology
Characterize the Effects of Antifungal Proteins Against Fusarium graminearum
Faculty Sponsor: Gary Muehlbauer, Agronomy/Plant Genetics

Bethany Doran, Neuroscience
UGRA2: The Effects of Cx43.4 on Vessel Patterning in Notochord of Zebrafish
Faculty Sponsor: Ross Johnson, GCD

Irene Dorweiler, GCD
To identify the mutation in the Chlarmydomonas reinhardtii strain sup-pf3
Faculty Sponsor: Mary Porter, GCD

Brian Gibbens, GCD
Effects of Intermittent Exposure to Waterborne Estradiol on Fish Reproduction
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Sorensen, Fisheries/Wildlife

Kathryn Goeden, Microbiology
Exploring the Effects of Blue Light on Potato Tuberization Using Microarray Technology
Faculty Sponsor: Cindy Tong, Horticultural Science

Jennifer Gravelle, GCD
Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells and Western Blot
Faculty Sponsor: Catherine Verfaillie, Medicine

Paula Haynes, Neuroscience
Cell Biology of the SLC19A Family of Vitamin Transporters
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Marchant, Pharmacology

Timothy Heisel, Biology
Characterizing Putative Sugar-Response Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana
Faculty Sponsor: Susan Gibson, Plant Biology

Meggan Hendrickson, Microbiology
Oral Exposure and Transmission of HIV
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Southern, Microbiology

Stephen Hinkin, Biology
Role of Protein Dimerization on HINT Phosphoramidase Activity
Faculty Sponsor: Carston Wagner, Medicinal Chemistry

Sarah Jutila, Biology
A Model System to Study Wheat Scab
Faculty Sponsor: Gary Muehlbauer, Agronomy/Plant Genetics

Cassandra Kistler-Anderson, Biology
The role of BUD1 in Candida albicans
Faculty Sponsor: Cheryl Gale, Pediatrics

Amber Nolan Martell, Neuroscience
Identification of Splice Variants in Medicago truncatula
Faculty Sponsor: Kevin Silverstein, Plant Biology

Kyle Marten, Biochemistry
Synthesis of Calix[4]arenes as Mimetics of the Antibacterial Protein SC-4
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Hoye, Chemistry

Jason Motl, Biochemistry & GCD
Genomic Analysis of Escherichia coli Subjected to Desiccation Stresses
Faculty Sponsor: Janet Schottel, BMBB

John Nerva, GCD
Functional Screening of Druglike Compound Designed to Inhibit Cap Dependent Translation
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Bitterman, Medicine

Ann Neumann, Biology
The Contribution of Neural Crest to Xenopus Cardiac Development
Faculty Sponsor: Jamie Lohr, Pediatrics

Lorien Radmer, Biology
Molecular Characterization of Transgenic Wheat Plants
Faculty Sponsor: Gary Muehlbauer, Agronomy/Plant Genetics

Krsna Rangarajan, GCD
Evaluating the Phylogenitic Utility of Nuclear Genes in Gekkotan Lizards
Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Simons, Fisheries/Wildlife

Wade Schulz, GCD
Determination of Coxsackievirus B1 Secondary Structure
Faculty Sponsor: Patty Tam, Medicine

Sam Stoxen, EEB
The Effect Various Temperature and Nutrient Regimes Have on Growth Efficiency of Aquatic Bacteria
Faculty Sponsor: James Cotner, EEB

Kristyn VanderWaal, GCD
The Role of N-WASP Protein in Developing Neurons
Faculty Sponsor: Lorene Lanier, Neuroscience

Caitlyn Wilke, Biochemistry
The Optimization of Enzymatic Reactions Encoding a Peptide Library
Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Taton, Chemistry

Remy Wong, GCD & Microbiology
Functional Specificity of Ubiquitin Ligase Isoforms
Faculty Sponsor: Deanna Koepp, GCD

Zachary Zimniewicz, Neuroscience
AFAP 110 Effects on Neurite Extension and Growth
Faculty Sponsor: Lorene Lanier, Neuroscience