UROP Grant Recipients Fall 2004
John M. Andrews, GCD
Genome Screen for Heterochronic Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans
Faculty Sponsor: Ann Rougvie, GCD
Miranda
L. Bernhardt, GCD
Investigation of the Egg-Surface Receptor for Crisp-1
Faculty Sponsor: Kenneth Roberts, Urologic Surgery
Leah
A. Brus, Biology
Effects of Wolf Pack Density on the Activity Patterns of
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Faculty Sponsor: Craig Packer, EEB
Jennie
L. Doebler, Biology
The Cellular Location of the Human APOBEC3G Protein, a Potent
Inhibitor of the AIDS Virus HIV
Faculty Sponsor: Reuben Harris, BMBB
Phil
J. Gross, Biochemistry
Identification and Characterization of DNA Ligase 1 (CDC9)
Mutations in Yeast
Faculty Sponsor: Dennis Livingston, BMBB
Curt
J. Horrigan, EEB
Effect of Snow-Pack on Litter Decomposition in Minnesota
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Hobbie, EEB
Ingrid
H. Huntley, Microbiology
Effects of Inflammation on Pre-Menopausal Cervical Epithelial
Tissue and Susceptibility to HIV Infection
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Southern, Microbiology
Christina
L. Kazemzadeh, GCD
Roles of Nuclear Receptor RORB in Neuronal Migration in the
Neocortex
Faculty Sponsor: Yasushi Nakagawa, Neuroscience
Sarah
L. Kempke, EEB
Influence of Filtering Insect Larvae on Resource Concentration
in the Lake Outflow Stream
Faculty Sponsor: Donald Alstad, EEB
Gabriela
C. Monsalve, Biochemistry
Role of PodJ in Cell Pole Localization of the Type IV Secretion
Apparatus
Faculty Sponsor: Anath Das
Jennifer
D. Moy, Biology
Idenitifaction of Insertion Sites in Genomic DNA in Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii Mutants
Carolyn Silflow, GCD
Sureni
V. Mullegama, GCD
Examining the Regulation of Stromal Derived Factor 1 (9SDF-1)
by Redox Factor 1 (REF-1) and Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF-1)
Jennifer Hall, Medicine
Clive
P. Nyauncho, Biochemistry
Identification of CRM1 Cargo Using Immunoprecipitation and
Mass Spectrometry
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Griffin, BMBB
Adetolu
O. Odufuye, Biochemistry
Cloning and Expression of the cDNA Encoding Chicken Mcm10
Faculty Sponsor: Anja Bielinsky, BMBB
Matthew
S. Painschab, GCD
Analysis of Blood Development Using Human Enbryonic Stem
Cellls Expressing the Fusion Protein AML1-ETO
Faculty Sponsor: Dan Kaufman, Medicine
Sean
P. Polster, Neuroscience
Genetic Remodeling of the Heart by Sprouty-1 Following VAD
Mechanical Unloading
Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Hall, Medicine
Leah
A. Randles, GCD
Mechanisms of Coxsackievirus B1(CVB1) Persistence
Faculty Sponsor: Patricia
Tam, Medicine
Josh
J. Rosnow, GCD
Studfish Phylogeography
Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Simons, Fisheries & Wildlife
Kyle
R. Schmitz, Biology
The Role of Rad50 in Mammalian DNA Double Strand Break Repair
Faculty Sponsor: Colin R. Campbell, Pharmacology
Daniel
B. Smith, Neuroscience
Role of NMDA Receptors in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala
in the Acute Opiate Dependence
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Gewirtz, Psychology
Kenichiro
Taniguchi, GCD
Transgenic Mouse Models of Early Heart Development
Faculty Sponsor: William Shawlot, GCD
Shana
R. Theobald, Biochemistry
Role of Dally-like Protein in Regulating Apoptosis and Wingless
Signalling in the Developing Retina of Drosophila
Faculty Sponsor: Scott Selleck, GCD
Ilya
B. Tikh, Biochemistry
Impact of hHint-1 Dimer Interface on Catalysis
Faculty Sponsor: Carston Wagner
Michael
A. Zehrer, Microbiology
Identification of Fungi from the "King Midas Tomb," Gordion,
Turkey
Faculty Sponsor: Robert Blanchette, Plant Pathology
Shaundra
L. Ziemann, Biology
Neural Mechanisms of Cancer Pain
Faculty Sponsor: Donald Simone, Oral Sciences