Student Research Projects - 2007

Ashley Albrecht
Epistasis analysis between UV sensitive histone H3 mutants and the post replication repair pathway
Advisor: Jeff Thompson

Elaine Binkley
Evolutionary and functional analysis of the cis-regulatory region of SM50 in sea urchins
Advisor: Laura Allison Romano

Andrew Bishop
Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Trio by Abelson Tyrosine Kinase
Advisor: Eric C. Liebl

Katie Dean
Neurotactin Structure/Function Assay and Localizing Dominant Enhancers of trio
Advisor: Eric C. Liebl

Jonathan Horn
Suburban habitat fragmentation: effects on territory size and density of forest interior birds
Advisor: Tom D. Schultz

Jenna McCroskey
Molecular characterization of dominant enhancers of the trio mutant phenotype in Drosophila
Advisor: Eric C. Liebl

Meg Richardson
How do antennule movement patterns change during regeneration in the crayfish Orconectes sanbornii?
Advisor: Kristina Stafford Mead

Laurel Symes
Polychromatism and Sex Identity Signals in the Damselfly Genus Enallagma
Advisor: Tom D. Schultz

Andrew Terlecky
The effects of mosquitofish and ammonium nitrate on green frog tadpoles Rana clamitans: a mesocosm experiment
Advisor: Geoff Smithz

Amrita Vavilikolanu
Expression of p63 isoforms in cancerous bladder tissue
Advisor: Lina Yoo

Ben Bring
A study of odonate community development, habitat preferences, and colonization among ponds and artificial wetlands at Dawes Arboretum
Advisor: Tom D. Schultz

Chih-ling Chou
Identification of Low-copy Nuclear genes in the Grape Ferns Sceptridium (Ophioglossaceae)
Advisor: Warren Hauk

Andrea Crabb
An Examination of GacA as a biofilm and protease regulator in Burkholderia cenocepacia
Advisor: Christine Weingart

Chris Dayer
Effect of Pond on the Development of Bufo americanus tadpoles
Advisor: Geoff Smith

Margery Evans
Combinatorial Effects of Histone H4 Lysine Acetylation on UV-Induced DNA Damage Repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor: Jeff Thompson

Becky Geyer
Effects of glyphosate formulations and nutrient enrichment on mosquitofish and zooplankton: a mesocosm experiment
Advisor: Geoff Smith

Melissa Kennedy
Initial plant community assembly and soil variation in a newly created central Ohio mitigation wetland
Advisor: Spieles

Alexa Lindley
Regulation of p21 in PTEN-deficient Cells
Advisor: Lina Yoo

Kate Seymour
Examination of an osmotically-regulated integrase in Burkholderia cenocepacia
Advisor: Christine Weingart

Katie Sparks
The Evolutionary Origin of the Alabama Grapefern Sceptridium jenmanii (Ophioglossaceae)
Advisor: Warren Hauk

Gretchen White
Third Year Survey of the Breeding Population of the Spotted Salamander and their Habitat
Advisor: Rebecca N. Homan