2000-2001 Undergraduate Research Projects
| Student's Name | Project Title | Faculty Adviser |
| Dolores Bobadilla | Proteomics of yeast G proteins | Kenneth Nelson, MCDB |
| Grant Chavin | Expression of the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) in nucleus accumbens and the resulting effects on depression | Ronald Duman, Psychiatry |
| John Chen | Effects of NHE-1 deficiency on the expression of NHE, NBC, and voltage-gated sodium neuronal membrane proteins in mice | Gabriel Haddad, Pediatrics |
| Daniel Gomez | Migratory propensity of murine cytomegalovirus for the central nervous system | Jon Reuter, Comparative Med |
| Lauren Gulka | Type II diabetes: the influence of exercise on growth hormone and insulin growth factor I concentrations | Loretta DiPietro, Epid/Public Health |
| Alexander Iribarne | Studies on Slt2-dependent transcription | Michael Snyder, MCDB |
| Dustin Khiem | Anti-thrombix mechanism of S. Mansoni | Michael Cappello, Pediatrics |
| Peter Kok | Bacteriocin cloning and sequencing | Margaret Riley, E&EB |
| Johnny Kwon | Molecular immune responses of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans to bacteria and trypanosome parasites | Serap Aksoy, Epid/Public Health |
| Megan MacLeod | Heat shock proteins: Cellular superheroes in the face of environmental pollution | Michael Kashgarian, Pathology |
| Philip Mann | Sequence-mediated specificity of DNA binding orientation by TATA-box binding protein | Sean Juo, MB&B |
| Amanda McCaughey | The role of visceral adiposity in insulin resistance among older women | Loretta Dipietro, Epid/Public Health |
| Donald McCrann | Isolation of high affinity cAMP-dependent ribozymes | Ronald Breaker, MCDB |
| Nam Yong Paik | Tranfection of an epithelial cell line with a GFP-tagged truncated brush border myosin I | Mark Mooseker, MCDB |
| Ranisha Patel | The role of thalamic input on neocortical cell proliferation | Pasko Rakic, Neurobiology |
| Darashana Punglia | Role of amphiphysin 1 in synaptic vesicle recycling | Pietro De Camilli, Cell Biology |
| Yanjie Qi | Change in expression of Notch in response to injury in the cerebral cortex | Pasko Rakic, Neurobiology |
| Theresa Wang | A thorough study of the activity of the mutant D 245 M1 RNA in Escherichia coli | Sidney Altman, MCDB |
| Student's Name | Project Title | Faculty Adviser |
| Daniel Amaez | Cytogenetic analysis of exfoliated breast cells | Bonnie King, Therapeutic Radiology |
| James Bickford | Creation of a model system for studying plant resistance to tobacco mosaic virus | S.P. Dinesh-Kumar, MCDB |
| Elizabeth Bigger | Isopanepoxydone inhibition of NF-kappa B activation by disrupting NEMO homodimerization required for formation of active IKK complex | Craig Crews, MCDB |
| Whitney Bowe | Regulation of neurite growth during development in hypogravity conditions | Kenneth Nelson, MCDB |
| Douglas Cameron | Use of pcaH and G mutation rates to examine the effect of mutS on point mutation and deletion repair in Acenetobacter | L.N. Orston, MCDB |
| Pietro Canetta | An analysis of the BEHAB promoter | Susan Hockfield, Neurobiology |
| Faye Chao | Activity-dependent growth of specific motor neurons | Robert Kalb, Neurology |
| Sophie Chheang | K-ras involvement in cell proliferation in B3-expressing LNCaP prostate cancer cells | Lucia Languino, Pathology |
| Alice Chen | Investigating P34 | Craig Crews, MCDB |
| Nora Cheung | Optimization of retroviral gene transfer into human dermal microvascular endothelial cells | Jordan Pober, Pathology |
| Christina Ching | A study of the pathogenesis of MHV-Y coronavirus | James Macy, Comparative Medicine |
| Jonathan Criss | Design of miniature proteins that bind DNA with high affinity and specificity | Alanna Schepartz, Chemistry |
| Amber Cruzado | Mechanism of developmental arrest in Aedes aegypti mosquito | Liangbiao Zheng, Epid/Public Health |
| Geraldine Daumerie | Role of Hsp90 and e-NOS interaction in blood vessel permeability | William Sess, Pharmacology |
| Lara Devgan | Analysis of FlhB, a flagellar export protein involved in substrate-specific switching | Robert Macnab, MB&B |
| Daniel Folkinshteyn | Study of outer hair cell molecular motor | Joseph Santos-Sacchi, Surgery (Otolaryngology) |
| Ashley Friedman | Allosteric selection and characterization of a cAMP RNA molecular switch | Ronald Breaker, MCDB |
| Elizabeth Gardner | Factors and mechanisms of recovery from ambulatory knee surgery | Jeannette Ickovics, Epid/Public Health |
| Andrew Goodwillie | Influence of dopamine D1 receptors in the basolateral amygdala on the expression of amphetamine conditioned place preference | Mark Packard, Psychology |
| Brendon Graeber | The localization of two novel proteins at the cell surface of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans in response to external osmolarity occurs during a specific phase of exponential growth | Margaret Hostetter, Pediatrics |
| Nancy Han | The making of a rabbit anti-mouse antibody specific for tssp | Jeffrey Gruen, Pediatrics |
| Catherine Hannan | The role of survivin in inhibition of anoxia-induced apoptosis | Michael Kashgarian, Pathology |
| Alexia Harrist | Molecular markers of aging in mice lacking the beta-2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor | Marina Picciotto, Psychiatry |
| Daniel Hernandez | Trk B, CAM KII and cGMP roles in pre- and post-synaptic neuronal growth | Robert Kalb, Neurology |
| Daphne Hsu | Role of lymphotoxin/tumor necrosis factor family in the development of NALT | Nancy Ruddle, Epid/Public Health |
| Powell Jose | Characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific to the ?1c integrin cytoplasmic domain variant | Lucia Languino, Pathology |
| Roopa Kalyanaraman | Construction and replication of recombinant HIV-1 containing unusual p17gag sequences isolated from a pediatric long term nonprogressor | Louis Alexander, Epid/Public Health |
| Lori Kang | Sex-related difference in the response of cardiac fibroblasts to oxidative stress | Mahboubeh Eghbali-Webb,Anesthesiology |
| Sarah Kelsey | Aging-related changes in levels of calbindin d28K in the perirhinal cortex of adult rats | Thomas Brown, Psychology |
| Lee Kiang | In vivo determination of substrate sequence specificity for a mitogen activated protein kinase in yeast | Henrik Dohlman, Pharmacology |
| Eric Kim | Utilizing ultrasonic vocalization and freezing behavior as indices of fear conditioning to expose sex and strain differences | Jeansok Kim, Psychology |
| John Kim | Protective immunity to an Osp A based lyme disease vaccine in CD1d deficient mice | Linda Bockenstedt, Int Med (Rheumatology) |
| Krystal Kim | DNA polymorphisms in human populations | Kenneth Kidd, Genetics |
| Min Koo | TCP-1 binding domain in dactylin | Hui Zhang, Genetics |
| Isolde Krummrich | The identification and isolation of the serine protease, Gsp 30, differentially expressed in non-teneral midgut of Glossina mortisans mortisans | Serap Aksoy, Epid/Public Health |
| Angela Kuhnen | Analysis of Drosophila neuroserpin expression during development | Haig Keshishian, MCDB |
| Jaime Le | Saccaromyces cerevisiae G protein interactions | Kenneth Nelson, MCDB |
| Jason Lee | An analysis of murine lymphoid neogenesis through induction of lymphotoxin ?? expression by the rat insulin promoter | Nancy Ruddle, Epid/Public Health |
| Michelle Ju Yoon Lee | Identification of annexin isoforms in tracheal smooth muscle of guinea pigs | Steven Segal, Physiology |
| Nancy Levy | The role of calcium-sensing receptors in regulation of parathyroid hormone-related protein | John Wysolmerski, Int Med (Endocrinology) |
| Patrick McConville | The variation in knee trauma associated with anterior cruciate ligament tears among different sports | Barry Goldberg, Univ Health Srvcs |
| Alexandra Miller | The role of subcortical white matter neurons in temporal lobe epilepsy | Charles Greer, Neurosurgery |
| Milan Milenkovic | Ca+2 channel expression in normal and axotomized sensory neurons | Joel Black, Neurology |
| Elizabeth Morrison | In vitro selection of cGMP-dependent ribozymes | Ronald Breaker, MCDB |
| Shibani Mukerji | Probabilistic classification and motor learning in patients with anxiety disorders | Bradley Peterson, Child Study Ctr |
| Josh Mukhopadhyay | Mondodominant ecosystems and their impacts on forest management: the case of Guadua weberbaueri in southeastern Peru | Mark Ashton, F&ES |
| Sarah Nyante | An investigation of alternate transcripts of the c-fms gene | Barry Kacinski, Ther Radiology |
| Allison O'Neill | Molecular regulation of calcium signaling | Michael Nathanson, Int Med (Digestive Disease) |
| Sumitra Paul | The presence of annexin VI in bovine tracheal smooth muscle: an immunohistochemical study | Steven Segal, Physiology |
| Sara Perkins | Co-localization: new techniques using fast blue and Di-I | Robert Kalb, Neurology |
| Abigail Phillips | Developing a safety system for gene therapy using the BAX apoptotic gene | Michael Ripps, Lab Med |
| Tonguc Pinar | A mutational analysis of four circadian rhythm candidate genes in the context of affective disorder | Joel Gelernter, Psychiatry |
| Ruma Rajbhandari | Identifying key amino acids in the 73NTM2 part of the motor domain of a Class V myosin, Myo2p, in budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Mark Mooseker, MCDB |
| Michael Reeves | Renal function following high intensity supine exercise in humans | Gary Mack, Epid/Public Health |
| Kristin Rising | Nicotine as an antidepressant | Marina Picciotto, Psychiatry |
| Deanna Sahady | Granulocyte nicotine receptor densities and neurocognitive function in schizophrenics | Tony George, Psychiatry |
| Timothy Saunders | Arabidopsis-cucumber mosaic virus interaction | S.P. Dinesh-Kumar, MCDB |
| Brad Shy | Abnormal physiology in the fusiform gyrus in autism and related disorders: a structural MRI study |
Robert Schultz, Child Study Center |
| Grace So | An improved genetic screen designed to identify proteins secreted by the Legionella Dot/Icm transporter | Craig Roy, Microbial Pathogenesis |
| Lucia Somberg | Construction of Acinetobacter calcoacticus strains for the study of protocatechuate and quinate metabolism | L.N. Ornston, MCDB |
| Divya Srivastava | High-Copy Suppressor Analysis of Various TRAPP Subunits Involved in ER-to-Golgi Traffic | Susan Ferro-Novick, Cell Biology |
| Amy Stoddard | Investigation of lung inflammation in asthma | Lauren Cohn, Int Med (Pulmonary) |
| Shashi Strand | The role of AMPK in exercise-induced muscle adaptations | Gerald Shulman, Int Med (Endocrinology) |
| Vairavan Subramanian | Locating the genetic cause of IgA nephropathy | Richard Lifton, Genetics |
| Marietta Tan | Effects of neonatal handling on stress response in fear conditioning | Jeansok Kim, Psychology |
| Tasha Tanhehco | Image analysis of SPECT and MRI brain scans of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced seizures in depressed patients | Hal Blumenfeld, Neurology |
| Edward Teng | Enhancement of binding affinity effeciency for cGMP based allosteric ribozyme biosensor via in vitro evolution and selection | Ronald Breaker, MCDB |
| Krishanti Vignarajah | Flagella protein and its variations in leishmania | Diane McMahon-Pratt, Epid/Public Health |
| Marissa Wagner | Dimerization and oligomerization in platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) | Joseph Madri, Pathology |
| Janet Yang | Effects of mutations in Drosophila myosin-Ib on the cytoskeletal organization of the fly intestinal brush border | Mark Mooseker, MCDB |