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Undergraduate Research Publications, Yale College Class of 2005

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NSF Graduate Fellowship winner Vanessa Wood '05 as a freshman in the laboratory of advisor Charles Ahn of Applied Physics.

Kristin Anderson '05, Geology and Geophysics , with advisor Mark Brandon of Geology and Geophysics.

	Rahl, Anderson, Brandon and Fassoulas (2005) Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: Calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 240: 339-354.

Sarah Baxter '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor Mark Gerstein of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

	Xia, Yu, Jansen, Seringhaus, Baxter, Greenbaum, Zhao and Gerstein (2004) Analyzing cellular biochemistry in terms of molecular networks. Annual Review of Biochemistry 73: 1051-1087.

Jessica Chang '05, Biology, with advisor Marina Picciotto of Psychiatry.

	Brunzell, Chang, Schneider, Olausson, Taylor and Picciotto (2006) beta 2-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in nicotine-induced increases in conditioned reinforcement but not progressive ratio responding for food in C57BL/6 mice. Psychopharmacology 184: 328-338.

Andrew Chi '05, Biology, with advisor Diane Krause of Laboratory Medicine.

	Ma, Renda, Wang, Cheng, Niu, Morris, Chi and Krause (2007) Rbm15 modulates notch-induced transcriptional activation and affects myeloid differentiation. Molecular & Cellular Biology 27: 3056-3064.

Rosaria Chiang '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor Alanna Schepartz of Chemistry.

	Guarracino, Chiang, Banks, Lear, Hodsdon and Schepartz (2006) Relationship between salt-bridge identity and 14-helix stability of beta(3)-peptides in aqueous buffer. Organic Letters 8: 807-810.

Braxton Collier '05, Mathematics and Physics, with advisor Sarbani Basu of Astronomy.

	Mazumdar, Basu, Collier and Demarque (2006) Asteroseismic diagnostics of stellar convective cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372: 949-958.

Pamela Duque '05, Architecture, with advisor John Wood of Chemistry.

	Korakas, Chaffee, Shotwell, Duque and Wood (2004) Efficient construction of the securine A carbon skeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101: 12054-12057.

Vanessa Everding '05, Biomedical Engineering, with advisor Jacek Cholewicki of Biomedical Engineering.

Reeves, Everding, Cholewicki and Morrisette (2006) The effects of trunk stiffness on postural control during unstable seated balance. Experimental Brain Research 174: 694-700.

Cholewicki, Reeves, Everding and Morrisette (2007) Lumbosacral orthoses reduce trunk muscle activity in a postural control task. Journal of Biomechanics 40: 1731-1736.

Carolina Galvao '05, Biology, with advisor Archibald Perkins of Pathology.

	Yatsula, Galvao, McCrann and Perkins (2006) Assessment of F-MuLV-induced tumorigenesis reveals new candidate tumor genes including Pecam1, St7, and Prim2. Leukemia 20: 162-165.

Yulia Gurevich '05, Physics, with advisor David DeMille of Physics.

	Kawall, Gurevich, Cheung, Bickman, Jiang and DeMille (2005) Stark-modulation spectroscopy of the B(1) [3 Pi] state of PbO. Physical Review A 72: 064501.

Matthew Harrison '05, Physics, with advisor Daniel McKinsey of Physics.

	Harrison, Lippincott, McKinsey and Nikkel (2007) Use of activated charcoal for the purification of neon in the CLEAN experiment. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A 570: 556-560.

Abigail Hawkins '05, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, with advisor Murat Gunel of Neurosurgery.

Nahed, Seker, Guclu, Ozturk, Finberg, Hawkins, DiLuna, State, Lifton and Gunel (2005) Mapping a Mendelian form of intracranial aneurysm to 1p34.3-p36.13. American Journal of Human Genetics 76: 172-179.

Nahed, Diluna, Morgan, Ocal, Hawkins, Ozduman, Kahle, Chamberlain, Amar and Gunel (2005) Hypertension, age, and location predict rupture of small intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery 57: 676-682.

Jason Hsueh '05, Applied Physics, with advisor Beth Bennett of Mechanical Engineering.

	Bennett and Hsueh (2006) Natural convection in a cubic cavity: Implicit numerical solution of two benchmark problems. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A 50: 99-123.

Mehul Kamdar '05, Electrical Engineering, with advisor Mark Reed of Electrical Engineering.

	Wang, Lee, Kamdar, Reed, Stewart, Hwang and Tour (2003) Electrical characterization of metal-molecule-silicon junctions. Superlattices & Microstructures 33: 217-226.

Ali Kooshkabadi '05, Biology, with advisor Mehran Sadeghi of Cardiology.

	Sadeghi, Krassilnikova, Zhang, Gharaei, Fassaei, Esmailzadeh, Kooshkabadi, Edwards, Yalamanchili, Harris, Sinusas, Zaret and Bender (2004) Detection of injury-induced vascular remodeling by targeting activated alpha(v)beta(3) integrin in vivo. Circulation 110: 84-90.

Joanna Lim '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor Mark Gerstein of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

	Greenbaum, Douglas, Smith, Lim, Fischer, Schultz and Gerstein (2004) Computer security in academia - a potential roadblock to distributed annotation of the human genome. Nature Biotechnology 22: 771-772.

David Lu '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor Mark Gerstein of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

Yu, Luscombe, Lu, Zhu, Xia, Han, Bertin, Chung, Vidal and Gerstein (2004) Annotation transfer between genomes: Protein-protein interologs and protein-DNA regulogs. Genome Research 14: 1107-1118.

Yu, Greenbaum, Lu, Zhu and Gerstein (2004) Genomic analysis of essentiality within protein networks. Trends in Genetics 20: 227-231.

Eric Nou '05, Biology, with advisor Amy Arnsten of Neurobiology.

Ramos, Colgan, Nou, Ovadia, Wilson and Arnsten (2005) The beta-1 adrenergic antagonist, betaxolol, improves working memory performance in rats and monkeys. Biological Psychiatry 58: 894-900.

Wang, Ramos, Paspalas, Shu, Simen, Duque, Vijayraghavan, Brennan, Dudley, Nou, Mazer, McCormick and Arnsten (2007) Alpha2A-adrenoceptors strengthen working memory networks by inhibiting cAMP-HCN channel signaling in prefrontal cortex. Cell 129: 397-410.

So-Yeon Paek '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor George Miller of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases).

	El-Guindy, Paek, Countryman and Miller (2006) Identification of constitutive phosphorylation sites on the Epstein-Barr virus ZEBRA protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281: 3085-3095.

Christopher Palma '05, Biology, with advisor Adalgisa Caccone of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

	Balmer, Palma, Macleod and Caccone (2006) Characterization of di-, tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite markers with perfect repeats for Trypanosoma brucei and related species. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 508-510.

Gregory Payne '05, Chemistry, with advisor Andrew Hamilton of Chemistry.

	Yin, Lee, Park, Payne, Rodriguez , Sebti and Hamilton (2005) Terphenyl-based helical mimetics that disrupt the p53/HDM2 interaction. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 44: 2704-2707.

Andrew Read '05, Biology, with advisor Archibald Perkins of Pathology.

	Yatsula, Lin, Read, Poholek, Yates, Yue, Hui and Perkins (2005) Identification of binding sites of EVI1 in mammalian cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 30712-30722.

Kohta Saito '05, Biology, with advisor Frank Slack of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.

	Esquela-Kerscher, Johnson, Bai, Saito, Partridge, Reinert and Slack (2005) Post-embryonic expression of C-elegans microRNAs belonging to the lin-4 and let-7 families in the hypodermis and the reproductive system. Developmental Dynamics 234: 868-877.

Nazli Saka '05, Psychology, with advisor Frank Slack of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.

	Nolde, Saka, Reinert and Slack (2007) The Caenorhabditis elegans pumilio homolog, puf-9, is required for the 3'UTR-mediated repression of the let-7 microRNA target gene, hbl-1. Developmental Biology 305: 551-63.

John Sanders '05, Chemistry, with advisor Craig Crews of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.

	Schneekloth, Sanders, Hines and Crews (2006) Neurotrophic peptide aldehydes: Solid phase synthesis of fellutamide B and a simplified analog. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 16: 3855-3858.

David Schoenfeld '05, Biology, with advisor Joseph Madri of Pathology.

Biswas, Canosa, Schoenfeld, Schoenfeld, Tucker and Madri (2003) PECAM-1 promotes beta-catenin accumulation and stimulates endothelial cell proliferation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 303: 212-218.

Biswas, Zhang, Schoenfeld, Schoenfeld, Gratzinger, Canosa and Madri (2005) Identification of the regions of PECAM-1 involved in beta- and gamma-catenin associations. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. 329: 1225-1233

Biswas, Canosa, Schoenfeld, Schoenfeld, Li, Cheas, Zhang, Cordova, Sumpio and Madri (2006) PECAM-1 affects GSK-3 beta-mediated beta-catenin phosphorylation and degradation. American Journal of Pathology 169: 314-324.

Carolina Solis '05, Biology, with advisor Michael Cappello of Pediatrics.

	Bungiro, Solis, Harrison and Cappello (2004) Purification and molecular cloning of and immunization with Ancylostoma ceylanicum excretory-secretory protein 2, an immunoreactive protein produced by adult hookworms. Infection & Immunity 72: 2203-2213.

Anh Truong '05, Chemistry, with advisor Andrew Hamilton of Chemistry.

	Davis, Truong and Hamilton (2005) Synthesis of a 2,3 ';6 ',3 ''-terpyridine scaffold as an alpha-helix mimetic. Organic Letters 7: 5405-5408.

Martin Wolff '05, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, with advisor Mark Mamula of Internal Medicine.

Yan, Wolff, Unternaehrer, Mellman and Mamula (2005) Targeting antigen to CD19 on B cells efficiently activates T cells. International Immunology 17: 869-877.

Doyle, Zhou, Wolff, Harvey, Roman, Gee, Koski and Mamula (2006) Isoaspartyl post-translational modification triggers anti-tumor T and B lymphocyte immunity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281: 32676-32683.

Vanessa Wood '05, Applied Physics, with advisors Charles Ahn of Applied Physics and Richard Casten of Physics.

Lin, Hong, Wood, Verevkin, Ahn, McKee, Walker and Specht (2001) Epitaxial growth of Pb(Zr(0.2)Ti(0.8)O(3) on Si and its nanoscale piezoelectric properties. Applied Physics Letters 78: 2034-36.

Meyer, Wood, Casten, Fitzpatrick, Graw, Bucurescu, Jolie, von Brentano, Hertenberger, Wirth, Braun, Faestermann, Heinze, Jerke, Krucken, Mahgoub, Moller, Mucher and Scholl (2006) Extensive investigation of 0(+) states in rare earth region nuclei. Physical Review C-Nuclear Physics 7404: 4309.

Damaris Yeh '05, Biology, with advisor Ronald Duman of Psychiatry.

	Madsen, Yeh, Valentine and Duman (2005) Electroconvulsive seizure treatment increases cell proliferation in rat frontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology 30: 27-34.

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