1999 HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Program at OSU
To see the abstract for each talk, click on the speaker's name.
Meadow Anderson - "Characterization of the Extracellular Protease of Pseudomonas fluorescens A506"
Sarah Andrews - "Engineering of Crown Gall Resistant Plants"
Jenny Antonissen - "Characterization of Mice Lacking the gamma - Glutamyl Transpeptidase"
Lara Colton - "Transmission of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Oncorhynchus mykiss"
Tyler Creelan - "Investigating the Role of Fas among Activated T-Cells"
Douglas Davidson - "Antiproliferative Activity of Resveratrol, a Potential Inhibitor of Ribonucleotide Reductase."
Kathrin Dunlap - "Effects of Progesterone and RU 486 on Ovine Endometrial Oxytocin Receptors "
Laurel Hall - "Survey of Chlamydial Inclusion Formation in a Range of Host Species."
Darcy Myers - "Plasma Protein Behavior at Synthetic Surfaces"
Suzanne McKenzie Miller - "Ecology and epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia"
Jill Mooney - "The Development of a Biosensor to Screen Possible Pharmaceuticals from Algal Extracts"
Tim Nam - "Differential Tolerance to Super-Elevated Temperatures in Corticolous Lichens Associated with Oregon Oak Ecosystems"
Keith Nylin - "CTP Synthetase in NDP Kinase Mutants"
Derek Rains - "Investigating a Signaling Mechanism for the Establishment of Cellular Polarity Through the Detection of Protein Interactions with the FdRacA Small GTPase"
Alicia Smith - "Suppressor of Thioredoxin Lethality Gene (stl1) Determination in Yeast"
Kristopher Spinning - "Computer Modeling to Characterize and Quantify the Secretory Biorhythms of Hypothalamic Hormones"
Cara Taormina - "Characterization of Influences Affecting Expression of pltR, a Gene Predicted to Regulate Pyoluteorin Biosynthesis."