2002 HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Program at OSU
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BrigitAdamus - “Maternal to Fetal Vitamin E Transmission”
JoeyAubert - “Localization of the CB1 Receptor in the Brain of Taricha granulose”
MarieBanta - “Characterization of G9R: A Myristylated Vaccinia Virus Protein”
ValerieBomben - “Motor Neuron Death in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”
JordanBoutilier - “Elucidation of a Physiological 8-oxo-dGTPase for Mut T in Escherichia coli”
SaraBreitenbach - “Chaperones in Chlamydial Biology”
LorenBrown - “dNTP Concentrations at Different Parts of the Cell Cycle”
AnneMarieCorgan - “Molecules that Regulate Cell to Matrix Adhesion”
RachelleHasson - “Determination of Essential Amino Acids Required for VirE1/VirE2 Interaction by Mutagenesis”
JessicaHorrell - “Temperature-Dependent Development in the Introduced European Crane Fly, Tipula oleracea”
AnnaHsu - “Modifications of Plasmid Substrates for Study of Human DNA Mismatch in vitro”
Robyn Ikehara (pdf document) - “Protein-Protein Interactions Involving T4 Thymidine Kinase”
ZebJones - “Retinoic Acid Receptors Unfurled, a Protein Folding Study”
AmberLeis - “A New Method for Selection of Recombinants in Prokaryotic Systems”
DanielleLeiske - “Viscoelastic Properties of Equine Synovial Fluid and Hyaluronic Acid”
YingLiu - “Characterizing Female and Male Sterile Mutants in Drosophila melanogaster”
MikeLlewellyn - “Force-Velocity Constraints on the Dynamics of Acceleration”
JamieMiller - “Interactions of the GST-MutY Fusion Protein”
CoralNash - “Cell Regulation by Proteins and Lipid Molecules”
ChristineNeou (PowerPoint file) - “The Maize ropD Gene”
BinhNguyen - “Age-related Changes in Cardiac Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein-3”
BrettPalama - “Mutagenesis and Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of HNPCC”
HeatherParsons - “Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Human Cells In Culture”
JamesProestos - “Calmodulin and Phosphorylase Interaction”
MaggieRector - “Isolation and Characterization of Small RNAs from Arabidopsis Inflorescence Tissue”
KristineReid - “Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Mesofauna in a Managed Grassland Ecosystem”
ChelseaSamaniegoMeltzer - “Streptomycin Resistance of Erwinia amylovora in Oregon”
JohnSchenk - John Schenk (Aaron Liston) “Distinction of Species in the Genus Synthyris (Scrophulariaceae)
MatthewScott - “Characterization of a Chlamydia Cell Wall Hydrolase”
TomSharpton - “The Effect of Light Intensity on Sym 32 Expression in Anthopleura elegantissima”
AzureSpitser - “The Role of Chromosomal Tension in Cell Cycle Checkpoint Control”
TakSuyama - “Development of a Nucleic Acid Binding Drug Specific for RNA and Biomimetic Synthesis of a Natural Compound”
SolyssaVisalli - “Impact of Episodic Stormwater Events on the Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Portland Harbor, Oregon”
RebeccaWilliams - “Low Molecular Weight CoA Compounds in the Aging Rat Heart”
ThomYoung - “Effects of Nearshore Oceanography on the Recruitment of Oregon Reef Fish”