Undergraduate Research Program 2010

Student	Research Project (Click on the Title for abstract)
Ana Castro Clark University Mentor: Dr. Rosemary Stuart	Localization of Yeast ADP/ATP Carrier Proteins Tagged with GFP
Kelly Culhane St. Olaf College Mentor: Dr. Michelle Mynlieff	Activation of GABAB Receptors Enhances Calcium Influx Through Voltage Dependent Channels
Jessica Felthousen Mary Mount University Mentor: Dr. Stephen Downs	Involvement of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Preimplantation Embryonic Development in the Mouse
Catherine Hamilton Hiram College Mentor: Dr. Gail Waring	Investigating Potential Targets of Pipe-ST2 in the Eggshell Proteins of Drosophila melanogaster
Colleen Kearney Marquette University Mentor: Dr. James Maki	Alternative DNA Extraction Methods Affect the Detectable Methanogen Diversity in an Anaerobic Digester
Kendall Knight Louisiana State University Mentors: Dr. Edward Blumenthal	Fertility and Embryogenesis in Drosophila Affected by the Drop-Dead Gene
Catalina Martinez Alma College Mentors: Dr. Allison Abbott	Loss of miR-52 Suppresses Developmental Timing Defects Caused by Reduced Activity of Genes Involved in Pre-microRNA nuclear export in C. elegans
Elise Pellmann Marquette University Mentors: Dr. Martin St. Maurice	Construction of a Monomeric Streptavidin AffinityResin for the Purification of Biotin-Dependent Enzymes
Latarsha Porcher Oberlin College Mentor: Dr. James Anderson	The Phenotypic Effect of a Mutatioin in Air2's Fifth Zinc Knuckle Domain
Nick Rukamp Marquette University Mentor: Dr. Thomas Eddinger	Regulation of Smooth Muscle: Physiological Properties and Morphological Differences of Circular and Longitudinal Ileum and Colon Tissues
Erinn Sanstead Loras College Mentor: Dr. Thomas Eddinger	Regulation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Contraction by Phosphorylation of CPI-17 via the Rock and PKC Signaling Pathways
Tayler Sheahan Marquette University Mentor: Dr. Edward Blumenthal	Female Sterility and Comprised Eggshell Integrity of Drop-dead Mutants in Drosophila melanogaster
Jackson Sorensen Marquette University Program Mentor: Dr. James Maki	Analysis of dsrAB in a Low Sulfate Anaerobic Digester Indicates a Reduced Diversity of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
Allison Webb Marquette University Program Mentor: Dr. Allison Abbott	Analysis of miR-237 Expression in C. elegans following Knockdowns of Candidate Transcription Factors

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