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 Independent Research (395) Registered in Fall ‘08


Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
Independent Research (395) Registered in Fall ‘08
(In order by Subject Area)
Course Subject Area
Student (Class / Major)
Research Title
Mentor
Department
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Justin Boucher '10 BMB
Steve Georas
Pulmonary Critical Care
Unit M&D
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Anjali Chandra ‘09 BBC/HIS
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Elodie Coutinho Fernandes
‘09 BBC
“LPA2 Receptor as an Important
Component of the IL-12 Negative
Feedback Mechanism”
”The Role of N-Terminal Acetylation in
ssa1p”
“Generation of CBF5p Mutants for the
Study of Box H/ACA RNP Function”
Bogdan
Polevoda
Yi-Tao Yu
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Matthew Golder '10 CHM
Jeffey Hayes
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Steffen John Haider ‘09
BBC
Jason Heath '10 BBC
“Effects of H2A Variant Containing
Nucleosomes on Linker Histone H1
Binding”
“Independent Research”
Eric Phizicky
“Characterization of TIA-1 U20 RNA”
Clara L.
Kielkopf
Patricia Hinkle
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Pharmacology /
Physiology
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Andrea Jakubowski ‘09
BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Megan E Jenkins ‘09 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Aja Ezgi Kalkanoglu ‘09
BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Molly Elizabeth Kelly ‘09
BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Duk Soo Kim '10 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Kelly Sullivan '10 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Sarah Sushchyk '10 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Kevin Thomas Van Bortle
‘09 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Chase Weidmann ‘09 BBC
BCH 395 (Biochemistry)
Sarah Wessel '10 BBC
BIO 395 (Biology)
“Structural Characterization of the
Melanocorin 2 Receptor MRAP
Dependence of Surface Expression and
Signaling Activity”
“Correlation Studies of the Protein
Fluctuations of Three Different GPCRs”
Alan M.
Grossfield
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
“Effects of Estrogen Receptor (ER) Ligands
Intracellular Levels of Era”
Mesut Muyan
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
“Isolation of Suppressors of Yeast trm44-Δ
tan1-Δ dus2-Δ Mutants and of trm44-Δ
tan1-Δ trm4-Δ Mutants”
“Overexpression of Eukaryotic NAcetyltransferases in Bacterial Systems”
Eric Phizicky
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Bogdan
Polevoda
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
“Identification of Potential Dimerization Deficient Mutants of the Ste2p G ProteinCoupled Receptor of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae”
“Blocking CGRP Receptor in MDA 231 BR
Breast Cancer Cells”
Mark Dumont
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Edward Brown
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Jeffery Hayes
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Elizabeth
Grayhack
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Mark Dumont
Biochemistry /
Biophysics
Mindy Lynn Altemose ‘09
BMG
“Development of Cysteine Reactivity Assay
to Monitor H2B:H4 Interface Stability in a
Nucleosome”
“Probing the Mechanism of Codon Specific
Effects on Translation in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae: a Search for Evidence of CoTranslational Decay of mRNA”
“Identification of Potential Dimerization Deficient Mutants of the Ste2p G ProteinCoupled Receptor of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae”
“DPP / BMP Signaling and Evolution of
BMP-Chordin Axis”
David Lambert
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Margaret Grace Ball '11 SA
/ ANT
“Survey of Apple and Aronia Diversity in
the University of Rochester Woodlands”
Justin Ramsey
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Matthew Brockway ‘09 BMG
“The Molecular Characterization of Ten
Klar Alleles”
Michael Welte
Biology
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Course Subject Area
Student (Class / Major)
Research Title
Mentor
Department
BIO 395 (Biology)
Michael W Cypress '10
BMG
Nitasha Dhiman '11 BIO
“RNA Localization Elements in Llyanassa
Embryos”
“Observing the Distribution of Aronia and
P. malus Trees in the University of
Rochester Woodlands”
“NHEJ Repair in Aging Organisms”
David Lambert
Biology
Justin Ramsey
Biology
Vera
Gorbunova
Vera
Gorbunova
Biology
Elaine Sia
Biology
Allen Orr
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
BIO 395 (Biology)
BIO 395 (Biology)
Stephanie Maia Enner '11
UNC
NICHOLAS Farris '10 BMG
“DNA Double Strand Break Repair by NonHomologous End Joining Becomes Less
Efficient as Humans Age”
“The Role of Rad27p in Mitochondrial Base
Excision Repair in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae”
“Courtship Difference Between Drosophila
sechellia and D. mauritiana”
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Catelyn Halusic '10 BMG /
SP
BIO 395 (Biology)
David Thaddeus Liebers ‘09
HIS/BEB
BIO 395 (Biology)
BIO 395 (Biology)
“Assembly Of 30s Ribosomal Subunit”
“Evolution Research”
Gloria Culver
John Werren
Biology
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Dana Lord ‘09 BBC
Marisa Dias Mendes ‘09
BMG
Alison Ossip-Klein '10 UNC
“Independent Research Fall 2008-UR
Woodlands Big Tree Analysis”
Justin Ramsey
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Sima Patel '11 BBC
Elaine Sia
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Gabriel Joseph Perreault
'11 BIO
John Werren
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Benjamin Sabari '10 BMG
“Analysis of APN1 and RAD27’s Role in
Mitochondrial Base Excision Repair in S.
cerevisiae”
“Hybrid Incompatibility Between N.
vitripennis and N. giraulti: The Role of
ATPD”
“The Efficiency of Non Homologous End
Joining in Human Cells Decreases as a
Process of Organismal Aging (Hypothesis)”
Vera
Gorbunova
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Stephen Supoyo '10 BMG
Heinrich Jasper
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Justin Sysol ‘09 BEB
“RNAi Knockdown of Genes Implicated in
Mouse Tumorigenesis and of Genes
Differentially Expressed at High Levels in
Drosophila Intestinal Stem Cells Reveals
that Many Play Important Roles in
Drosophila Posterior Midgut Maintenance”
“Hybrid Incompatibility Between Two
Species of Nasonia Wasps: Is the
Mitochondrial Ribosome Involved?”
John Werren
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
Laney J Widener ‘09
BIO/RLS
Justin Ramsey
Biology
BIO 395 (Biology)
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Andrew Zhu '10 PSY
Ritesh Agnihothri '10 BIO
“Tree Diversity in Urban Woodlands: The
Distribution of the Castanea dentata
(American Chestnut)”
“Independent Study in Plant Ecology”
“NF - kB in Skin Disease”
Justin Ramsey
Brian Poligone
Biology
Dermatology M&D
Neha Arora ‘09 BIO/HIS
“Antigenic Reactivity of Auto Reactive 964
Antibodies in SLE & HIV”
Ignacio Sanz
Immunology/Rheum
Unit M&D
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Matthew Au ‘09 BMG
“Independent Research on Cool-1
Glioblastoma Multiformes”
Mark Noble
Department of
Biomedical
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Course Subject Area
Student (Class / Major)
Research Title
Mentor
Department
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Stephanie Marie Barnoff ‘09
PSY
“Profile of Microglia Surrounding Plaques in
a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease in
the Context of Neuroinflammation”
Michael
O’Banion
Neurology & Anatomy
M&D
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Richard Louis Dubois ‘09
BIO
Henry Garcia ‘09 BMG
“Molecular Biology Research”
Jiyong Zhao
“Filbrillarin Functions in D. melanogaster”
Willis Li
Department of
Biomedical
Biomedical Genetics
Stephanie Herrlinger '10
BIO
“Induced Sustained Striatal Neurogenesis
As Treatment Strategy For Huntington’s
Disease: Construction Of A Lentiviral
Shuttle For Sustained Overexpression Of
BDNF.”
Richard Glor
Biology
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Dayo Emmanuel Lukula ‘09
BIO
Asnaketch Negussie ‘09
BIO
“Dengue Virus”
Xia Jin
Xia Jin
IND 395 (Med Ctr
Research)
Rachel Simpson ‘09 BMB
“Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial
Cells’ permissiveness to Dengue Virus
Infection”
“Dengue Virus Type 2 Infection Of CV-1
and Vero Cells”
Infectious Disease Unit
M&D
Infectious Disease Unit
M&D
Xia Jin
Infectious Disease Unit
M&D
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
Chris Hergott ‘09 BBC
Kim Baek
Microbiology &
Immunology M&D
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
Andrew Kim '11 CHM
David Topham
Micro. Center Vaccine
Biology Immunology
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
Drew Allan Phillips ’08 BMB
“Steady State and Pre-Steady State
Kinetics of the L409M PFU Polymerase
Mutant and ITS Exonuclease Domain
Variants”
“Either Random or Pre-Destined: A Look
at the Immune Response by
Immunohistochemistry on ParaffinEmbedded and Frozen Tissue”
“Oxidative Stress and Damage in the Oral
Pathogen Streptococcus mutans”
Robert Marquis
Microbiology &
Immunology M&D
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
Stefanie Ashley Trop ’09
BMB, MUS
“Radioprotection by Targeted SIRNA
Delivery to Salivary Gland”
Stephen
Dewhurst
Microbiology &
Immunology M&D
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
MBI 395 (Microbiology /
Immunology)
Jennifer (Wing-Wah) Tsang
‘09 PSY
Victoria Vignare '10 BMG
“Vibrio Cholerae VSP-II Excision and
Transfer”
“The Selection and Production of
Fibronectin Monobodies that Show Specific
Binding to a Variety of Antibodies”
Michelle
Dziejman
Mark A.
Sullivan
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
Mihir Buch '10 BNS
“Anatomical Analysis of the Visual System
and Reaction Times for Sensing Stimuli”
Robert Doty
Microbiology &
Immunology M&D
Biochemistry &
Biophysics
Center for Oral Biology
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Ave. KMRB G-9627
Neurobiology and
Anatomy M&D
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
Aynsley Welsh Duncan ‘09
BNS
Woong Hwang '11 UNC
Microdialysis at the NBFC
Troy Zarcone
Environmental Medicine
“Does Tau Self-Association Lead to Tau
Toxicity”
“The EZ Diffusion Model Analysis of
Proximity Effect”
“Bimodal Integration in MSTd to Compute
Self-Movement”
Gail Johnson
Anesthesiology M&D
Voyko Kavcic
Cognitive Behavioral
Neurology
Brain & Cognitive
Sciences
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
Eve Privman ‘09 BNS /
CHM
“Astrocyte Health and Function”
David Rempe
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
Ajit Rao '10 BBC
“Real-time in situ Kinetics of Dopamine
Transporter Hyperactivity Induced by
Platelet Activating Factor (PAF)”
Harris A
Gelbard
Kwang Jun Lee ‘09 BNS
Kwang Jun Lee ‘09 BNS
Gregory
Deangelis
Neurology/Ctr Neural
Development &
Disorders
Neurology Pediatrics
M&D
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Course Subject Area
Student (Class / Major)
Research Title
Mentor
Department
NSC 395 (Brain &
Neuroscience)
PHP 395
(Pharmacology &
Physiology)
Aaron Prasad Varghese '10
BNS
David Reiner '10 BNS
“Neural Circuitry Zebra Finch”
Raphael
Pinaud
Suzanne Haber
Brain and Cognitive
Sciences
Pharmacology &
Physiology
“The Dopamine-Habenula Connection”
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