2002 HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Program at OSU
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Brigit Adamus - “Maternal to Fetal Vitamin E Transmission”
Joey Aubert - “Localization of the CB1 Receptor in the Brain of Taricha granulose”
Marie Banta - “Characterization of G9R: A Myristylated Vaccinia Virus Protein”
Valerie Bomben - “Motor Neuron Death in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”
Jordan Boutilier - “Elucidation of a Physiological 8-oxo-dGTPase for Mut T in Escherichia coli”
Sara Breitenbach - “Chaperones in Chlamydial Biology”
Loren Brown - “dNTP Concentrations at Different Parts of the Cell Cycle”
Anne Marie Corgan - “Molecules that Regulate Cell to Matrix Adhesion”
Rachelle Hasson - “Determination of Essential Amino Acids Required for VirE1/VirE2 Interaction by Mutagenesis”
Jessica Horrell - “Temperature-Dependent Development in the Introduced European Crane Fly, Tipula oleracea”
Anna Hsu - “Modifications of Plasmid Substrates for Study of Human DNA Mismatch in vitro”
Robyn Ikehara (pdf document) - “Protein-Protein Interactions Involving T4 Thymidine Kinase”
Zeb Jones - “Retinoic Acid Receptors Unfurled, a Protein Folding Study”
Amber Leis - “A New Method for Selection of Recombinants in Prokaryotic Systems”
Danielle Leiske - “Viscoelastic Properties of Equine Synovial Fluid and Hyaluronic Acid”
Ying Liu - “Characterizing Female and Male Sterile Mutants in Drosophila melanogaster”
Mike Llewellyn - “Force-Velocity Constraints on the Dynamics of Acceleration”
Jamie Miller - “Interactions of the GST-MutY Fusion Protein”
Coral Nash - “Cell Regulation by Proteins and Lipid Molecules”
Christine Neou (PowerPoint file) - “The Maize ropD Gene”
Binh Nguyen - “Age-related Changes in Cardiac Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein-3”
Brett Palama - “Mutagenesis and Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of HNPCC”
Heather Parsons - “Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Human Cells In Culture”
James Proestos - “Calmodulin and Phosphorylase Interaction”
Maggie Rector - “Isolation and Characterization of Small RNAs from Arabidopsis Inflorescence Tissue”
Kristine Reid - “Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Mesofauna in a Managed Grassland Ecosystem”
Chelsea Samaniego Meltzer - “Streptomycin Resistance of Erwinia amylovora in Oregon”
John Schenk - John Schenk (Aaron Liston) “Distinction of Species in the Genus Synthyris (Scrophulariaceae)
Matthew Scott - “Characterization of a Chlamydia Cell Wall Hydrolase”
Tom Sharpton - “The Effect of Light Intensity on Sym 32 Expression in Anthopleura elegantissima”
Azure Spitser - “The Role of Chromosomal Tension in Cell Cycle Checkpoint Control”
Tak Suyama - “Development of a Nucleic Acid Binding Drug Specific for RNA and Biomimetic Synthesis of a Natural Compound”
Solyssa Visalli - “Impact of Episodic Stormwater Events on the Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Portland Harbor, Oregon”
Rebecca Williams - “Low Molecular Weight CoA Compounds in the Aging Rat Heart”
Thom Young - “Effects of Nearshore Oceanography on the Recruitment of Oregon Reef Fish”