Recent Topics of Undergraduate Research

• Creation of deletion mutant in conjunction with homology modeling for analysis of structure-function relationship of Escherichia coli ogt2
• Regulation of E. coli fis trancription by integration host factor
• Induction of Constitutive Expression of the Anaerobic Gene ANB1 in Sacchaaromyces cerevisiae
• Recombinational repair of double-stranded breaks in E. coli DNA is induced by 6-N-Hydroxylaminopurine (HAP)
• Testis-expressed chromatin protein evolution in primates
• Transcription Regulatory Factors f7or Stress (Heat-shock) Genes in Archaea
• A 3EC Heat Stress Affects the Copulation Success of Drosophila melanogaster
• Successional Trajectories and Land Use History of the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, New York
• Evolution of the 5' promoter region in the lysozyme gene of primates7
• Separation and analysis of the à and subunits of C-Phycoerythrin fromPhormidium persicinum by ion exchange chromatography
• Temperature sensitivity anlaysis of site-directed random mutants of residues pro 76 and Gly 77 in the loop D region of Iso-1-Cytochrome c
• Stimulation of Fis epxression in various growth media
• Restriction of Fe RII isoforms on NK cells
• Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of old world monkeys
• Biodistribution and clearance kinetics of Tc-99m labeled dextran as used in the detection of thromboembolic disease
• Effect of tup1 mutations on the expression of ROX1
• Macrophage viability following phagocytosis of erythrocytes an oxidant stress
• Sequencing and anaysis of a novel mouse genomic region regulating morphology, tumorigenicity and differentiation of ec cells
• Self regulation of I-Tev I and I-Tev II in bacteriophage T4
• Effects of ethanol on plus-maze behavior in six mouse stocks
• Evaluation of effects of opioids and opioid like compounds on rat vas deferens (honors thesis)
• Studying genes that make pollen
• Molecular plumbers in the blood circulatory system
• Mapping and analysis of genes
• Identifying genes that control sensitivity to toxins
• "Learning" among and from the fruit flies
• How to measure learning in fruitflies
• Migrations of epithelial cells in the lung
• Compatiability of plasmids and genes
• Distinguishing traits of DNA coils
• Why gene complexes are polymorphic
• Mutations in mice
• Polypeptide recognition by immune reactions
• Consequences of mutation in viruses of bacteria
• Lunching among the social animals exposes the realities of life
• Turning off regeneration with a cue-type stimulus
• Cell behavior in the early stages of cancer
• Genetic control of female functions in mice
• How defective genes translate
• Taste and other sensors in the tail
• The ideal "hunk" is under genetic control in mice
• How female mice select a mate
• Tracing axons in goldfish
• The utility of non-biological models in ecology
• Feeding and digestion in protozoans
• Studying pathogenicity with inbred mice