Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards Announced
The University presented its 10th annual showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creativity on April 20 at the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom. The showcase highlighted student projects in Research, Creative Arts and Design. Students in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, took many top honors in the showcase. A listing of winners and all participants from the College follows.
2004 Undergraduate Research Symposium Winners
Highest Honors
- Jared Bodecker, Microbiology – Copper Chaperones in Arabidopsis thaliana. Inter-cellular Copper Trafficking Uptake, Delivery and Regulations ( Faculty Mentor – Julia Inamine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology (MIP))
- Sukantha Chandrasekaran, Microbiology – Characterization of a Major Cell Wall Lipid in Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (Faculty Mentor – Julia Inamine, MIP)
- Sheridan Potter, Animal Science (primary), and Microbiology (secondary) – The Physics of Cutmarks (Faculty Mentor – Lawrence Todd, Anthropology)
High Honors
- Starsa Duskin, Microbiology – Comparative Lipidomics of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis vs. subsp. avium (Faculty Mentor – Julia Inamine, MIP)
- Rebecca Kruchten, Microbiology – Acetylcholine Esterase Monitoring in Mosquitoes (Faculty Mentor – Nancy Duteau, MIP)
- Dalene Mmopi, Microbiology – Identification of Sequences in the 3' UTR of Sindbis Virus Responsible for RNA Stabilization in Mosquito Cells (Faculty Mentor - Jeffrey Wilusz, MIP)
- Cassie Olsen, Microbiology – Creation of an endA Mutant Strain in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Using Gene Replacement (Faculty Mentor – Roxann Karkhoff-Schweizer, MIP)
- Kelsey Schmidt, Microbiology – Development and Characterization of an Anti-bat Antiserum and its Implementation in Screening for Rabies Antibody in Bats via ELISA and IFA (Faculty Mentor – Richard Bowen, Department of Biomedical Sciences)
- Chelsea Zimmerman, Microbiology (primary), Biochemistry (secondary) – Third Metacarpal Condyle Bone Mineral Density in Relation to Equine Condylar Fractures (Faculty Mentor, Christopher Kawcak, Department of Clinical Sciences)
CVMBS College Honors
- Toni Nagy, Microbiology – The Emb Proteins in Mycobacterium smegmatis (Faculty Mentor – Delphi Chatterjee, MIP)
Other Microbiology Student Participants
- Gina Bueche, Microbiology – Integrating Microbiology into Sixth Grade Science (Faculty Mentor – Erica Suchman, MIP)
- Davina Carter, Microbiology – The Polyadenylation Motifs of AeDNV (Faculty Mentor – Erica Suchman, MIP)
- Malena Doehling, Microbiology – The Longevity Effects of Aedes Densonucleosis Virus (AeDNV) Infections in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes (Faculty Mentor – Erica Suchman, MIP)
- Nicole Duchsherer, Microbiology – Morphology and Growth Characteristics of Macrophage Secondary Cell Lines on Model Biomaterial Surfaces (Faculty Mentor – David Grainger, Department of Chemistry)
- Sean Ferguson, Microbiology – Searching for Novel Strains of Densovirus in Mosquitoes Isolated in Guatemala (Faculty Mentor – Erica Suchman, MIP)
- Jenna Horne, Microbiology – Location of TOM Insert in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 (Faculty Mentor, Nancy DuTeau, MIP)
- Yi Cheng Sharon New, Microbiology – Transduction of Aedes aegypti Larvae with Different Mosquitoes Densovirus (Faculty Mentor – Jonathan Carlson, MIP)
- Joseph Piper, Microbiology – Development of Spectrophotometric Assays for Detection of Enzymes Implicated in Insecticide Resistance (Faculty Mentor – Nancy DuTeau, MIP)
- Emily Plake, Equine Sciences (primary), Microbiology (secondary) – Aedes Densovirus (AeDNV) Excretion by Infected Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes (Faculty Mentor – Erica Suchman, MIP)
- Saige Probasco, Microbiology – Role of Toll Like Receptor 2 in Protective Immunity to Tuberculosis (Faculty Mentor – Angelo Izzo, MIP)
- Holly Settles, Microbiology – Construction of an OppB Mutant in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 and Analysis of the Role of OppB in Peptide Antibiotic Transport (Faculty Mentor – Roxann Karkhoff-Schweizer, MIP)
- Sara Shropshire, Microbiology – In vivo Characterization of an Infectious Pathogenic Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Molecular Clone (Faculty Mentor – Candace Mathiason, MIP)
- Drue Webb, Microbiology (primary), Biochemistry (secondary) – Cloning the Argonaute2 Gene from the Mosquito Anopheles gambiae (Faculty Mentor – Carol Blair, MIP)
Other Student Participants (Not Microbiology Majors) Mentored by MIP Faculty
- Danielle Cogswell, Biological Sciences – Characterization of the Temperature-Sensitive Escherichia coli-Mycobacteria Shuttle Vector pCG76 (Faculty Mentor – Julia Inamine, MIP)
- Sarah Garber, Biological Sciences – Cell Types Infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Fetal Calf Brain (Faculty Mentor – Hana Van Campen, MIP)
- Lisa Wolfe, Biochemistry – Proteomic Characterization of the Cell Wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, H37Rv (Faculty Mentor – John Belisle, MIP)
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