HONORS PROGRAM IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

2005-2006 SENIOR HONORS THESES
PROGRAM IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neil Welker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Coursework
Sarah Thordsen

Constance Campbell Prize for Basic Research
Carrie Nieman (pictured left)
Female Cancer Survivors and Infertility
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff (pictured right)

David Shemin Prize for Basic Research
Stephanie Mui
Regulation of Chondrogenesis by gpi-linked proteins
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Dudley

Irving M. Klotz Prize for Basic Research
Benjamin D. LeMoine (pictured left)
Characterization of CopZ, a copper chaperone from Archaeoglobus fulgidus
Research Advisor: Dr. Amy Rosenzweig

Emanuel Margoliash Prize for Basic Research
Stephanie Schmitz
Effects of prenatal androgen on behavioral phenotype:
anxiety, depression, and aggression
Research Advisor: Dr. Jon Levine

Honors in Biological Research

Katarzyna Bochenska
A structure-function analysis of the First Two Zinc Fingers of the Drosophila transcription factor cubitus interruptus
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert Holmgren

Komal Joshi
Genetic mapping of an RNAi suppressor mutation in Drosophila melanogaster
Research Advisor: Dr. Richard Carthew

Alexander Lauder
The role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and dopamine in sexual behavior of the adult male rat
Research Advisor: Dr.Jon Levine

Victor W. T. Liu
Identification of E3 ubiquiin ligases that regulate Notch signaling activity in Caenorahbiditis elegans
Research Advisor: Dr. Hamid Band

Anjali Malipatil
Localization of proconvertase family members responsible for inhibin subunit processing during the rat estrous cycle
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff

Malika Mehta
Isolation of assembled RNA induced silencing complex (RISC)
Research Advisor: Dr. Erik Sontheimer

Lina Nayak
Patient Evaluation Online
Research Advisor: Dr. Todd Rosengart

Michelle Oeser
Co-localization of estrogen receptors and temperature-sensitive ion channels in the mouse brain
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Horton

Harsh Parikh
Synthesis of novel cationic phosphatidylcholine and their role in gene delivery
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert MacDonald

Dominik Rog
Analysis of proteasome-mediated protein degradation from internal initiation sites
Research Advisor: Dr. Andreas Matouschek

Samuel Yang
Regulation of interferon response by histone deacetylases
Research Advisor: Dr. Curt Horvath

James Zhang
Conformational Analysis of the mSin3A co-repressor PAH2 domain by solution NMR: implications for protein-protein interactions with diverse transcription factors
Research Advisor: Dr. Ishwar Radhakrishnan

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