HONORS PROGRAM IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

2006-2007 SENIOR HONORS THESES
PROGRAM IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neil Welker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Coursework
Andrew Karaba

Constance Campbell Prize for Basic Research
Monica Gomberg
Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients: Regulation and Establishment of the Antral Cavity in the Mouse Ovarian Follicle
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff

David Shemin Prize for Basic Research
Michael Sidorov
Anatomy and physiology of hippocamal interneurons expressing the dopamine D2 receptor in mice
Research Advisor: Dr. Nelson Spruston

Irving M. Klotz Prize for Basic Research
Vinhfield Ta
Phase-resetting responses in clock null mutant mice
Research Advisor: Dr. Joseph Takahashi

Emanuel Margoliash Prize for Basic Research
Kim Hung Ho
Disease-related misfolded proteins cause global perturbation in protein folding homeostasis
Research Advisor: Dr. Richard Morimoto

Honors in Biological Research
Patrick Ahearn
The Effects of Non-Classical Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling on Two Sexual Dimorphisms in the Adult Mouse
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Horton

Faysal Altahawi
Creating a Transgenic Caenorhabditis Elegans Model to Study the Role of HSF1 in Maintaining Protein Folding Environment
Research Advisor: Dr. Richard Morimoto

Supreeti Behuria
Mechanism of Activin C Antagonism in a Mouse Pituitary Gonadotroph Cell Line
Research Advisor: Dr.Teresa Woodruff

Yelena Braginsky
Hypothalamic Regulation of the HPG Axis by Metabolic Cues: The Role of P13K Signaling in GnRH Neurons
Research Advisor: Dr. Jon Levine

David B. Liss
Identification of the Roles of Wnt Signaling Pathway Branches in Cartilage Condensation Formation in the Chick
Research Advisor: Dr. Andrew Dudley

Rebecca Poliwka
Disregulation of Potassium Channels in Menopausal Hot Flashes
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Horton

Nimarta Singh
Artificial Rupture and Ovarian Surface Epithelial Migration in Early and Late Ovarian Cancer
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff

Jodie Totten
Amyloid Beta-Derived Diffusible Ligands Induce Transient Changes in Histone H3 Acetylation that May Explain Memory Loss Preceding Neuronal Cell Death in Alzheimer's Disease
Research Advisor: Dr. Willam Klein

Victoria Ulyanov
The Ovarian Surface Epithelium in Normal and Disrupted Proliferative States and the Implications for Cyst and Ovarian Cancer Development
Research Advisor: Dr. Teresa Woodruff

Cory Waxman
Applying In Vitro Maturation Techniques to Feline, Canine and Ovine Ovarian Follicles
Research Advisor: Dr.Teresa Woodruff

Roger Y. Wu
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Affects Temperature-Sensitive Mutants in Different Cellular Compartments
Research Advisor: Dr.Richard Morimoto

Kali Zhou
The Interaction Between PCD-h-gamma and PDCD10 and Their Localization Within the Chick Nervous System
Research Advisor: Dr.Alec Wang

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