Spring 2012 projects

• Pathogen response genes mediate Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity.
• Phagocytosis in Metastatic Melanoma Cells: Is it a Part of Autophagy?
• Influences of soil microbes with an analysis of an Intercrop of Lolium perenne with Phaseolus vulgaris, and a bacterial seedling inoculation of Lolium perenne with Rhizobium etli (CFN 42)
• Ecological and genetic characterization of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages: defining host-range patterns)
• The Effects of Exogenous Midbrain Dopamine Antagonists on Vocalizations of a Teleost Fish, Porichthys notatus
• C-type lectin, clec-67, relies on FSHR-1 to function in the innate immune response of C. elegans
• Subdomain analysis of the BRDF checkpoint motif of the nimODbf4 regulator of DNA synthesis.
• Coping with stalled replication forks: investigating the roles of DNA repair genes and checkpoint regulators in the S phase DNA Damage Response.
• Localization of Dopamine Receptors in the Brain of Midshipman Fish by Visualization of Fluorescent Dopamine Receptor Ligands
• Genetic Variation for Dipeptidase-B mRNA Isoforms in Drosophila melanogaster
• Does The Pulse Examination Accurately Diagnose Peripheral Artery Disease?

Fall 2011 projects

• Arcuate Injection of Anti-Insulin Affibody Blocks the Sympathoexcitatory Response to Insulin
• A Pathogen’s Battle to Bend Arabidopsis: Linking Phototropism to Defense Signaling
• A bioacoustic survey of Microchiroptera in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Past projects

• Differential catecholamine expression in the vocal circuits of male and female midshipman fish: Evidence for a role in context-dependent vocal production?
• Mutations in snoA^rif1 rescue asexual reproductive capacity but not DNA damage defects in the DNA damage-sensing MRN (Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1) complex.
• Insertion of Fluorescent and Biochemical Tags into the scaA^Nbs1 Gene of Aspergillus nidulans
• Serotype dependence of transduction and immune response of an Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector for hemophilia B in a rabbit model
• Comprehensive molecular characterization of new anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cell lines reveals RhoB as a molecular target for therapy
• Seeking Out the Cancer Stem Cell Population: Xanthosine and 4-(Diethylamino)-benzaldehyde Induce Stem Cell Characteristics in Melanoma
• Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) Condition, Immunity, and Reproduction in an Effluent Impacted Tidal Creek
• Eavesdropping on Echolocating Bats: A preliminary bioacoustic survey of Microchiroptera species in Kruger National Park, South Africa
• The central role of AMP kinase in the regulation of mouse oocyte maturation
• Increased Feeding in Largemouth Bass Induced by WIN55, 212-2, a Cannabinoid Agonist
• Antibiotic Resistance and Disinfectant Sensitivity of Selected Enteric Bacteria Cultured from an Equine Orthopedic Surgery Center
• Non-hormonal steroid drugs and their effect on NSC-34 cells for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Effects of Bisphenol A on Sexually Dimorphic Play Behavior and Risk Assessment
• The Aspergillus nidulans snoA inhibitor of DNA synthesis antagonizes a DNA damage checkpoint pathway controlled by Rad9^53BP1 and γ-H2AX 
• Multi-directional Flexibility Properties of the In Situ Curable Polyurethane Nucleus Pulposus Replacement For Nucleoplasty Reconstruction
• The Behavioral Effects of Prozac (Fluoxetine HCl) on Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta Splendens
• The effects of estrogen exposure on MCF7 on cell proliferation and Aurora A protein kinase activity
• Reduced Retinoic Acid Synthesis in Embryonic Zebrafish Does Not Result in Ocular Colobomata Formation
• The nimO18 mutant is required for repair of DNA double strand breaks and alters recovery from replication arrest
• Cytotoxicity of Nicaraguan Opisthobranch Species Against NIH3T3 Mouse Fibroblast Cells
• Salivary cortisol levels in shelter dogs: effects of stressors and implications for behavior
• Behavioral Effects of Chronic Social Stress on rats in adolescence and adulthood