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Student Research
Here are a few examples of recent undergraduate research projects in Biology. Please visit our graduate student pages for information on current graduate research projects.
Student: Kara McGinty Mentor: Robert Baldridge Project Title: Field and laboratory studies on the interactions between myrmecophilous silverfish and the red imported fireant, Solenopsis invicta Buren
Student: Andrea Crino Mentor: Robert Baldridge Project Title: Laboratory and field studies of predation by Solenopsis invicta on larvae and pupae of Aedes albopictus
Student: Christopher Hamm Mentor: Robert Baldridge Project Title: Laboratory investigations on the behavior of silverfish nest 'guests' in red imported fire ant colonies
Student: Jose Jaimes Mentor: Owen Lind Project Title: Distribution of Sediment Contaminants in a Large, Shallow, Tropical Lake as Evaluated by Selenastrum capricornutum and Vibrio fischeri
Honors Projects
2004
Student: Nisha Patel Mentor: Chris Kearney Project Title: Cloning and expression of green fluorescent protein in a tobacco mosaic virus vector
Student: Jim Rittiman Mentor: Joseph White Project Title: Using cold tolerance as distinguishing factor for genetic analysis to differentiate between two live oak species
Student: Matt Brown Mentor: Myeongwoo Lee Project Title: Characterization of a novel cytoplasmic tail PAT-3 integrin mutation if Caenorhabditis elegans.
Student: Anne Cioletti Mentor: Tamarah Adair Project Title: Construction of a single chain variable fragment from a A-HER2 hybridoma cell line.
Student: Ali Dryden Mentor: F. Ray Wilson Project Title: Percutaneous Versus Surgical Tracheostomy. Which is Truly the Better Procedure?
Student: Alaine Johnson Mentor: F. Ray Wilson Project Title: The Effects of Creatine Supplementation Upon Swimming Endurance in Mice.
Student: Amy Lay Mentor: Chris Kearney Project Title: Immunotherapy: Past, present and future
Student: Kimberly Martin Mentor: Tamarah Adair Project Title: Improvement of the tobacco mosaic virus 30B vector using PCR-based mutagenesis.
2003
Student: Elizabeth Redente Mentor: Rene Massengale Project Title: Evaluating the Immune Response to Agricultural Dust Exposure
Student: Stephanie Baker Mentor: Rene Massengale Project Title: Determining the Interleukin-8 Response of Respiratory Epithelial Cells to Cotton Dust
Student: Lissa Lubinski Mentor: Ben Pierce Project Title: Examination of a Central Texas Population of Terrestrial Isopods for the Presence of Parasitic Sex Factors Using the Polymerase Chair Reaction Methods.
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