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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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