2010 Undergraduate Research Projects


Student	Mentor	Title of Project

Barber, Ana	Dr. Paul Twigg	Increased activity in aphid-infested soybeans of transcripts malate dehydrogenase and glyoxisome hydrolase
Bauer, Josh	Dr. Kim Carlson	Characterization of homeostatic role of OTK18 protein in monocytic cells
Beebout, Brandon	Dr. Joseph Springer	Developmental defects as a result of Atrazine^® exposure in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)
Blessing, Allison	Dr. Paul Twigg	Soybean defense mechanisms against soybean aphids
Block, Andrew	Dr. Julie Shaffer	Bacteria with a wide pH growth ranges have bacteriophage with small pH infection capabilities
Blunk, Jacqueline	Dr. Paul Twigg	Increades level of gene expression (PAD4 and NPR1) for the SA pathway due to its involvement with tolerance to aphid feeding
Brown, Brittany	Dr. Brad Ericson	Exon-Intron structure of the Immulectin-1 gene of Manduca sexta
Edwards, Sebastian	Dr. Julie Shaffer	Cleaning behavior of Drosophila virilis, Musca domestica, and Sarcophaga bullata as measured by removal of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa vegetative cells
Fees, Roxanna	Dr. Keith Geluso	Epizoochorous seed dispersal throughout summer and fall in hair of cattle in central Nebraska
Hagel, Josh	Dr. Brad Ericson	A model and mechanism for how the T7 bacteriophage infects Escherichia coli
Keeton, Lacey	Dr. Wyatt Hoback	Effects of prey color on preying mantid attack: a teaching exercise
Kling, Michael	Dr. Julie Shaffer	Isolation and characterization of esterases used in halophilic nutrient cycling in Nebraska’s sandhills alkaline lakes
Prokupek, Whitney	Dr. Dawn Simon	Evolutionary pattern of group II intron self-spicing in the gene psaA of red algae
Roy, Jeff	Dr. Joseph Springer	Movement and presence of small mammals found within or around prairie dog towns using capture-recapture
Schapmann, Adam	Dr. Janet Steele	The effects of 5-Hour Energy Drink^® on human mood, concentration, and endurance
Smits, Eric	Dr. Joseph Springer	Small mammal numbers and diversity within habitats surrounding wetlands of the Rainwater Basin of Nebraska
Takagi, Mai	Dr. Julie Shaffer	Comparison of lytic and lysogenic lifecycle in bacteriophage under hyper alkaline-saline conditions
Tokairin, Ryo	Dr. Brad Ericson	Do Manduca sexta larvae have an immune response to either gram-positive or gram-negative bacteria?
Virgl, Alicia	Dr. Dawn Simon	Secondary structure degeneration of a red algal plastid group II intron

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2010 Undergraduate Research Projects

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