Senior Thesis Titles 2000
LAUREN ACINAPURA
The Etiology of Autism: The Autoimmunity/ Virus/ Vaccine Hypothesis
Candice Pert, Ph.D., Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Georgetown University
ANOUSHKA AFONSO
Loss of Heterozygosity on Chromosome 13 is associated with advanced stage prostate cancer
Cathy D. Vocke, Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
* Anoushka was awarded the Chapman Medal from the Department of Biology for this thesis research project
NATALIE L. AHRONOVITZ
The Survival Characteristics of LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells
Dr. Gelmann MD/Ph.D, Georgetown Medical Center
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JOSEPH ALEXANDER
The Non-transcriptional Effects of MAPK Signaling on ER Protein Degradation
Dorraya El-Ashry, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown Hospital
KRISTIN C. ALFANO
Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein-2: Significance in Parasite Biology and Diagnosis
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JOHN APOSTOLIDES
The Alaskan oil spill: effects of both the oil spill and subsequent cleanup methods on coastal communities
Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
VERONICA ASCARRUNZ
Regulation of nicotine acetylcholine receptors on pheochromocytoma cells by nicotine and nerve growth factor
Kenneth J. Kellar, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
ELLEN K. ASPLAND
Mother-Infant Synchrony in Wild Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
KIRSTEN BENDECK
A Transmission Electron Microscope Study of Bacterial Morphotypes on the Anterior Dorsal Tongue Surface of Sus scurfa and Canis familiaris
George B. Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ERIN BIANCHI
Potential Loss of human menin (MEN-1) and MRCK-γ in Human Breast Cancer
Peter D. Burbelo, Ph.D., Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MARIANNA LARISA BLYUMIN
A Comparison of Immune Responses to Toxoplasma gondii in Immunocompetent, Immunosuppressed, and Immunologically Immature Individuals
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MARIE N. BOUCHER
Techniques in Genetic Forensics
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MELISSA M. BRYANT
Polyphosphates and Cellular Resistance to UV-irradiation
Elliot Crooke, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University
DANIEL CALVA CERQUEIRA
Caspases in Spinal Cord Injury
Susan Knoblach, Ph.D., Alan Faden, M.D., Georgetown Institute of Cognitive and Computational Science, Georgetown University
Douglas Eagles, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University
PETER J. COOK
Nitroxide Tempo Induces Apoptosis in Hormone Responsive and Unresponsive Prostate Cancer Cells
Usha Kasid and Simeng Suy, Departments of Radiation Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center; David Nishioka, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MARYANN DEAK
Diet Quality, Calorie-restriction, and Weight-specific Metabolic Rate as important factors in Seizure Protection
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW DILORENZO
A Pattern of Terminal Mitosis used to Determine the Direction of Cytological Development in the Mouse Cochlea
Matthew Kelley, Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center
David Nishioka, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
RYAN DVORAK
The Physiology of the Somatopause in the Elderly and an Assessment of Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy
Richard S. Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
HO VIET DZUNG
Bee Diversity and the Habitat Effects in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, VA (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)
Edward M. Barrows, Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANTHONY FLYNN
Acetylcholine Transmission and its Effects on Memory
Dr. Karen Gale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
WILLIAM P. FRANK
DNA Methyltransferase regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II in the malignant progression of breast tumor epithelium
Dr. Kevin Cullen, Georgetown University Hospital
JENNIFER A. GENUARDI
The Effect of Antioxidants on the Function of Macrophages and Neutrophils
B.J. Zeligs, JA Bellanti, M.D., Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics
DW Taylor, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University
CHARAN GOWDA
Using as Artificially Engineered Kinase Motif to Study the Dissemination of Protease Sensitivity Among Bacteriophage Mu repressor protein isoforms
Horoshi Nakai, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center
EWA HALAMA
The Energy Cost of Building Shelters for Silver-Spotted Caterpillars
Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
PATRICK J. HLUBIK
The Interaction Between Leptin and Neuropeptide Y in the Hypothalamus and the Effect on Energy Balance
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ROBERT L. HRUBY
The Role of Serotonin in the State of Depression
Richard S. Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
SANDRA HUBER
The ecological impact of the introduction of Littorina littorea to the Northeast Coast of North America
Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANDREW HUNG
Diversity, Flight-periods, and Possible Habitat Effects in Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia
Edward M. Barrows, Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
SUZANNE VINCENTI JABBOUR
The Effects of Diet Type and Calorie Restriction on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in the Male Sprague-Dawley Rat
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
KENTON A. JAMES
The Role of Calorie Restriction in the Ketogenic Diet and the Effects of Concurrent Use of Diazepam
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
LAUREN RAYBOULD KELLY
A Light and Electron Microscope Study of the Mucous Accessory Gland of Xylocopa virginica
L.George B. Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANANDI KOTAK
The Effects of Carbamazepine and Calorie-Restriction on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in Rats
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JOHN W. KRAEMER
Habitat and Flower Fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Biodiversity and Flight Periods in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia
Edward M. Barrows, Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JOHN KUGLER
The Effect of Sickle Cell Trait on IgG Isotype Titers in Plasmodium falciparum Infected pregnant Women
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
IRENE KWON
Analysis of a regulatory element on the hMIP-1β chemokine gene promoter
Dr. Steven G. Irving, Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center
LESLIE LYONS LOUSTEAU
Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex Protein Dystrobrevin by Src-class Kinases
Sheridan Swope, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center
Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
VANESSA J. MARCELL
Comprehensive Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line Derivatives using Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Spectral Karyotyping
Bassem R. Haddad, M.D., Institute for Molecular and Human Genetics, Georgetown University
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JUSTIN BIKO MCLAUGHLIN-WILLIAMS
Type 1 Interferons and the Prevention of Insulin Dependent Diabetes in NOD Mice
Douglas Sobel, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinologist, Georgetown Hospital, Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics
Richard S. Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MICHAEL McLEMORE
The Role of an Inhibitor Protein in the Suppression of Estrogen Receptor Gene Transcription in Breast Cancer
Dr. Mary Beth Martin, Departments of Oncology/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Richard S. Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
CHRISTOPHER McMANUS
A Study of Batesian Mimicry at the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia
Edward M. Barrows, Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
PATRICK MUFARRIJ
A Mechanism for the Tumorigenic and Angiogenic-Regulation of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-1)
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ROBIN NAHAS
The Efficacy of Valproic Acid used in Conjunction with Special Diet Treatments to Control Induced Seizures
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANTHONY PANARELLI
Estrogen Independence as a Result of Alterations in the MAP Kinase Signal Transduction Pathway
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
PETER RENZ
Ecoestrogens in Health and Disease
Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
COLIN G. ROSE
Screening and Sequencing of Genes that are Possibly Associated with Multiple Sclerosis
John Richert, M.D., Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical School
LINDSAY RUHLMANN
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: An Evaluation of Immunological Responses Responsible for Pathology and a Discussion of the Potential Use of Cyclosporin A as Treatment
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
CHAS M. RUOFF
The Effects of the Ketogenic Diet and Calorie Restriction on Generalized Absence Seizures
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
BRUCE F. SABATH
The Potential Role of NF-1 in Susceptibility to JC Virus Infection and the Roles of Other Transcription Factors in JC Virus Transcription and DNA Replication
Eugene O. Major, National Institutes of Health
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
SHIREEN SARRAF
Amplification of Specific Oncogenes in Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines
Jan Blancato, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular and Human Genetics, Georgetown University Medical Center
VIRGINIA CHAE SONG
APC-Mediated and Retinoid-Mediated regulation of β-Catenin/LEF Signaling in Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines
Stephen Byers, Ph.D., Lombardi Cancer Center and Departments of Oncology and Cell Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center
KATHERINE S. TAUB
N-Acetylaspartylglutamate Stimulates Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 3 to Regulate expression of the GABA-A β3 Subunit in Cerebellar Granule Cells
Joseph H. Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
DIANA TZENG
The Regulation of Virulence Gene Expression in Bordetella pertussis
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MICHELLE C. WALLACE
Recognition of Myelin Basic Protein by HLA DRB1*1501 restricted T-cell receptors mutated in the CDR3 region
Dr. John Richert, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MATTHEW WICKERSHAM
The Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Coral Bleaching
Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MOLLY WILCOX
Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus as an Autoimmune Disorder: Disease Development and Preventive Therapies in NOD Mice
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
RACHEL WISEMAN
Feeding Preferences of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) for Eucalyptus: Nutritional Requirements and Toxic Compounds
Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MATTHEW WOLENSKI
Role of the Raf/MEK/MAPK Signaling Pathway in the Generation of the Estrogen Receptor Negative Phenotype through Transcriptional Control of the Estrogen Receptor in Breast Cancer
Dorraya El-Ashry, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown Hospital
JENNIFER Z. ZIESSMAN
Can Monoclonal Antibodies be Used as a Treatment Against Cancer? Evaluation of the drug Rituxan, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody against B-cell non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Diane Wallace Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University