Senior Thesis Titles 1999
David T. Boyd
The role of Chondroitin-4-Sulfate (CSA) in the cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to the trophoblast.
Diane W. Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Natalie C. Breheny
Evaluation of alternative modes of treatment for pediatric patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Elizabeth Buerkle
Electron microscopy and genetic characterization of the phytoplasma infecting a black locust tree.
George B. Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Brian Scott Caldwell
Population studies of Diadema antillarum at Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.
Phillip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Marisa Cappiello
The influence of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) selective activation of group II metabotrophic glutamate receptor mBluR3 on the presynaptic release of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA).
Joseph H. Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Lisa Anne Collea
Comparing the accuracy of hypermetaphase versus interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization in the diagnosis of chromosome translocations in patients with leukemia.
Jeanne Meck, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Genetics, Institute for Molecular and Human Genetics, Georgetown University Medical Center
Ronda Rolfes, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Michelle Collins
HLA-DRB1*01 Allele Frequencies in U.S. Populations: Implications for Stem Cell Transplantation
Michelle Collins, Noriko Steiner, and Carolyn Katovich Hurley, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, GUMC and Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Meghan Cunningham
The effects of telomerase inhibitors on uptake, incorporation and phosphorylation of 3H-thymidine Lytechinus pictus embryos.
David Nishioka, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Maggie Czarnogorski
Evidence of a Phosphate Appetite in Adult Rats.
Dr. Susan Mulroney, Department of Physiology, Georgetown University
Dr. Richard Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Brian D’Cruz
Synaptic Plasticity as a Basis for Short-Term and Long-Term Memory in Animals: A Comparative Review
Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Phillip De Biase
Identification of new regulatory proteins for purine biosynthesis
Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
John P. Dunleavy
A detailed study of the testis of a carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica virginica) using both electron and light microscopy.
George B. Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Karen A. Ertel
Menopause: Adaptive function in humans and whales?
Dr. Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Jason Gajarsa
Transacting factors in the human endogenous retrovirus-like element HERV.E.-PTN in the promoter region of the growth factor PTN.
Anke Schulte, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University
Lauren Elizabeth Galpin
The regulation of GABA-A receptor subunit expression in cerebellar granule cells by NAAG via a second messenger system
Joseph Neale, Ph.D., Barbara Wroblewska, Ph.D., Georgetown University
Kirana Gudi
The effects of the ketogenic diet on strychnine-induced seizures in rats.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Frederick T. Han
A preliminary evaluation of the efficacy of the ketogenic diet upon picrotoxin-induced seizures in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Serita R. Holness
Effects of Melatonin and Serotonin on Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Edward C. Hwang
Brefeldin A and Suppression of Cancer Cell Invasion: The Search for a Mechanism
Susette C. Mueller, Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Ellen J. Henderson, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Winnie Anne Imperio
The physiological and biochemical adaptation of the African lungfish to estivation.
Richard Blanquet, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Krista Irwin
The development of foraging specializations among wild bottlenose dolphin calves in Shark Bay, Australia
Professor Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
John M. Jordan
The feasibility of Gene Therapy as a Cure for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Merium Kamran Khan
The Effects of TR-1 and TR-2 on Telomerase in Sea Urchin Embryos.
David Nishioka, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Amit Khanna
Defective herpes simplex virus vectors for gene transfer to cells of the central nervous system: The study of petunia glutamic acid decarboxylase (pGAD)
Samuel Rabkin, Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Seth Kostek
Analysis of Arl1[Q72L] in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Dr. Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Shawna Lagan
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Resistance in Humans
Dr. Diane W. Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Kathryn E. Landau
The Serotonin-Endorphin connection: the tie that binds depression to eating disorders and other addictive behaviors
Dr. Joseph H. Neale, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Georgetown University
James Lister
The evolutionary analysis of receptor proteins for nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophin factor.
John S. Garavelli, National Biomedical Research Foundation, Georgetown University Medical Center, Matthew B. Hamilton, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Jamie Mallah
The role of the Ang-1/Tie-2 system in angiogenesis and endothelial cell survival
Lu-Yuan Li, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Patrick Matthews
An evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus seizures induced via maximal electroconvulsive shock.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Kevin McGill
Stridulation in Leaf-Cutting Ants
Professor Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Jennifer Mitchell
The Relationship Between Physical Condition and Reproductive Behavior in Male Harbor Seals, Phoca vitulina
Daryl Boness, Ph.D., National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, Janet Mann, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Athir H. Morad
Cortical Processing of Vowel Sounds as Revealed with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dr. Josef Rauschecker, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Dr. Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
* Athir was awarded the Chapman Medal from the Department of Biology for this thesis research project
Ellen M. Mowry
Sequence analysis and identification of differentially expressed genes in monozygotic twins discordant for multiple sclerosis and screening for the expression of these genes in multiple sclerosis patients versus non-multiple sclerosis individuals.
John R. Richert, M.D. and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Douglas A. Eagles, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Anne Marie Mulle
Destruction Screening: a new method to evaluate/identify tumor suppressors
Dr. Peter Burbelo and Dr. Anne Rosenwald, Georgetown University
Robert G. Najarian
The distribution of specific atrial granules and the identification of nerve processes within rat atrial cardiac muscle.
George B. Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Hien T. Nguyen
A large-scale analysis of genes involved in breast cancer progression using cDNA microarrays.
Yan A. Su, Institute for Molecular and Human Genetics, Lombardi Cancer Center
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Nhu T. Nguyen
Sociosexual development in bottlenose dolphin calves
Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Tisola A. Noel-Birdsong
The pattern of neuronal damage induced by status epilepticus evoked from area tempestas.
Alexi Kondratyev, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Michael A. Oppedisano
The role of glutamate transmission in the substantia nigra pars reticulata in the control of posture and movement.
Karen Gale, Ph.D., David Dybdal, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, George B. Chapman, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Niraj Pahlajani
Expression of FGF-BP Isoforms and the Relation to Angiogenesis, Tumorous Condition, and Tissue Type
Lombardi Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University
Jennifer Pietruski
Ecological engineering approaches to the control of cultural eutrophication.
Philip Sze, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Sean Raft
Flight of the Dragonfly
Richard S. Blanquet, V.M., Associate Professor of Biology, Georgetown University
Alyssa H. Rathod
The effects of the ketogenic diet on generalized absence seizures in male Sprague-Dawley rats.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Kiran Reddy
The Use of the OspB Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Localization and Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi in a nonhuman primate with Lyme Neuroborreliosis.
Andrew Pachner, Georgetown University Department of Neurology
Maura Reddington
The Use of the Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor Gene as a Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer.
Matthew Ellis, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Norelle Rizkalla
Characterization of Apoptosis Pathways in Prostate Cancer Cells
Edward P. Gelmann, M.D., Kotohiko Kimura, Ph.D., Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Ellen J. Henderson, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Christopher P. Ruisi
The effects of the co-expression of the NMDA receptor and glutamate transporter GLT-1 in LIMTK-cells.
Barry B. Wolfe and Robert Yasuda, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Joseph H. Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Arlene P. Santos
The effect of muscle cell differentiation on the protein expression levels and subcellular localization of the postsynaptic muscle proteins: Src and Fyn.
Sheridan L. Swope, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Michael Selden
Rejection Rates in Post-Heart Transplant Recipients
Dr. Nelson Burton, Transplant Department at Fairfax Hospital
Dr. David Hull, Transplant Department at Hartford Hospital
Dr. George Chapman, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Kerri Anne Smedley
Maternal Investment in Bottlenose Dolphins
Janet Mann, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Brian N. Smith
Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), biodiversity, and edge effect in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia.
Edward M. Barrows, Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Heather Stark
The Neonatal Immune System
Dr. Diane Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Roderick Tan
Potential Involvement of the Macrophage in the Morphine-induced Suppression of Lymphocyte Proliferation
Barbara M. Bayer, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Joseph H. Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Ellen Turk
The Influence of Sickle Cell Trait on Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum
Dr. Diane Taylor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Ritu Valiyil
Injection and infusion of the ketone bodies ß-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate exhibit no effects upon seizure resistance.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Jee Vang
The Carboxyl-terminal tail of a1C L-type Ca2+ Channel Directly Modulates Ryanodine Receptor Incorporated in Lipid Bilayer
Dr. Nikolai M. Soldatov, Georgetown University
Dr. Martin Morad, Georgetown University
Dr. Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Christopher M. Watson
Bee Diversity and a Search for an Edge Effect in a Tidal Freshwater Marsh (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)
Edward M. Barrows, the Laboratory of Entomology and Animal Behavior, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Janet Willoughby
An Investigation of the Functional Inactivation and Phosphorylation of Neuronal a3/ß4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Kenneth Kellar, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Julia M. Wren
A structure-function analysis of BAS2: mapping the interaction domain
Ronda Rolfes, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Catherine Yankelevich
Structural and functional analysis of the Bas2p protein from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Suellan Yao
More protection against seizures without neurotoxicity is afforded by higher ketogenic ratios.
Douglas A. Eagles, Department of Biology, Georgetown University