Rise/Senior Thesis Titles 2012
ARMON AYANDEH
Drug Discovery Targeting Attachment and Drug Target Identification in Giardia lamblia
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ALISON S. BAE
Antigen Specific Activation of CD8+ T cells by Giardia: An in vitro Approach
Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MICHAEL LAWRENCE BARCLAY
Georgetown University Energy Prize will Leverage Private Funds to Incentivize Improvements in Total Community Energy Efficiency from Electricity and Natural Gas Sources Nationwide.
Francis Slakey, Department of Physics, Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, and John Shore, Department of Physics, Georgetown University
HARRISON ABRAM BOOKSTEIN
The effects of pollinator morphology and behavior on pollination in Asclepias syriaca (Apocynaceae)
Edward M. Barrows and Aaron F. Howard, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MELANIE BURGOS
The Effects of GABA Agonists on Unconditioned Fear Responses in Macaques
Ludise Malkova and Patrick Forcelli, Department of Pharmacology, and Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANNA MARTHA CHICHURA
The role of Calcium and Cadmium as Physiological Activators of Estrogen Receptor-α
Daniela A. Parodi, Kedra Cyrus, Geoffrey B. Storchan, and Mary Beth Martin, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology and Oncology, Georgetown University, and Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
SOPHIE ELIZABETH CLARK
The Efficacy of Tailoring Lectures to Address Student Questions
Amy Walsh and Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
STEFANO GIOVANNI DANIELE
The effect of mutant Lrrk2 on α-synuclein phosphorylation and oligomerization in MN9D cells
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Elena Casey, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
BEATRIZ GALATAS
The Impact of Microfinance and Microfinance Plus on Nutrition, Child Health and Maternal Health
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ROBERT CAMPBELL GOKEY
Encouraging students to interact with in-class corrected works aids in retention and learning
Amy Walsh and Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JESS D. HEBERT
The Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 Oncoprotein Overcomes Contact Inhibition
Richard Schlegel, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
BRITTANY L. HECKEL
Database for Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University, and Rhonda B. Friedman, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
SARA HIGA
Life and Death Following Giardia Infection—Analyses of Apoptosis, Epithelial Cell Turnover, and Necrosis
Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
BRADFORD ALEXANDER HILSON
Potassium Efflux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
TAKASHI KITANI
The Roles of Polyphosphates on Wound Healing and Cell Proliferation of Human HaCaT Keratinocytes
Dean Rosenthal, Cynthia Rosenthal, and Elliot Crooke, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
ANDREW MARTIN KOENIG
The Effects of Waterborne Contamination on Primary Educational Attainment: Current Science and its Implication on Policymaking
Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
LAUREN JILL KRONTHAL
A Background in Chemistry Helps Students Learn and Understand Biology
Gina Wimp, Heidi Elmendorf, and Amy Walsh, Department of Biology, and Sarah Stoll and Diana Glick, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University
KOREN KWAG
NAAG Peptidase Inhibition Blocks Contralateral Hyperalgesia Induced by Inflammatory Insult to the Contralateral Limb
Joseph Neale, Rafal Olszewski, and Tomasz Bzdega, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JOHN ANDREW LOMICKY
Towards an ScFv-based ELISA to Recognize α-Synuclein
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, Department of Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
GLYNIS ELIZABETH MCGOWAN
Art Activities Do Not Immediately Affect Student Understanding of Biological Concepts
Gina Wimp and Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JONATHAN MILLER
Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors Affect Mosquito Abundance in the Washington D.C. Area
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MIRANDA MOORE
Detecting Bloodstream Infections with Limited Culturing Time Using Real Time PCR and Pyrosequencing
Jeanne Jordan, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MEGAN KELLY O’HEARN
Student performance enhanced by note card creation, but not learning-by-teaching
Gina Wimp and Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
CATERINA PROFACI
Group II mGluR agonist LY354740 and NAAG peptidase inhibitor effects on prepulse inhibition in PCP and D-amphetamine models of schizophrenia
Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
JESSICA QUICK
Role of transcription factors in the morphological shift to filamentation in virulent Candida albicans
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
OMAR RAHMAN
EphA4 and EphA7 Receptors Regulate Development of Neuronal Compartments within the Striatum
Lawrence Kromer, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
YOOJIN SOHN
Effects of F-spondin on Dendritic Spine Formation
Hyang-Sook Hoe, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, and Joseph Neale, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
COLIN M. SOPER
Bidirectional Optogenetic Control of Seizures
Karen Gale and Patrick Forcelli, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University
TREVOR ROBERT WELLINGTON
Analysis of Zebrafish Oxytocin-Like and Vasopressin-Like Expression in the Developing Hypothalamus
Eric Glasgow, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Elena Casey, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
MICHAEL HARRISON WYTOCK
The Oribatid Mite Mochloribatula texana Uses Chemical Cues to Locate Host Lichen Parmelia caperata
Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University