Senior Thesis Titles 2006
ASHLEY E. AMICK
Memory persistence through metamorphosis in the Lepidoptera Manduca sexta.
Elena Casey, Department of Biology
SHAHINE BAGHAI
Quantifying NAAG release from DRG cells involved in the pain pathway via radioimmunoassay.
Joseph H. Neale and Tomasz Bzdega, Department of Biology
CAITLIN BARRETT
Glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Michael Hickey, Department of Biology
CATHERINE BENNET
A line-attenuated vaccine for HIV-1: Ultimately impractical but currently indispensable.
Diane Taylor, Department of Biology
MORGAN BLISS
Learning together: Teaching high school biology
Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
ANN BOBEL
Abundance, flight patterns, and habitat preference of Diplazon laetatorius compared with all other ichneumonids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia
Edward M. Barrows, Department of Biology
HORACE “JORY” CAULKINS, V
Deletion of the BAS1 gene in Candida albicans: adenine metabolic pathway and its phenotypic consequences.
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology
KEVIN CHEN
Wnt/Frizzled signaling in osteosarcoma.
Jeffrey Toretsky and Aykut Uren, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; and, Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology
BAO Q. CHUNG
Soil mites and invasive plants in the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia.
Edward M. Barrows, Department of Biology
LESLIE CLARACAY
Increasing protein content in a calorie-restricted ketogenic diet reduces the severity of seizures induced by maximal electroshock.
Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology
MERRIAH CROSTON
Membrane traffic and K+ homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology
JULIE DEVINE
Sox21 alters the development of anterior structures in early Xenopus laevis.
Elena Casey, Department of Biology
JOHN H. DZUNDZA
Investigations of the putative function of three novel OBP-like proteins in Aedes albopictus.
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology
HIMABINDU EKANADHAM
An illusory illusion? The role of spatial attention in the McGurk effect.
Guinevere Eden and Elizabeth Hoffman, Center for the Study of Learning; and Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology
EDWARD P. FENLON, III
Conditional expression of Sox21 in Xenopus laevis through the use of glucocorticoid receptor.
Elena Casey, Department of Biology
PAUL FIORILLI
Examination of the role of the gene PHO2 in the adenine biosynthetic pathway in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans.
Ronda J. Rolfes, Department of Biology
MEGHAN ADELE GICK
Sibling relationships in bottlenose dolphin calves.
Janet Mann, Department of Biology
JONATHAN E. GRUDIS
Polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of calorie-restricted ketogenic diets: a metabolic analysis of seizure suppression in male Sprague-Dawley rats.
Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology
MELANIE HALL
Addressing diverse learning styles and using the scientific method to increase student learning.
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology
MARY ALEXIS HEALEY
Teaching scientifically: using the scientific method as a framework for teaching high school biology.
Maya Patel, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship and the Department of Biology
JONATHAN M. IACCARINO
Assessment planning in a ninth-grade biology classroom: How are we testing our students?
Lori Estes and Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology
AHMAD ALI KARIM
Etiology and prognosis of urticaria in chronically ill patients.
Lori Estes, Department of Biology
AMBERT LOUIS
A critical analysis of the literature: an evaluation of the growing field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and its implications for the health care of the general public.
George B. Chapman, Department of Biology
CARA MARIE A. MANLANDRO
The ability of Sit4p to promote K+ efflux via Nha1p is modulated by Sap155p and Sap185p.
Anne G. Rosenwald, Department of Biology
ERIN C. MURPHY
Studies of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus gastric vagal pathways to the stomach using neuropeptides and NMDA
Richard a. Gillis, Department of Pharmacology; and Joseph H. Neale, Department of Biology
PATRICIA M. NOTARIO
Identification and characterization of dopamine receptor D3 binding partners in the kidney.
John E. Jones and Pedro A. Jose, Pediatric Nephrology Department; and Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
TIMOTHY M. NYWENING
Thermal stress tolerance among North American populations of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus.
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology
NATHAN J. PARKER
The role of JAK/STAT signaling in the IL-6 mediated regulation of disaccharidase activity in Caco-2 cells.
Steven Singer
NATALIE PICA
Effects of over-expression of AIB1 and AIB1-Delta3 conditionally targeted to mammary epithelial cells of transgenic mice.
Priscilla Furth, Department of Oncology; and, Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
CORINNE M. RHODES
Developmental expression and the role of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) in testicular germ cells.
Martine Culty, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
LOURDES MARIA SANSO
Teaching biology using an inquiry-based approach and real-world application.
Lori Estes, Department of Biology
MARIETTA E. SHAPIRO
A bioinformatics examination of the cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia.
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology
RYAN SHAY
Life history differentiation among geographic populations of North American Aedes albopictus.
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology
CHRISTINE SHULSE
The role of KIR2DL4 in the occurrence of graft versus host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Carolyn Hurley, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; and, Diane Taylor, Department of Biology
SWATI SIKARIA
Investigation of KIR2DL3 diversity in recipients of bone marrow transplant with mild and severe graft versus host disease and their unrelated donors.
Noriko Steiner and Carolyn Hurley, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; and, Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
LAURA N. SLAVIN
Increased protein content in calorie-restricted diets increases weight gain and decreases MES-induced seizure severity but does not affect PTZ-induced seizure threshold.
Douglas Eagles, Department of Biology
STEPHANIE STEELE
The role of fibroblast growth factor binding proteins in zebrafish embryonic development.
Beth Roman, Department of Cell Biology; and, Elena Casey, Department of Biology
KATHLEEN TIBBETTS
Investigations into the structure and function of Trk1p, the principle K+ transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology
PATRICK J. TIERNEY
Learning biology through community-based teaching: exploring the theory and practice of science education.
Ellen Henderson and Heidi Elmenforf, Department of Biology
BENJAMIN VACCARO
Expression and characterization of chloroquine transport in inside-out vesicles harboring PfCRT.
Paul Roepe, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and, Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
BRINTHA VASAGAR
Teaching biology through the Georgetown University-McKinley Technology High School Partnership: the mutual benefits for college and high school students.
Ronda J. Rolfes and Heidi G. Elmendorf, Department of Biology
GREG VILLALOBOS
Identification of NKX3.1 and topoisomerase I binding in the prostate.
Edward P. Gelmann and Cai Bowen, Prostate Oncology Department; and, Ellen Henderson, Department of Biology
RENEE C. WLODARCZYK
Teaching biology at McKinley Technical High School.
Peter A. Armbruster and Heidi G. Elmendorf, Department of Biology
NATALIE WOLKOW
Identifying natural antisense transcripts for the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor.
Vassilios Papadopoulos, Biomedical Graduate Research Organization Director
LOUISE WONG
Insertion of the giardia lamblia VSPH7 coding sequence into cloning and expression vectors.
Steven M. Singer
KRISTIN YATES
Identification of actin-binding proteins in Giardia lamblia.
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology