RISE/SENIOR THESIS TITLES 2015
Sarah Arcos
The Regulation of Sox14 In the Developing Nervous System in Xenopus laevis
Doreen Cunningham, Elena Silva, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Adebusola Awosanya
Characterizing Adherence &CD4 T+Cell Count Within HIV Treatment Careers in the DC-WIHS
Jeffrey Collmann, Department of Microbiology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Margaret Axelrod
Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 Signaling Regulates The Switch Between Autophagy And Apoptosis To Determine Breast Cancer Cell Fate
Robert Clarke, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Audra Ayotte
Maternal Education and Giardia Infection in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Lena Marie Vetters Bichell
The Reliability of Pigment Pattern-based Identification of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins
Eric M. Patterson, Ewa Krzyszczyk, Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Meredith Burns
Estimating Genetic Divergence and Effective Number of Breeders (Nb) of Striped Bass
Matthew Hamilton, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Denver Burton
EphA7 Receptor Guides Neuronal Morphology During Cortical Development
Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Desirae Cambrelen
Bottlenose Dolphin Behavioral Responses to Shark Attacks in Shark Bay, Australia
E. Patterson, C. Karniski, E. Krzyszczyk, Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Alice Scott Carter
Payment In community Health Worker Programs for Building Resiliency In Health systems
John Kraemer, Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Chloe Cavanaugh
Influence of Bottlenose Dolphin Age, Sex, and Habitat Use on Likelihood of Non-lethal Shark Attack
Janet Mann, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Daniel Corry
Autophagy and the Possible Influence of Siw14 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Sean Ryan Cuddy
The Role of Retinoic Acid Signaling in Central Nervous System Remyelination
Sonia Nanescu, Jeffrey Huang, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Joseph Cusano
Evaluating the Cellular Energy Dynamics of Mutant SIW14 Yeast Strains
Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Elizabeth Gibbons Davis
The Effects of Oligomeric Alpha Synuclen on Glial Activation and Glutamate Receptors
Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Chandani Desai
The Function And Regulation Of Sox21 In Xenopus laevis During Neurodevelopment
Elena Silva, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Megan Flaviano
Efficacy of Engagement on Performance and Behavior in High School Biology
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Clare Goggins
Effect of theHuman Gut Microbiota on Obesity
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Monica Gupta
Using Graphic Organizers to Scaffold Between Knowledge and Higher Levels of Understanding in Biology
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Mary Hayes
Effect of Nitrogen Inputs on the Decomposition Rate of the Saltmarsh Grass Spartina alternifora
Gina Wimp, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Dongeun Heo
The Role of Inflammatory Balance in Remyelination
Jeffrey Huang, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Christopher Jones
Investigating the Innate Immune Response to G. lamblia
Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Anaise Kanimba
Should We Go Back To The Fundamentals?
James Habyarimana, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Ari Kassardjian
Demonstrating Neuroinflammation Via Microglial Activation in an Organotypic culture Model
Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Meaghan Keefe
New Heights In Urban Ecology: The Effect Of Plant Functional Diversity And Genetic Relatedness On Green Roof Performance
Matthew Hamilton, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Nicole Kelly
Student Generation of Practice Assessment Questions Helps Improve Metacognition and Knowledge Transfer
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Alexandra Kyrillos
Correlation Between Phage-related Sequences and Virulence Markers in Helicobacter Pylori
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Elizabeth Lafranchise
The Effect of Social Support on Pain in Breast Cancer Patients: A Literature Review
Erica Gerace, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Garrett Lee
The Function of Sox4 in Intermediate Progenitor Cell Fate Specification During Cerebral Cortical Development
Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Collin Leibold
Eloquentia perfecta: Writing Across the Curriculum in a 10th Grade Biology Classroom
Erica Gerace, Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Antonio Llompart
Effects Of Sox4 mRNA Overexpression In Xenopus laevis Embryo Development
Elena Silva, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Max Malec
A Comparison of Diapause Timing in Wild and Laboratory–Reared Populations of Aedes albopictus
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Morgan Manger
Comparing the Effects of Herbivore and Host Plant Species on the Lepidopteran Microbiome
Anne Rosenwald, Martha Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Katherine S. McGowan
In vivo Bioluminescence Imaging Can be Used to Monitor Variation in Giardia lamblia Infection Burden
Kathleen M. McMahon
The Difficulty With Detecting Species Selection from Phylogenies
Manus M. Patten, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
My Nguyen
The Examination of Phage and Bacteria Networks through Horizontal Gene Transfer
Anne Rosenwald, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Alexander O’Neil
Phylogeographic Analysis of North American Populations of Monotropa Uniflora (Ericaceae)
Matthew B. Hamilton, Martha R. Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Viggy Parr
Immigrant Health and the Intersection of Type 2 Diabetes and Infectious Disease in the United States
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Mary Petrone
Characterization of miRNA – Mediated Regulation of Primary Neurogenesis
Jing Jin, Dr. Elena Silva, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Katherine Potocka
Next Generation Sequencing and Analysis of Hairy Cell Leukemia Immunoglobulin Rearrangements
Steven Singer Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Erica Rabinovich
Mindfulness and Two Forms of Implicit Learning in Healthy Young Adults
Darlene Howard, Maria Donoghue, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Laura Rosenwald
Larval Host Plant selection in the Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus Clarus)
Martha R. Weiss, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Margaret Rush
Can You Spell That?: Examining the Role of Spelling in a Biology Classroom
Dr. Erica Gerace, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
William T. Rydzewski
Sex Specific Natural Selection and Evolution on the X Chromosome
Manus M. Patten, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Nilesh Seshadri
The Role of Personality Traits on Collaboration in the bi9ology Classroom
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Lauren E. Stahl
Combating Ewing sarcoma: One Question, Two Approaches
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Margaret Stebbins
How do Changes in Tourism Intensity Impact Provisioned and non-provisioned Wild Bottlenose Dolphins?
Eric M. Patterson, Janet Mann Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Kathryn Stefos
The Effect of the APOE4 Gene on BBB Permeability after TBI
M. Parsadanian, C. Agbaegbu, Mp. Burns, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center
Jacqueline Summers
Fetal Ethanol Exposure Effects Learning and Memory in Zebrafish
Bishen Singh, Jagmeet Kanwal, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Jad Tabbara
Molecular Evolution of Cyp18al Between Diapause and Non-diapause Populations of Aedes albopictus
Peter Armbruster, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Ishan Tatake
Culture and Characterization of Intestinal Conditionally Reprogrammed Cells
Steven Singer, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Darryl Turakhia
Investigating the Methylation Activity of DNMT2 Homologs in Giardia Lamblia
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Audrey Utkus
Modeling the Immunological Trace of an Epidemic
Shweta Bansal, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Daisy Walker
The Up-Regulation of the Environmental Stress Response in Siw14 Mutants
Ronda Rolfes, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Sarah Elizabeth Waye
Silencing of p53 Enhanced Chemotherapeutic Outcomes in Human Medulloblastoma Through Fas Signaling
Aisha Neem, Muhammad Umer Chouhry, Erika Parasido, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Christopher Albanese, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University
Samantha Wu
The Impact of Global Oriented Activities on Student Learning in a DCPS Biology Classroom
Heidi Elmendorf, Department of Biology, Georgetown University